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Role of the clinical tutor

Consultant Physician and Clinical Tutor, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, UK

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Dr de Caestecker; john.decaestecker@uhl-tr.nhs.uk

Keywords: clinical tutor; medical education

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The clinical tutor function was established in the mid-1960s in parallel with provision of Exchequer funding for postgraduate education. Recognition of the need for educational facilities in district general hospitals resulted in the establishment of postgraduate medical centres, with educational programs developed and supervised by the clinical tutor. Since then the role of the clinical tutor has been more clearly defined both by the National Association of Clinical Tutors (which has informally published a draft generic job description for the clinical tutor)¹ and in the General Medical Council (GMC) documents The New Doctor² and The Early Years³ relating to pre-registration house officer and senior house officer training respectively. These roles are summarised in table 1.