Course Calendar

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09:00 Motivational Interviewing for Resident Doctors   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Motivational Interviewing for Resident Doctors (SW26-069)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Mon 1 Jun 2026 at 09:00
Course style: Workshop
Catering: N/A
CPD: 12.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This 2-day course introduces Doctors to Motivational Interviewing (MI) The course will focus on using the skills of MI in conversations between clinician and patient to support change-based consultations. Often to be helpful, clinicians try and convince patients to change, at times to no avail. MI allows us to consider a different way to work with people and help in a way that may allow sustained change. Initially focusing on developing the interpersonal relationship allows the opportunity to direct the conversation towards change where necessary even in those less ready to do so.

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09:20 Returning to Work - Ready, Steady, Go!   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Returning to Work - Ready, Steady, Go! (DT26-028)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Thu 4 Jun 2026, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The primary aim of this workshop is to assist doctors returning to work after a significant absence in managing their health, stress, and workload effectively. By focusing on personalised planning, energy management, and work-life balance, the workshop aims to ensure a smooth transition back to training and professional success.

09:30 Introduction to Coaching and Mentoring Skills for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Introduction to Coaching and Mentoring Skills for ES/CS/SAS (SW26-015)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Thu 4 Jun 2026, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 6.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop focuses on introducing the concepts relating to coaching and mentoring and providing participants with practical models to utilise.

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09:00 Leading as a Resident Doctor: A Clinical Leadership Workshop for ST3-5   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Leading as a Resident Doctor: A Clinical Leadership Workshop for ST3-5 (SW26-107)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Fri 5 Jun 2026, 09:00 to 15:00
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 5.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop provides an introduction to leadership from the perspective of resident doctors. It will be most relevant to those who have had little experience of leadership training in the past. It will be an interactive, reflective day providing an understanding of clinical leadership, its role within the NHS and practical actions for resident doctors' development.

09:20 Developing Effective Leadership Behaviours for Medical Professionals for Resident Doctors   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Developing Effective Leadership Behaviours for Medical Professionals for Resident Doctors (DT26-029)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Fri 5 Jun 2026, 09:20 to 15:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 5.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The primary aim of this workshop is to equip medical professionals with essential leadership skills to improve patient care and enhance team dynamics. By focusing on developing effective leadership behaviours and personal development, the course aims to enhance overall professional performance and team effectiveness in a clinical setting.

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09:30 Effective Communication Across Different Cultures - for Resident Doctors, IMGs and LEDs   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Effective Communication Across Different Cultures - for Resident Doctors, IMGs and LEDs (SW26-099)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Fri 12 Jun 2026, 09:30 to 15:00
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 5.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Arriving in the UK from abroad to work within the NHS could be intimidating all on its own but throw in cultural differences and this can create all sorts of challenges. This interactive workshop concentrates on understanding the British culture surrounding the NHS and the challenges faced by doctors starting their career.

09:30 Skilled Coaching Workshop for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Course is currently taking place
Title: Skilled Coaching Workshop for ES/CS/SAS (SW26-067)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Fri 12 Jun 2026 at 09:30
Course style: Workshop
Catering: N/A
CPD: 10.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: To attend this course, you must have attended the "Introduction to Coaching & Mentoring Skills" course first. This two-day training package is a follow-on course from “Introduction to Coaching and Mentoring Skills for Educational and Clinical Supervisors." You will deepen the skills of coaching to support meaningful conversations and explore tools and techniques to help others build their development and self-belief.

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13:30 Supervisor Training Modules 4-5   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Supervisor Training Modules 4-5 (SW26-056)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Mon 15 Jun 2026, 13:30 to 16:30
Course style: Workshop
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This is for those already accredited as Clinical Supervisors wishing to become Educational Supervisors - to book a place, please email: england.facultydevelopment.sw@nhs.net

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17:00 Updates to Good Medical Practice   Availability: Course has taken place
Title: Updates to Good Medical Practice (SW26-050)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Tue 16 Jun 2026, 17:00 to 18:00
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 1.0 point
Cost: No charge
Description: In 2024 we updated Good Medical Practice; This session focuses on some of the most significant changes and how they may impact your practice. Reviewing new paragraphs, we will discuss how the guidance has adapted to reflect the current healthcare environment, how these may be included in annual appraisals, and how the stronger focus on building positive and fair cultures in workplaces can be used as a positive lever for change.

