Course Calendar

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09:00 Leadership, Teamworking & Influencing Skills: Beyond Foundation Years   Availability: Places available
Title: Leadership, Teamworking & Influencing Skills: Beyond Foundation Years (SW25-059)
Venue: Microsoft Teams, Virtual
Date: Mon 2 Mar 2026, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Webinar
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.

09:20 Career Counselling Skills for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Career Counselling Skills for ES/CS/SAS (DT25-080)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Mon 2 Mar 2026, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The aim of this workshop is to provide participants with effective tools and frameworks, including the 4-stage approach and ROADS to Success, for supporting trainees in understanding their career drivers, making informed choices, and developing actionable career plans.

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09:20 Supporting Trainees with Incidents for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Supporting Trainees with Incidents for ES/CS/SAS (DT25-077)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Tue 3 Mar 2026, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: To equip supervisors and educators with the skills and knowledge to effectively support trainees through incidents, fostering a reflective and safe learning environment while improving overall clinical practice.

09:30 Coaching Tools for a Compassionate Culture: Healthy Team Dynamics   Availability: Places available
Title: Coaching Tools for a Compassionate Culture: Healthy Team Dynamics (SW25-099)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Tue 3 Mar 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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09:30 Active Bystander and Allyship Workshop for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Active Bystander and Allyship Workshop for ES/CS/SAS (SW25-091)
Venue: Microsoft Teams, Virtual
Date: Wed 4 Mar 2026, 09:30 to 12:00
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 2.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Our learning environment, relationships with our peers and teachers and the feelings of inclusion and belonging are key for achieving one’s full potential. These are some of the key principles found to influence and address the differential attainment gap that exists. The Active Bystander training aims to empower educators and learners across our education community to recognise and challenge poor behaviours and practices that have a negative impact on an individual’s experience. This is a powerful tool, evidenced to empower and help bring about cultural change and collectively create a safer and more supportive learning and working environment for all.

09:30 Lean Thinking for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Lean Thinking for Doctors in Training (SW25-060)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Wed 4 Mar 2026, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 0.000 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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09:20 Managing Stress and Boosting Mental Fitness for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Managing Stress and Boosting Mental Fitness for Doctors in Training (DT25-078)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Thu 5 Mar 2026, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: To equip participants with essential skills and strategies for managing stress and enhancing mental fitness, thereby improving their ability to provide exceptional care while maintaining their own health and motivation.

09:30 QI Essentials Level Bronze for International Medical Graduates (IMGs)   Availability: Places available
Title: QI Essentials Level Bronze for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) (QIB14)
Venue: Microsoft Teams, Virtual
Date: Thu 5 Mar 2026, 09:30 to 13:00
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Health Innovation South West (HISW) in partnership with Workforce, Training & Education, NHSE-SW is offering Bronze QI training for IMGs, free at the point of delivery.

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13:30 Supervisor Training Modules 4-5   Availability: Places available
Title: Supervisor Training Modules 4-5 (STM25-020)
Venue: Microsoft Teams, Virtual
Date: Fri 6 Mar 2026, 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 Mastering Emotional Intelligence for Doctors for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Mastering Emotional Intelligence for Doctors for Doctors in Training (DT25-079)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Mon 9 Mar 2026, 09:20 to 15:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The primary aim of this workshop is to equip doctors with essential emotional intelligence skills that enhance their professional performance and patient interactions.

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09:20 Influence and Negotiation Skills for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Influence and Negotiation Skills for ES/CS/SAS (DT25-081)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Wed 11 Mar 2026, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop focuses on improving the participants ability to manage challenging discussions, deliver difficult feedback, and negotiate effectively.

10:00 Finance & Business Planning for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Finance & Business Planning for ES/CS/SAS (SW25-061)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Wed 11 Mar 2026, 10:00 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 2.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The ability to understand finance and write a business plan has never been more important within the NHS. Are your knowledge and skills good enough? This webinar provides an introduction to finance and business planning within the National Health Service and explains why a good grasp of these disciplines is so important within the current context. There is also the opportunity for some practical teamwork – constructing an outline business case

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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 (DT25-082)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Thu 12 Mar 2026, 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.

09:30 Professional Capabilities Framework for Supervisors: Introductory Workshop - Are you ready to assess your trainees?   Availability: Places available
Title: Professional Capabilities Framework for Supervisors: Introductory Workshop - Are you ready to assess your trainees? (SW25-073)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Thu 12 Mar 2026, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This training package focuses on developing trainers skills to enable them to be able to demonstrate that they have the necessary skills and understanding of these generic professional capabilities to assess them, and be able to provide specific comments and feedback on a PG DiT’s performance. Trainers will become confident and feel supported in expressing their professional judgement about generic outcomes alongside specialty outcomes for their PG DiTs, as well as being able to give feedback to PG DiT to identify areas for improvement and highlight areas of excellence.

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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 (SW25-085)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Fri 13 Mar 2026, 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.

10:15 Challenging Conversations and Effective Feedback for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Challenging Conversations and Effective Feedback for ES/CS/SAS (SW25-096)
Venue: Microsoft Teams, Virtual
Date: Fri 13 Mar 2026, 10:15 to 12:45
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 2.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Our learning environment, relationships with our peers and teachers and the feelings of inclusion and belonging are key for achieving one’s full potential. These are some of the key principles found to influence and address the differential attainment gap that exists. Facilitating challenging conversations with trainees about their progress is frequently cited as a key issue of difficulty, but feedback is the most powerful single modification that enhances achievement. This workshop aims explore these challenges and offer some solutions.

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09:20 Senior Faculty Masterclass – Supporting Diverse Learners   Availability: Places available
Title: Senior Faculty Masterclass – Supporting Diverse Learners (DT25-083)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Mon 16 Mar 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 masterclass is to equip senior faculty members with advanced skills and strategies for supporting diverse learners with individual unique needs.

09:30 Improving Feedback & Reflection for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Improving Feedback & Reflection for ES/CS/SAS (SW25-008)
Venue: Microsoft Teams, Virtual
Date: Mon 16 Mar 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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09:20 Time Management Essentials for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Time Management Essentials for Doctors in Training (DT25-084)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Tue 17 Mar 2026, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The objective of this course is to enhance participants’ time management and work-life balance skills, focusing on practical methods to improve productivity, reduce stress, and achieve a balanced professional and personal life.

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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 (DT25-085)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Wed 18 Mar 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.

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09:20 Differential Attainment in Medical Education for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Differential Attainment in Medical Education for ES/CS/SAS (DT25-086)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Thu 19 Mar 2026, 09:20 to 12:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 3.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: To equip medical educators, leaders, and healthcare professionals with the skills and strategies necessary to address differential attainment, promote equity, and create an inclusive and supportive learning environment in medical education.

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09:20 Understanding and Supporting Neurodiverse Trainees for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Understanding and Supporting Neurodiverse Trainees for ES/CS/SAS (DT25-087)
Venue: Zoom, Virtual
Date: Thu 26 Mar 2026, 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.