Course Calendar

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09:00 Motivational Interviewing for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Motivational Interviewing for Doctors in Training (SW25-066)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Mon 1 Dec 2025 at 09:00
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 0.000 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.

09:20 Influence and Negotiation Skills for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Influence and Negotiation Skills for Doctors in Training (DT25-047)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Mon 1 Dec 2025, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop focuses on improving the participants ability to manage challenging discussions, deliver difficult feedback, and negotiate effectively.

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09:30 Confidence Training for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Confidence Training for ES/CS/SAS (SW25-029)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Tue 2 Dec 2025, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 6.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This training enables you to feel more confident, comfortable and empowered as you engage with your work and your life more broadly. The course provides an opportunity for you to explore the theme of confidence in a safe environment. We will probe what confidence looks, sounds, feels and acts like. Key component parts of confidence will be highlighted and how they work, including how you may have been getting in your own way. Once you understand these mechanisms and how to apply them, you will have access to a toolkit which can significantly increase your inner comfort and assurance. You will be empowered to cultivate more self-acceptance and a positive self-view. You will learn how to ground yourself, when anxiety or agitation arises. Elevating your personal confidence will impact your effectiveness in all of your activities, and allow you to bring your unique strengths, both in work and outside of work. This training is liberating and uplifting. You have everything you need within you to experience greater confidence.

09:30 Influencing & Engaging for Change for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Influencing & Engaging for Change for ES/CS/SAS (SW25-018)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Tue 2 Dec 2025, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 6.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop focuses on how to offer others the invitation to change (behaviour, attitudes, thoughts, and beliefs) and embrace new ways in a committed way.

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09:20 Feedback and Challenging Conversations for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Feedback and Challenging Conversations for ES/CS/SAS (DT25-048)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Wed 3 Dec 2025, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The objective of this course is to provide attendees with practical skills and strategies for delivering effective feedback, managing challenging conversations, and supporting reflective practice, thereby improving communication and professional interactions.

09:30 Quality Improvement – Development Session for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Quality Improvement – Development Session for ES/CS/SAS (SW25-076)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Wed 3 Dec 2025, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop will help inform you, as a supervisor, about QI context and methodology to enable you to support your Postgraduate Doctors in Training with Quality Improvement Projects (QIPs). It will provide you with the knowledge required to understand how Quality Improvement (QI) impacts positively on doctors, patients, the NHS, and wider society. 

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09:30 Coaching Tools for a Compassionate Culture: Introduction to Neurolinguistic Programming   Availability: Places available
Title: Coaching Tools for a Compassionate Culture: Introduction to Neurolinguistic Programming (SW25-080)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Thu 4 Dec 2025, 09:30 to 16:00
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 6.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This training package focuses on understanding that Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) is defined as a collection of models, techniques, and strategies for modelling excellence in order to help us better understand how our thought processes and behaviour, including how the language we use influences the way we think and the results we get. Modelling excellence in any field enables us to bring about a positive change in ourselves and others.

09:30 Confidence Training for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Confidence Training for Doctors in Training (SW25-032)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Thu 4 Dec 2025, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This training enables you to feel more confident, comfortable and empowered as you engage with your work and your life more broadly. The course provides an opportunity for you to explore the theme of confidence in a safe environment. We will probe what confidence looks, sounds, feels and acts like. Key component parts of confidence will be highlighted and how they work, including how you may have been getting in your own way. Once you understand these mechanisms and how to apply them, you will have access to a toolkit which can significantly increase your inner comfort and assurance. You will be empowered to cultivate more self-acceptance and a positive self-view. You will learn how to ground yourself, when anxiety or agitation arises. Elevating your personal confidence will impact your effectiveness in all of your activities, and allow you to bring your unique strengths, both in work and outside of work. This training is liberating and uplifting. You have everything you need within you to experience greater confidence.

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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 (SW25-084)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Fri 5 Dec 2025, 09:00 to 15:15
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.

09:20 Mindfulness Practice in Medicine for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Mindfulness Practice in Medicine for Doctors in Training (DT25-049)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Fri 5 Dec 2025, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop aims to equip participants with evidence-based mindfulness practices to manage stress, enhance self-care, and improve overall well-being. By integrating mindfulness techniques into daily routines, attendees will develop a sustainable approach to coping with stress and improving their quality of life, aligned with current research and clinical standards.

