Prof Joe Rosenthal

Executive Member, Co-Chair of Heads of Teaching

London - Royal Free Hospital & University College London The Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health

j.rosenthal@ucl.ac.uk

Co-presenter: Innovations in undergraduate GP teaching

Presenters: Alex Harding, Jane Kirby, Joe Rosenthal

The need for new approaches to undergraduate teaching in general practice was brought starkly into focus by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. We will present a range of novel educational resources developed collaboratively by SAPC Heads of GP Teaching (HoTs), in partnership with the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Medical Schools Council, in order to support medical students’ learning in general practice.

Articles on this site

SAPC Innovations in undergraduate GP teaching

01 Mar 2021

The need for new approaches to undergraduate teaching in general practice was brought starkly into focus by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. A range of novel educational resources, developed by SAPC Heads of GP Teaching (HoTs), in partnership with the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Medical Schools Council (MSC), has proved invaluable in supporting medical students’ learning in general practice.

Paper published in BJGP - Teaching medical students in general practice is seriously underfunded

25 Oct 2019

Authors: Joe Rosenthal, Robert K McKinley, Chris Smyth, John Campbell

Education programme at SAPC ASM 2019

22 May 2019

We are really pleased that teaching, training and educational research are so well represented at this year’s conference. Primary care educational research is clearly gaining in sophistication, strength and impact, with positive developments in terms of multi-institution work and collaborative focus on common goals. For example, research on the importance of authenticity and continuity in medical education and the role of medical schools in enhancing recruitment. This new vigour has in no small part been spearheaded by the enthusiasm and commitment of the Heads of Teaching at all UK m

Teaching general practice: Guiding principles for undergraduate general practice curricula in UK medical schools

03 Oct 2018

The Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) have collaborated to produce, for the first time, national guidance on the design and delivery of general practice learning and teaching in UK medical schools.

Heads of Teaching (HOTs)

16 Sep 2015

The heads of teaching of general practice and primary care in medical schools in the UK and Ireland