Emergency medicine depends on fast, effective teaching — resus debriefs, teaching juniors mid-shift, simulation and induction. A Teach the Teacher course gives you the frameworks to do it well under pressure, and the evidence to show for it in your portfolio and at ARCP.
How emergency medicine scores teaching
EM trainees teach constantly, often in high-pressure, time-limited situations. Formal training in teaching helps you structure a debrief, give feedback that lands, and run effective simulation — skills that make you a better educator and a stronger supervisor as you progress. Erudical enrolment also includes a place at NMERC 2026, where an oral or poster presentation can score in the presentations domain of specialty applications that score presentations (how presentations are scored).
Both EM entry points score a teaching qualification directly. At ST3 (ACCS EM and DRE-EM), Question 6 — “Do you have a formal teaching qualification?” — awards 1 point for a “Train the Trainers” education supervision course, 2 for a postgraduate diploma in medical education and 3 for a Masters. At ST4, Question 7 is worded the same way and also awards 1 point for a Train the Trainers course.
Erudical sits in that 1-point band, and so does a university-accredited educational supervision course, so 1 is the ceiling for any course at either level. Teaching is scored twice in emergency medicine: a separate question scores the teaching you have delivered yourself, and the two are additive rather than competing. The evidence asked for is simply your “qualification or course attendance certificate”.
Figures are from the 2026 self-assessment forms — always check the current one for your round. Our teaching points by specialty guide shows where a course scores directly.
What the Erudical course covers
The Erudical Teach the Teacher course is a live, tutor-led day plus a self-paced course of over 12 hours: adult learning theory, session planning, delivery, feedback and evaluation — applied to the kind of teaching you actually do in the department.
How it strengthens your portfolio
File your certificate alongside a reflection on a debrief or teaching session you ran using the techniques. That evidence of applied learning is what stands out at ARCP and interview.
What emergency medicine doctors say
“I enjoyed the live 1-day course, especially the lesson planning activity. I liked that I could do the recorded part in chunks around my busy schedule.”
— Z. Younus“Completing the course has enhanced my teaching skills, equipping me with effective methods for delivering engaging, learner-centred training sessions.”
— M. TariqStrengthen your emergency medicine teaching portfolio
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Last updated: 21st September 2026