Course Calendar

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09:00 RDE Surgical Specialties   Availability: Fully booked
Title: RDE Surgical Specialties (RDE Surgical Specialty)
Venue: RILD Building Exeter, Exeter
Date: Thu 2 Apr 2026, 09:00 to 12:00
Course style: Lecture
Catering: Refreshments and lunch
Core topic: F2 Regional Teaching
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: Speakers from various Surgical specialties, including Plastic Surgery and Urology will be providing an overview of working in the directorate and discussing the various pathways available. Please note a schedule for the day will follow shortly

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10:00 Clinical Skills for FY2 Drs   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Clinical Skills for FY2 Drs (06042026)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Education Centre (PGMC), Plymouth
Date: Tue 7 Apr 2026, 10:00 to 16:30
Course style: Combination of Styles
Catering: N/A
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

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08:00 ASCERT   Availability: Fully booked
Title: ASCERT (RCHT 25-26 #7)
Venue: Postgraduate Centre, Truro
2 Sessions: Starting on Thu 9 Apr 2026 at 08:00
Course style: Hands on
Catering: Refreshments and lunch
Core topic: Core teaching
CPD: 16:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: ASCERT - The Acute Systematic Clinical Emergency Response and Treatment, or ASCERT, program is an intensive 2-day course (First day Thursday 29th January and second day Friday 30th January 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.

13:30 Obstetrics & Gynaecology   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Obstetrics & Gynaecology (TSDFT090426)
Venue: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torquay - Torbay
Date: Thu 9 Apr 2026, 13:30 to 16:30
Course style: Combination of Styles
Catering: Refreshments
Core topic: F2 Regional Teaching
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This session will cover an introduction to Obstetrics, emergency presentation in gynae & early pregnancy and fertility

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09:00 How to be curious and challenging to create sustainable healthcare for the future.   Availability: Only 5 places available
Title: How to be curious and challenging to create sustainable healthcare for the future. (33375)
Venue: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torquay - Torbay
Date: Mon 13 Apr 2026, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Combination of Styles
Catering: Refreshments
Core topic: F2 Regional Teaching
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This session will give participants knowledge of quality improvement, an understanding of the current context and why continuous improvement is essential, the complexity of the healthcare system and the importance of system thinking and key steps of our improvement methodology. You will also learn how to effectively involve and manage key stakeholders

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09:00 General Paediatrics   Availability: Fully booked
Title: General Paediatrics (33374)
Venue: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torquay - Torbay
Date: Wed 15 Apr 2026, 09:00 to 12:00
Course style: Combination of Styles
Catering: Refreshments
Core topic: F2 Regional Teaching
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge

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10:00 The Dizzy Patient - an ENT perspective   Availability: Places available
Title: The Dizzy Patient - an ENT perspective (33373)
Venue: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Torquay - Torbay
Date: Thu 16 Apr 2026, 10:00 to 13:00
Course style: Combination of Styles
Catering: Refreshments
Core topic: F2 Regional Teaching
CPD: 3:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This will address common ENT causes of dizziness and their management.

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09:30 Human factors in Healthcare   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Human factors in Healthcare (HF202602)
Venue: RILD Building Exeter, Exeter
Date: Mon 20 Apr 2026, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Workshop
Catering: N/A
Core topic: Human Factors
CPD: 6:00 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: On this one day course we will introduce you to the foundations of human factors and ergonomics. I hear you say what is that? Have you ever thought about how you do your work? How does the system function and how does this impact on you? Why is it that you do the same type of job but it can be so different depending on the clinical setting? Why are some places a joy to work in? We will explore how understanding how we do our jobs can impact our performance. We will give some tools to use to understand your own work settings that you can take back and use in your quality improvement and patient safety projects. Human factors and ergonomic science underpin the day. We will look at design of the system, how mistakes happen, fatigue, culture using human factors and safety science. It will be an interactive day with a number of activities taught by Dr Franklin who is a working clinician with an interest in HFE alongside a HFE expert from a wide range of fields. The day will adapt to fit the needs of the participants in the room. It is a safe space. We want to help you understand why your day goes well sometimes and less well at others. Please bring a pen to write with. This course can be used towards the following Enhance module: system working

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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 (240426)
Venue: Virtual/Online, Virtual/Online
Date: Fri 24 Apr 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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08:45 Leadership & Team Building Away Day   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Leadership & Team Building Away Day (Leadership Away Day )
Venue: Haven Banks Exeter, Exeter - Exeter
Date: Wed 29 Apr 2026, 08:45 to 16:30
Course style: Combination of Styles
Catering: Refreshments and lunch
Core topic: F2 Regional Teaching
CPD: 7:45 hours
Cost: No charge
Description: This regional training day will focus on leadership and team building. The Royal Marine commandos will be talking to us about managing stress under challenging situations and how to lead when the pressure is on. The Haven Banks outward bound team will then undertake Dragon boat races along the River Exe. There will also be leadership and wellbeing talks throughout the afternoon of which further details will follow.

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08:00 ASCERT   Availability: Fully booked
Title: ASCERT (UHP 2025-26 APRIL)
Venue: Postgraduate Medical Education Centre (PGMC), Plymouth
2 Sessions: Starting on Thu 30 Apr 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 30th April and the second day Friday 1st May 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. No additional text has been set.