Effective educational supervision

Educational supervisors oversee doctors training in paediatrics, offer career guidance and support trainees with their development and educational progress. Here at the College we run a series of EES courses across the country to support you to master educational supervision and provide the most effective support to your trainees.

Course

Effective Educational Supervision (Liverpool) - February

02 February 2026

Liverpool

This face to face course meets the General Medical Council’s requirements for educational supervisors. It explores the fundamentals of educational supervision and provides essential updates on the RCPCH Progress+ curriculum and RCPCH assessments.

Paediatric careers

Leadership

Course

Effective Educational Supervision (online) - May

18 May 2026

This online course meets the General Medical Council’s requirements for educational supervisors. It explores the fundamentals of educational supervision and provides essential updates on the RCPCH Progress+ curriculum and RCPCH assessments.

Paediatric careers

Leadership

Course

Effective Educational Supervision (online) - April

29 April 2026

Paediatric careers

Leadership

Course

Effective Educational Supervision (online) - March

17 March 2026

Paediatric careers

Leadership

News

RCPCH responds to GMC National Training Survey - 2021

27 July 2021

The RCPCH President and Vice-President for Training and Assessment comment on the General Medical Council’s National Training Survey summary report for 2021, which shows a rise in levels of burnout across the profession.

News

Supporting the challenges we all face in our career: how mentoring can help

15 November 2018

Matt Driver, Lead faculty for RCPCH mentoring skills courses and peer support webinars, explores the role of skilled, trained mentors in supporting doctors throughout their careers.

Document

RCPCH Progress+ domain resources: Leadership and team working

An essential skill of all doctors, in this curriculum domain we look at principles, approaches and techniques of leadership - both in supervising others and working as part of a team.

Leadership

Paediatric training

Document

RCPCH ePortfolio guidance for supporting training

RCPCH ePortfolio is the online learning tool for you and your trainees to review activities and monitor progress throughout the Progress+ curriculum. It is easy to use and stores everything trainees do in their timeline. RCPCH ePortfolio is on the risr/advance platform (formerly Kaizen).

Paediatric training