This Learning to Teach Online case study aims to demonstrate how the effective use of simple ‘just in time’ style online tutorials, stringently prepared and designed to support the needs of the students, can positively impact student learning when used in conjunction with traditional teaching approaches. Stephanie Eckoldt and Dominic Alder from the University of Bristol examine the reasons why they adopted an online supported teaching approach, and discuss key considerations in the planning and use of online tutorials. It is hoped that teachers in a wide range of different disciplines will be able to relate how the use of online tutorials would be of benefit to their own students’ learning. Any teachers or students studying medicine and surgery are freely able to access and use the Hippocrates online tutorials.