Course Calendar

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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 (SW26-131)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Thu 1 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 16:00
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 6.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This interactive full-day course introduces the key concepts of a style of coaching called Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) that encourages self-awareness and helps us better understand how our thought processes, behaviour and language influence the way we think, our interactions with others, and the results we get. We will consider how its principles can be applied to everyday life including working in the NHS, interpersonal relationships and personal development.

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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 (SW26-135)
Venue: Musgrove Park Academy, Musgrove Hospital, Taunton - Severn
Date: Fri 2 Oct 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.

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09:00 Skilled Motivational Interviewing for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Skilled Motivational Interviewing for ES/CS/SAS (SW26-071)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Mon 5 Oct 2026 at 09:00
Course style: Workshop
Catering: N/A
CPD: 12.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This 2-day course focuses on using the skills of Motivational Interviewing (MI) in conversations between supervisor and trainee to support the growth of the trainee, in a way that may allow sustained change. Initially focusing on developing the Dr-Trainee interpersonal relationship allows the opportunity to direct the conversation towards change where necessary even in those less ready to do so. You must have competed the Introduction to MI half day course before attending this course.

09:20 Feedback and Challenging Conversations for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Feedback and Challenging Conversations for ES/CS/SAS (DT26-054)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Mon 5 Oct 2026, 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 Building Confidence In Your Interpersonal Skills for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Building Confidence In Your Interpersonal Skills for Doctors in Training (SW26-088)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Mon 5 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 15:00
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 5.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Enhancing patient-centred care requires strong communication skills. This interactive workshop equips medical professionals with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to build trust through active listening, clear speech, and empathy. Through role play and discussion, attendees will refine verbal, nonverbal, and para-verbal communication while managing emotions under pressure.

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09:20 Supporting IMG Doctors through Peer Mentorship for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Supporting IMG Doctors through Peer Mentorship for Doctors in Training (DT26-060)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Tue 6 Oct 2026, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Workshop
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop is designed to equip colleagues with advanced mentoring skills and strategies to effectively support International Medical Graduates and Locally Employed Doctors, ensuring a smooth transition and successful training experience within the NHS.

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09:20 Mentorship Mastery: Three-Day Mentor Programme for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Mentorship Mastery: Three-Day Mentor Programme for ES/CS/SAS (DT26-055)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
3 Sessions: Starting on Wed 7 Oct 2026 at 09:20
Course style: Workshop
Catering: N/A
CPD: 15.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Our intensive three-day “Mentorship Mastery” programme is designed to elevate your mentoring skills, empowering you to build impactful and meaningful mentoring relationships. This workshop offers a deep dive into core mentoring competencies, transformational conversations, and practical application through action learning sets. Ideal for those seeking to refine their mentoring approach, the programme combines interactive sessions, hands-on practice, and reflective learning to ensure lasting impact.

09:30 Confidence Training for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Confidence Training for Doctors in Training (SW26-082)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Wed 7 Oct 2026, 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 South West Education Development Day   Availability: Places available
Title: South West Education Development Day (SW26-001)
Venue: South West House, Taunton
Date: Wed 7 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: South West Education Development Day
Catering: N/A
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Further details and programme will be shared in due course

17:00 Updates to Good Medical Practice   Availability: Places available
Title: Updates to Good Medical Practice (SW26-033)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Wed 7 Oct 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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09:20 Future Medical Education Leaders Development Programme   Availability: Places available
Title: Future Medical Education Leaders Development Programme (DT26-065)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Mon 12 Oct 2026 at 09:20
Course style: Workshop
Catering: N/A
CPD: 10.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The primary aim of this 2-day workshop is to equip future leaders in medical education with the essential skills and strategies needed to excel in educational leadership roles.

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09:30 Lean Thinking for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Lean Thinking for Doctors in Training (SW26-091)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Tue 13 Oct 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 how to adjust your ways of thinking to understand how to maximise your input to ensure that your service can maximise their input, ultimately reducing the risk of human-led errors for the customers.

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09:30 Demystifying NHS Finance   Availability: Places available
Title: Demystifying NHS Finance (SW26-011)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Wed 14 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This course is aimed at clinicians that have minimal knowledge of how finance works in the NHS and want to find our more. This half-day interactive session is designed for resident doctors to provide a practical introduction to how the NHS is structured, funded, and commissioned.

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09:20 Understanding and Supporting Neurodivergent Doctors for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Understanding and Supporting Neurodivergent Doctors for ES/CS/SAS (DT26-057)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Thu 15 Oct 2026, 09:20 to 15:30
Course style: Workshop
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 Senior Faculty Masterclass – Supporting Diverse Learners   Availability: Places available
Title: Senior Faculty Masterclass – Supporting Diverse Learners (DT26-064)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Fri 16 Oct 2026, 09:20 to 15:30
Course style: Workshop
Catering: N/A
CPD: 5.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The primary aim of this masterclass is to equip senior faculty members with advanced skills and strategies for supporting diverse learners with individual unique needs.

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09:00 Leadership, Teamworking & Influencing Skills: Beyond Foundation Years   Availability: Places available
Title: Leadership, Teamworking & Influencing Skills: Beyond Foundation Years (SW26-113)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Mon 19 Oct 2026, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Workshop
Catering: N/A
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop provides you with some simple, effective, and practical generic teamwork, management, and leadership skills that you can immediately start thinking about and using in complex situations at work and, for that matter, in your personal life.

09:30 Improving Feedback & Reflection for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Improving Feedback & Reflection for ES/CS/SAS (SW26-005)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Mon 19 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Workshop
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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09:00 Supervisor Training Modules 1-3   Availability: Places available
Title: Supervisor Training Modules 1-3 (SW26-059)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Thu 22 Oct 2026, 09:00 to 13:00
Course style: Workshop
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

09:20 Supporting the Doctor Returning to Training and Less than Full Time Trainee for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Supporting the Doctor Returning to Training and Less than Full Time Trainee for ES/CS/SAS (DT26-058)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Thu 22 Oct 2026, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Workshop
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: To equip supervisors with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively support doctors returning to training and those working LTFT, ensuring a smooth transition and optimal performance in their roles.

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13:30 Supervisor Training Modules 4-5   Availability: Places available
Title: Supervisor Training Modules 4-5 (SW26-060)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Mon 26 Oct 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