Become an approved learning environment in the East Midlands
As a learning environment, you have the opportunity to guide and shape our future primary care workforce. Becoming an approved learning environment allows you to attract and retain high-quality staff. Integrating training can drive excellence across your multidisciplinary teams so they are equipped to meet the evolving needs of your community.
As a learning environment, you have the opportunity to lead the way in primary care training. Increasing your training capacity allows you to strengthen your legacy, continuously enhance patient care and foster a culture of continuous learning, so your multidisciplinary teams are equipped to meet the evolving needs of your community.
You are needed now more than ever to shape the future of primary care.
Dr Fatima Houghton was inspired to follow in her educator’s footsteps and become a GP educator herself:
"I love being a GP and I wanted to share that enthusiasm and love of the job to other doctors. I wanted to train a workforce that I would be happy for my family, my friends to see, knowing they were up-to-date and would consider the importance of lifelong learning beyond the resident doctor years."
Dr Fatima Houghton
The benefits for your practice
By expanding training capacity, you're not only supporting learners but actively participating in the transformation that will improve patient care and deliver that care closer to where people live.
Becoming an approved learning environment brings tangible benefits to your practice, including:
- contacts and networking with other doctors and practices training
- helping to further develop a learning environment at the practice
- increasing diversity of activity in the practice, including educational and quality improvement activities
- increasing in the number of appointments available for patients
- strengthening the care you provide to your local community
- creating opportunities for the recruitment of former GP registrars
Your commitment to training leaves a legacy, with improved patient care, increased capacity to meet community needs, and a culture of continuous learning that benefits both your current team and future generations of primary care professionals.
Hear from primary care educators working in approved learning environments
Interested in becoming an approved learning environment but want to know more about how it works in practice? Read our primary care educator case studies to discover the benefits for you, your service and patients.
Apply to be an approved learning environment in the East Midlands
Read our approval for learning environments webpage, and if you need any clarification on the approval process beyond the information provided on our pages, please visit your local training hub webpage:
Further information on GP educators and primary care approved learning environments in the East Midlands
Find out more about the requirements for becoming an approved learning environment, what the GP educator role involves, funding and support available for GP educators and the application steps to become a GP educator in the East Midlands by clicking on our pages below.