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09:00 Introduction to Motivational Interviewing for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Introduction to Motivational Interviewing for ES/CS/SAS (SW25-064)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Mon 8 Dec 2025, 09:00 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a widely utilised psychological practice to support people to change, focusing especially on those less ready. This introductory and interactive session focuses on the method and offers participants the opportunity to consider their own current practice. The session will introduce some of the skills that underpin the method. This short session precedes the full skilled MI training 2- day workshop

09:20 Understanding and Supporting Neurodiverse Trainees for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Understanding and Supporting Neurodiverse Trainees for ES/CS/SAS (DT25-050)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Mon 8 Dec 2025, 09:20 to 15:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 5.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The objective of this initiative is to promote understanding of neurodiversity among doctors, and to identify effective strategies for supporting both neurodiverse and neurotypical trainees and colleagues.

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09:20 Human Factors and Non-Technical Skills for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Human Factors and Non-Technical Skills for ES/CS/SAS (DT25-051)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Tue 9 Dec 2025, 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 elevate participants’ expertise in human factors and non-technical skills crucial for high-quality healthcare. By mastering these principles, healthcare professionals will boost patient safety, refine team dynamics, and improve decision-making under pressure.

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09:20 Supporting trainees to develop leadership skills for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Supporting trainees to develop leadership skills for ES/CS/SAS (DT25-052)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Wed 10 Dec 2025, 09:20 to 15:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 5.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop will aim to enable trainers to effectively coach their trainees in leadership skills, focusing on identifying personal leadership styles, enhancing emotional intelligence, and utilising the Leadership Competency Framework for comprehensive personal and team development.

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09:20 Enhanced Supervision for LED & IMG Trainees for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Enhanced Supervision for LED & IMG Trainees for ES/CS/SAS (DT25-090)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Fri 12 Dec 2025, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: To provide trainers with advanced skills and insights to effectively support IMGs and LEDs, ensuring they receive high-quality training and career guidance within the NHS.

09:30 Reflecting On and Learning from Feedback for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Reflecting On and Learning from Feedback for Doctors in Training (SW25-046)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Fri 12 Dec 2025, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 0.000 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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09:20 Compassionate Leadership and Cultural Competence for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Compassionate Leadership and Cultural Competence for Doctors in Training (DT25-053)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Mon 15 Dec 2025, 09:20 to 15:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The primary objective of this workshop is to advance NHS professionals’ understanding and application of cultural safety principles. By focusing on psychological and cultural safety, compassionate leadership, and inclusive communication, the course aims to enhance professional development, team dynamics, and patient care quality.

09:30 Enhanced Support: Supporting both you and your doctors in training for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Enhanced Support: Supporting both you and your doctors in training for ES/CS/SAS (SW25-047)
Venue: Microsoft Teams, Virtual
Date: Mon 15 Dec 2025, 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 those doctors and dentists in training that you supervise. We will recap what was taught on your original supporting doctors-in-training - 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 DiTs flourish and achieve their goals!

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09:00 Supervisor Training Modules 1-3   Availability: Places available
Title: Supervisor Training Modules 1-3 (STM25-015)
Venue: Microsoft Teams, Virtual
Date: Tue 16 Dec 2025, 09:00 to 13:00
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This is for those wishing to become a Clinical Supervisor - to book a place, please email: england.facultydevelopment.sw@nhs.net

13:30 Supervisor Training Modules 4-5   Availability: Places available
Title: Supervisor Training Modules 4-5 (STM25-016)
Venue: Microsoft Teams, Virtual
Date: Tue 16 Dec 2025, 13:30 to 16:30
Course style: Webinar
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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09:20 Advanced Communication Skills Masterclass - Modelling Professional Behaviours - for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Advanced Communication Skills Masterclass - Modelling Professional Behaviours - for Doctors in Training (DT25-054)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Wed 17 Dec 2025, 09:20 to 15:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The primary objective of this workshop is to advance healthcare professionals’ communication skills and professional behaviours. By focusing on practical applications and real-world scenarios, the workshop aims to enhance participants’ abilities to handle complex communication situations, ultimately contributing to a more respectful, safe, and effective work environment.