Become a PRT Trainer

Taking on the role of PRT trainer/mentor for a new graduate is one of the most important contributions you can make to the future development of the profession.

PRT candidates tell us that the opportunity for regular interaction with an experienced colleague, who acts as their mentor, is the thing they value most about PRT. The PRT programme provides the structure whereby this important interaction can take place.

The components of the PRT programme are:

  • Practice-based learning 
  • Experiential learning 
  • Participation in online workshops and CPD 
  • Reflection on learning 
  • Development planning   
  • Clinical audit

As a PRT trainer, a key role is to:

  • Support the practice-based learning component,  
  • Helping the graduate identify learning points from their own reflections of their practice  
  • Your observations of their practice  
  • Providing a supportive environment

Your regular discussions are a learning experience for you both and are important for ensuring the candidate’s proficiency develops rapidly.

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PRT Trainer Testimonials

  • Offering support to help new graduates optimise their skills, gain confidence and professionalism and to help them become the best they can for our profession.
    2025 PRT Trainer

  • Helping young chiropractors at the start of their career and watching them grow professionally.
    2025 PRT Trainer

  • It gives the new graduate perspective in terms of their career – a chance to listen, learn and grow as well as being supported and reassured in terms of their entrance into the profession.
    2025 PRT Trainer

Benefits of being a PRT Trainer

While the role of PRT trainer is voluntary, there are significant benefits. These include:

  • The regular clinical discussions you have with your candidate also count as CPD, and constitute ‘learning with others’  
  • Successfully mentoring a candidate throughout the course of their PRT programme is recognised as equivalent to 10 M-level credits for the purposes of membership progression. 
  • A great way for your graduate to learn about your clinic and to contribute to its further development is for them to lead your clinic’s PPQM and/or CMQM applications. 
  • PRT Trainers receive training through online learning, an annual Trainers Forum held at our Summer Conference, and support through our experienced PRT Committee members. GCC CPD hours can be claimed for all of these activities. 
  • Graduates have an excellent up-to-date knowledge base from which, as their mentor, you will learn too. 
  • Your graduate needs to undertake clinical audit as part of the PRT programme and this can be focused on the priorities of your clinic. 
  • PRT Trainers can use an RCC PRT Trainer emblem on websites and correspondence.
  • Offering PRT mentoring in your practice will attract a wider pool of graduates when recruiting associates.

How to apply

A summary of the requirements to become a PRT trainer is:

  • Three years’ experience as a chiropractor, with current GCC registration. 
  • Licentiate, Member or Fellow of the RCC – this enables the RCC to provide training for trainers, and to quality-assure the programme. 
  • Normally two years’ experience in the practice from which the trainer is applying. 
  • Trainers must ensure provision of an environment conducive to postgraduate training, and have their practice open to review as part of the appointment process if requested. 

To apply, please login to My Portal to complete a PRT Trainer application form. If you are not a current member of the Royal College, please apply for membership first, informing us that you also wish to become a PRT Trainer.

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