Tutor Approved Education (TAE)

Applying for Approval of Educational Events

These notes are intended to give guidance on applying for approval of education sessions related to Primary Care education in Portsmouth and South East Hants.
 

PLEASE ENSURE YOUR APPLICATION REACHES THE CENTRE AT LEAST ONE MONTH
BEFORE THE DATE OF YOUR MEETING.

Procedure

Complete an application form obtainable from the Centre for Primary Care Education or click to print the form.

Send form (together with payment where appropriate) to the Centre for approval by the GP Tutors no less than one month prior to the event.

When approval has been given, a pack (containing the forms below) will be sent to you for your meeting:

- Registers
- Chairpersons feedback form
- Feedback/Evaluation forms (white part retained by GP for PDP and the pink part given to the Chairperson)

After your meeting it is important that the completed Register and the Chairperson's feedback form are returned to the Centre as soon as possible in order for the process to be completed.

Costs

There are two types of meeting and you need to indicate into which category your meeting falls;

(A) Wessex Trust Meetings (WGPET):  These meetings are meetings that:

are mainly or totally for GPs and where there is no sponsorship

or

where Pharmaceutical company sponsorship is being used only for refreshments

For these meetings your approval fee can be paid by the WGPET but  please note that any GPs attending who are not members of WGPET will be charged a fee by the Trust (£15.00 per hour of education)

(B) Independent Meetings - These meetings are either:

organised by pharmaceutical company representatives

or

may include non-WGPET members

Charges for these meetings are:

Meetings arranged by pharmaceutical companies - £50 plus £15 per hour of education
Other meetings - £15 per hour of education

For any administrative queries, please contact Tracy Dickinson - 023 9283 5071