Course Calendar

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09:00 Motivational Interviewing for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Motivational Interviewing for Doctors in Training (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: Places available
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: 0.000 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.

09:20 Senior Faculty – Strategic Planning and Vision   Availability: Places available
Title: Senior Faculty – Strategic Planning and Vision (DT26-086)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Thu 4 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 empower senior medical education faculty with the skills to develop a cohesive and strategic vision for their educational services. By focusing on aligning educational values, purpose, and brand identity, the workshop seeks to enhance strategic planning, improve educational impact, and foster a motivated and engaged educational team.

09:30 Introduction to Coaching and Mentoring Skills for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
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 Trainee: A Clinical Leadership Workshop for ST3-5 Trainees   Availability: Places available
Title: Leading as a Trainee: A Clinical Leadership Workshop for ST3-5 Trainees (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 trainees. 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 trainees development.

09:20 Developing Effective Leadership Behaviours for Medical Professionals for Doctors for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Developing Effective Leadership Behaviours for Medical Professionals for Doctors for Doctors in Training (DT26-029)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Fri 5 Jun 2026, 09:20 to 15:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 6.000 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.

09:30 Confidence Training for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Confidence Training for Doctors in Training (SW26-081)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Fri 5 Jun 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.

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09:20 Transitioning to the NHS: Strategies for International Medical Graduates - for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Transitioning to the NHS: Strategies for International Medical Graduates - for Doctors in Training (DT26-030)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Tue 9 Jun 2026, 09:20 to 15:30
Course style: Webinar
Catering: N/A
CPD: 6.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The primary objective of this workshop is to facilitate a successful transition for international medical graduates into the UK healthcare system. By focusing on essential skills, cultural competency, and professional development, the workshop aims to prepare participants for effective practice within the NHS and support their career growth.

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09:30 Effective Communication Across Different Cultures for Doctors in Training, IMGs and LEDs   Availability: Places available
Title: Effective Communication Across Different Cultures for Doctors in Training, IMGs and LEDs (12/06/2026)
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: Places available
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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09:00 Supervisor Training Modules 1-3   Availability: Places available
Title: Supervisor Training Modules 1-3 (SW26-055)
Venue: via MS Teams or Zoom, - - Virtual
Date: Mon 15 Jun 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

13:30 Supervisor Training Modules 4-5   Availability: Places available
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: Places available
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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09:20 Difficult Conversations and Conflict Resolution for Doctors in Training   Availability: 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.

09:30 Confidence Training for ES/CS/SAS   Availability: Places available
Title: Confidence Training for ES/CS/SAS (18/06/2026)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Thu 18 Jun 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.

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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 Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Reflecting On and Learning from Feedback for Doctors in Training (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 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 (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 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!

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: 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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09:20 Senior Faculty Leadership and Quality   Availability: Places available
Title: Senior Faculty Leadership and Quality (DT26-031)
Venue: TBC, TBC - Virtual
Date: Wed 24 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 masterclass is to equip senior medical educators with advanced leadership skills and comprehensive knowledge in educational governance and quality assurance. By focusing on practical strategies, real-world case studies, and interactive learning, the workshop seeks to enhance your ability to lead, manage, and assure quality in medical education programmes effectively.