Course Calendar

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09:30 Ethics - understanding principles and putting them into clinical practice   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Ethics - understanding principles and putting them into clinical practice (061026)
Venue: Virtual/Online, Virtual/Online
Date: Tue 6 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 16:00
Course style: Combination of Styles
Catering: N/A
Core topic: Core teaching
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: New course to help meet the requirements of the 2021 Foundation Curriculum! This course can be used towards the following Enhance module: system working

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08:00 ASCERT   Availability: Fully booked
Title: ASCERT (151026)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Education Centre (PGMC), Plymouth
2 Sessions: Starting on Thu 15 Oct 2026 at 08:00
Course style: Hands on
Catering: Refreshments and lunch
Core topic: Core teaching
CPD: 16:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: The Acute Systematic Clinical Emergency Response and Treatment, or ASCERT, program is an intensive 2-day course (First day Thursday 15th October and second day Friday 16th October 2026) that is designed for medical professionals who deal directly with acutely unwell adult patients. ASCERT is primarily engineered for junior doctors in Foundation Year 2 and early core/specialist training years. However, other medical professionals who have a direct role in patient assessment may also register. If you would like to improve the outcome of your treatment of acutely ill patients, ASCERT is almost certainly the right option for you. We take pride in the success that our delegates have in the field and we look forward to seeing you in an upcoming ASCERT session. If you have questions regarding the program, don’t hesitate to contact us. If you need to cancel your place on this course - after you have confirmed your cancellation on Maxcourse OR have got a last minute space please email Sharron Blackler at: sharron.blackler@nhs.net or phone 07828 804898. This course requires a lot of work from the ASCERT team prior to the day so they need as much information as they can for the days to run smoothly. This course can be used towards the following Enhance module: patient centred practice, complex multi-morbidity. No additional text has been set. No additional text has been set.

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09:30 Surgical Skills   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Surgical Skills (RCHT 2026-27 #1)
Venue: Postgraduate Centre, Truro
Date: Fri 16 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 15:30
Course style: Hands on
Catering: Refreshments and lunch
Core topic: Clinical Skills
CPD: 5:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: All-day study day with morning lectures on How to Enter a Surgical Career, and Core Surgical Topics. This day will also incorporate four practical stations with high-quality anatomical models for each attendee to attempt wound closure, cyst excision, tendon repair, vessel repair, and Plaster of Paris application.

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09:00 How to be curious and challenging to create sustainable healthcare for the future.   Availability: Places available
Title: How to be curious and challenging to create sustainable healthcare for the future. (33390)
Venue: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torquay - Torbay
Date: Mon 19 Oct 2026, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Workshop
Catering: Refreshments
Core topic: F2 Regional Teaching
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This is a practical, 1 day course which will help you to understand the current challenges facing health and social care and how quality improvement will help find different solutions to help. The course introduces a practical methodology which will help to maximise the chances of delivering successful change along with practical tools and techniques to support each step of delivery. The course will equip you to feel confident and capable to deliver a quality improvement project from start to finish, in line with academic requirements.

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10:00 Clinical Skills for FY2 Drs   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Clinical Skills for FY2 Drs (281026)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Education Centre (PGMC), Plymouth
Date: Wed 28 Oct 2026, 10:00 to 16:30
Course style: Combination of Styles
Catering: Refreshments and lunch
Core topic: Clinical Skills
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Full day course providing teaching and task training on clinical procedures for FY2 doctors. Some of the skills to be covered include chest drain insertion, lumbar puncture, suturing, paracentesis and joint aspiration. The skills will be taught in small groups. The day will start prompty at 1000 with registration, and will finish at 1630