RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 ‘I’m too busy to teach’. Tips for teaching when time is tight JF Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health SP edpract-2021-321983 DO 10.1136/archdischild-2021-321983 A1 McLaughlin, Diarmuid A1 Mulholland, Melissa A1 McKenna, Dearbhla A1 Mallett, Peter A1 Lewis, Julie YR 2021 UL http://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2021/12/13/archdischild-2021-321983.abstract AB Prioritising teaching when clinical practice is hectic can be difficult. Often teaching is seen to be confined to formal structured events. This article aims to highlight the abundance of learning opportunities that arise outside of such formal teaching events in daily clinical practice. It first discusses the qualities and skills of a time-efficient, yet effective, teacher. Practical suggestions are then provided in order to maximise learning from important opportunities that occur daily from handovers, ward rounds, clinics to tea-trolley teaching aiming to give encouragement to all that valuable teaching is possible even when time is limited.