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09:30 Coaching Tools for a Compassionate Culture: Healthy Team Dynamics   Availability: Only 10 places available
Title: Coaching Tools for a Compassionate Culture: Healthy Team Dynamics (SW26-136)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Wed 17 Jun 2026, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 6.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This training package focuses on developing approaches for healthy team dynamics. This day will include strategies for creating a healthy team environment, managing team dynamics, facilitating effective communication, and considering how we as individuals can play a part in influencing team culture and behaviours. It will be an interactive day and will help us reflect on ways to work towards growing a functional team where psychological safety and compassion are the norm.

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09:20 Difficult Conversations and Conflict Resolution for Doctors in Training   Availability: Only 10 places available
Title: Difficult Conversations and Conflict Resolution for Doctors in Training (DT26-027)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Thu 18 Jun 2026, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The primary aim of this workshop is to develop participants’ skills in managing difficult conversations and resolving conflicts within healthcare settings.

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09:00 Skills for Managing Stress – how to support yourself and others within the workplace for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Skills for Managing Stress – how to support yourself and others within the workplace for ES/CS/SAS (SW26-126)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Fri 19 Jun 2026, 09:00 to 15:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 5.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop focuses on the varying principles and beliefs of managing stressful situations while discussing the help available to NHS colleagues to ensure that everyone can gain assistance when required.

09:30 Reflecting On and Learning from Feedback for Resident Doctors   Availability: Places available
Title: Reflecting On and Learning from Feedback for Resident Doctors (SW26-118)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Fri 19 Jun 2026, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This training package will help guide doctors through reflection and provide the opportunity to practice. We will focus on how self-reflection, feedback from the trainer, and a feedback conversation can improve the performance and values of feedback, both formal and informal. We will also go on to explore why receiving feedback is so hard and how we can help overcome it. Covering psychological safety, thinking about how we can overcome some of the barriers to hearing, and using feedback in a clinical and learning environment. 

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09:30 Enhanced Support: Supporting Both You and Your Resident Doctors for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Enhanced Support: Supporting Both You and Your Resident Doctors for ES/CS/SAS (SW26-122)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Mon 22 Jun 2026, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 6.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This is an interactive course designed to help you further support yourself and resident doctors and dentists that you supervise. We will recap what was taught on your original supporting resident doctors course with regard to recognising those in difficulty and will focus a little more on moral distress and burnout. Your experienced facilitators, who both work within the Professional Support and Wellbeing (PSW) team at NHSE SW and are trained coaches, will take you through some support tools, allow you to ask plenty of questions, and show you what support is available. The day will finish on a positive note: how to help your residents flourish and achieve their goals!

09:30 Improving Feedback & Reflection for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Improving Feedback & Reflection for ES/CS/SAS (SW26-010)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Mon 22 Jun 2026, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop focuses on how PGDiT self-reflection, feedback from the trainer, and trainer reflection can improve the performance and values of feedback, both formal and informal. It will also go on to explore why receiving feedback is so hard and how we can help overcome it.

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09:30 Effective Communication Across Different Cultures for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Only 10 places available
Title: Effective Communication Across Different Cultures for ES/CS/SAS (SW26-101)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Tue 23 Jun 2026, 09:30 to 15:00
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 5.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Arriving in the UK from abroad to work within the NHS could be intimidating all on its own but throw in cultural differences and this can create all sorts of challenges. This interactive workshop concentrates on understanding the British culture surrounding the NHS and the challenges faced by doctors starting their career.

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08:30 Educational and Clinical Supervisor Training - 1-5 Core Modules   Availability: Places available
Title: Educational and Clinical Supervisor Training - 1-5 Core Modules (SW26-133)
Venue: Musgrove Park Academy, Musgrove Hospital, Taunton - Severn
Date: Thu 25 Jun 2026, 08:30 to 17:00
Course style: South West Education Development Day
Catering: N/A
CPD: 6.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This is for those wishing to become both Clinical Supervisors and Educational Supervisors - to book a place, please email:Postgrad.Centre@SomersetFT.nhs.uk. Please note that this course is in person only.