RCP CTs and ACTs are professionally responsible to the RCP and the local education and training board (LETB) but are managerially responsible to their trust. Many trusts and LETBs also produce CT and ACT role descriptions. Therefore, the RCP CT role description and RCP ACT role description should be read in conjunction with local documents.
RCP college tutors
RCP college tutors (CTs) provide an educational leadership role. Their responsibilities include:
- promoting education within their directorate
- overseeing the training of all postgraduate physician resident doctors
- ensuring high-quality training for internal medical trainees (IMT) and higher specialty trainees
- supporting the educational supervision process for IMTs and, in many trusts, acting as the IMT tutor
- working with their associate college tutors (ACTs) and supporting core and higher specialty trainees.
RCP associate college tutors
RCP associate college tutors (ACTs) have an important and key role in supporting their local RCP CT. They do this by:
- acting as the link between resident doctors, the CT and RCP
- providing peer support to, and arranging regular meetings with, their physician resident doctors
- promoting education amongst trainees and supporting professional development and training
- maintaining regular contact with regional RCP resident doctor representatives and attending RCP meetings
- representing and championing the RCP within their trust.
How to apply
If you would like to become a college tutor or an associate college tutor in your hospital, please download the RCP role description and express your interest to your postgraduate medical education department manager.
Once appointed, please make sure you contact your local regional office manager, where there is one, to immediately notify them of your appointment. If your region does not currently have an office, please contact RCPTutors@rcp.ac.uk for further information.
Associate college tutor winners 2025
Each year, we invite ACTs to submit a 250 word abstract on any real-time initiatives and improvements delivered in post to present at the CT and ACT national conference. This year's theme was ACT success stories. Download each abstract by clicking on the tiles below.
Read Dr Muha Hassan's blog on outpatient training.
Dr Muha Hussan
Standardising Clinic Training: A Regional SOP Initiative
Dr Hassan is an IMT2 doctor and ACT at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham as well as a regional trainee representative for the West Midlands Postgraduate School of Medicine. In these roles, she has actively supported trainees and contributed to initiatives aimed at improving postgraduate training. Her professional interests include endocrinology, global health policy and health inequalities, particularly in relation to noncommunicable diseases.
Dr Hannah Parker
GIM-Sim: Developing a curriculum-linked, sustainable, simulation programme for Internal Medicine Trainees
Dr Hannah Parker is a locally-employed registrar in geriatric and general medicine at Musgrove Park Hospital, in Taunton, Somerset. She has been an Associate College Tutor for the last 2 years with a keen interest in medical education, especially simulation.
Dr Dominic Mears
Medical Registrar Acting Up Scheme for Internal Medicine Trainees
Dr Dominic Mears is a third-year internal medicine training doctor at Worcestershire Royal Hospital. He trained at the University of Birmingham and stayed in the West Midlands for foundation training, also spending a year as a clinical teaching fellow and obtaining a PGCert in medical education. Dominic has worked as an associate college tutor for the last 2 years and has been involved in several successful projects aimed at improving the experience of training.
CT/ACT national conference 2025
The CT and ACT national conference 2025 was live streamed on Wednesday 17 September 2025. The programme has been developed by RCP Linacre fellow, Dr Shruthi Konda FRCP.
The conference is available on demand until 15 January 2026 and CPD accredited for 90 days until 16 December 2025.
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Our Linacre fellow, Dr Shruthi Konda FRCP
When I think of the RCP, I think about growth: the growth of individuals as they train and develop into the brilliant physicians of tomorrow; the growth of a diverse and inclusive community of healthcare professionals rising to face the challenges of the future. This is what the RCP is all about.
Dr Shruthi Konda FRCP
RCP Linacre fellow
