Opportunities to Teach
Information on how to get involved in teaching in NHS Lothian
How can I get involved?
In collaboration with the Clinical Educator Programme (CEP), we have collated a list of some of the opportunities to contribute to medical education that are currently available in South East Scotland. Below you will find some basic information about the teaching opportunity.
If you are interested in helping deliver or develop any of these programmes, please get in touch with the specified contact. If you require contact details please get in touch with as at Loth.meducators@nhs.scot and we can link you up with the relevant project lead.
If you know about a teaching opportunity that is not currently listed, please let us know!
Undergraduate opportunities
| Teaching Opportunity | Brief Description | Who can help? | Contact |
| Systems Success Series | An opportunity for resident doctors (particularly FY1s and FY2s) to facilitate examination skills teaching for Year 4 medical students. NHS Lothian organise the session, location and arrange medical students to attend. Resident doctors then facilitate the sessions. Materials and certificates are provided. | Resident Doctors | Dr Hannah Martin or Nathanael Bandoo |
| Assistantship | Every year, volunteer clinicians are needed to run the Assistantship ward round for final year medical students who are preparing for practice. Participants can get a behind the scenes experience of running a simulation, observe debriefs and act as embedded faculty. | Anyone | MED Simulation Team |
| MBChB Assessment | Volunteers are needed to help medical student examinations throughout the year. All the information required to act as an examiner is provided in advance. Volunteers will have lunch provided and will also receive a certificate. | FY2 and above | MBChB Assessment Team |
| Clinical Skills Drop-In Centres | Clinical skills drop-in sites in the Education Centres at SJH and WGH which can be used for medical student teaching of basic clinical skills. | Anyone | No contact required |
| Communication Skills Teaching | Educators are required to deliver a range of sessions for teaching clinical communication skills to medical students from across the year groups | Resident doctors (>FY2), SAS doctors or consultants can be lead tutors. FYs may be co-tutors | UoE Clinical Communication Team |
| Clinical Skills Teaching Year 1 | Assist in simulated clinical skill tutorial facilitation for medical students. Sessions are on Wednesday afternoon. Semester 1 sessions include BLS, hand hygiene and vital signs. In semester 2, skills include empathy, wellbeing and clinical communication. | Anyone with relevant skills | UoE Clinical Skills Team |
| Clinical Skills Teaching Year 2 | Assist in simulated clinical skill tutorial facilitation for medical students. Sessions are on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Semester 2. Skills include intimate examination, collection of specimens and NG tube insertion | Anyone with relevant skills | UoE Clinical Skills Team |
| Clinical Skills Teaching Year 4 | Assist in simulated clinical skill tutorial facilitation for medical students. Sessions are on Friday afternoons in Semester 1 and 2. Skills include assessment of the unwell patient. | Anyone with relevant skills | UoE Clinical Skills Team |
| Clinical Skills Teaching Year 5 | Assist in simulated clinical skill tutorial facilitation for medical students. Sessions are on Tuesday afternoons and Wednesday mornings during Semesters 1 and 2. Skills include acute care simulation and cardiac arrest management. | Anyone with relevant skills | UoE Clinical Skills Team |
| Clinical Skills Teaching Year 6 | Assist in simulated clinical skills tutorial facilitation for medical students. Sessions are on Monday and Tuesday morning during Semester 1. Sessions focus on HAN themed simulation. | Anyone with relevant skills | UoE Clinical Skills Team |
| ILS Teaching | ILS instructors are required to run ILS courses for Year 5 medical students. Instructors need to be certified ILS or ALS instructors | Must have RCUK Generic Instructor Course certificate | UoE Clinical Skills Team |
| Year 1 Student Selected Component | SSC1 is a 10-week project undertaken in the first year of the MBChB programme. Students work in groups of approximately 8 students under the guidance of a tutor to conduct a simple research/audit/quality improvement/literature review project that has been suggested by their tutor. The onus is on the students to create and run the project, with the tutor there to help oversee it. At the culmination of their project the students are asked to produce and present a scientific poster of their work and a 200-word scientific abstract of their work which is marked. The purpose of this module is to teach Y1 MBChB students basic research principles and for them to experience working in a group. We are looking for 30+ tutors for this class. These can be clinical fellows, core/specialty trainees or consultant level staff. The project runs for ten weeks from January to April of 2026. We ask that tutors meet with students 5 times minimum in this time - these can be online via Teams or in person at the University. We also ask that tutors are available to respond to student emails within 48 hours. Tutors come from a wide range of specialties and they often guide students to create research projects in an area that is of interest to them. It is a rewarding and fun experience for tutors and students alike. | Clinical Fellows, Core/Specialty Trainees, SAS or Consultants | Dr Beth Langton |
| Year 5 Student Selected Component (SSC5) | In Year 5, students lead teaching projects in a range of specialty areas. These projects need doctors with relevant medical expertise to act as Staff Project Leads. | All grades with enough subject experience to supervise a student led teaching project | Dr Steve Morley |
| Teaching Opportunity | Brief Description | Who can help? | Contact |
| NHS Lothian Simulation Programme | For clinicians who want the skills to run simulation, NHS Lothian has a local faculty development programme. This would allow participants to either engage in embedded simulation programmes locally (e.g., FY1/FY2 simulation) or design and deliver programmes within their department. | Anyone | MED Simulation Team |
| IMT Bootcamps | NES run a national training scheme for IMT doctors to ensure they have the required skills to complete Internal Medicine Training. There are training days for IMT1s, IMT2s and IMT3s which include a combination of simulation, workshops and procedural skills learning and practice. The IMT faculty are always looking for facilitators to assist, particularly with procedural skill teaching. | Registrars with experience of: LP, ascitic procedures, chest drains, arterial lines, CVC or ultrasound-guided cannulation | Dr Vicky Tallentire |
| Registrar-led Interspecialty Education (RISE) | Peer-led education at registrar level between different specialties of relevant subspecialty topics. If you are interested in organising inter-specialty teaching, or having teaching from another specialty, contact Nathanael who will provide you with contact details for the relevant specialty representative to make arrangements | Registrar level | Nathanael Bandoo |
| Clinical Skills Drop-In Centres | Clinical skills drop-in site in the simulation centre in SJH. An LP simulation kit is available for teaching resident doctors | Anyone with required skills | No contact required |
| IMG Simulation | IMG led simulation focussing on communication skills, approaching acutely unwell patients and how wards operate on a typical day | IMGs with relevant simulation experience | Dr Goran Zangana |
| IMG Teaching | Sessions for IMGs covering various clinical topics | Anyone | Dr Goran Zangana |
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