Trainee Guide to Supporting Student Doctors on Placement

As trainees you can play a massive role in teaching student doctors and helping them to get the most from their placements. There’s a huge amount that you can offer that the students can’t get anywhere else, whether that is a closer understanding of where they’re at or simply through enthusiasm and approachability.

Trainee Guide - Top Tips

The following short guide of top tips was produced by Dr Alex Bycroft during his time as an Associate Clinical Teacher (ACT). Alex wrote this as an acute medicine registrar in the Mersey Region, knowing first-hand what the challenges can be of supporting students in the clinical environment. In this brilliant guide he shares his advice and links to several useful resources to aid you in your teaching:

Guide for Trainees on teaching Students (link)

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