Course Calendar

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09:30 Increasing Confidence In Communicating With Culturally Diverse Patients   Availability: Places available
Title: Increasing Confidence In Communicating With Culturally Diverse Patients (IMG2OCT25)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Thu 2 Oct 2025, 09:30 to 15:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This interactive workshop is designed for IMGs to navigate the challenges of a medical career in the UK. Gain insights into British culture, build strong patient relationships, and master time-pressured consultations with confidence. Learn practical tips and techniques to thrive from day one!

12:30 Lunch and Learn: Benefits of Supervision   Availability: Places available
Title: Lunch and Learn: Benefits of Supervision (PC02OCT25)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Thu 2 Oct 2025, 12:30 to 13:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: For teams, individuals and organisations in more depth.

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09:00 Intending GP Trainer - Consulting Skills   Availability: Places available
Title: Intending GP Trainer - Consulting Skills (GP07OCT25)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Tue 7 Oct 2025, 09:00 to 12:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Teaching the consultation: This course will give guidance on how to teach the consultation to a GP trainee and how to use the toolkit resource that is available to all trainers. An overview of how to teach the consultation, how to access material provided to the trainer and how to improve the trainees consultation skills

09:30 Mindfulness at Work and in Life   Availability: Places available
Title: Mindfulness at Work and in Life (FD7OCT25)
Venue: Online (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Tue 7 Oct 2025, 09:30 to 13:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: “Mindfulness at work and in life” is an experiential course based on the 8-week evidence-based Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course. The course is interactive with group work and meditation practices. It covers important aspects of mindfulness and the reality of working in the NHS.

10:00 Reconnecting with Purpose: Exploring Career Challenges and Rediscovering Professional Passion   Availability: Places available
Title: Reconnecting with Purpose: Exploring Career Challenges and Rediscovering Professional Passion (RTT7OCT25a)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Tue 7 Oct 2025, 10:00 to 15:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Sometimes time away from work makes us re-evaluate our choices. This one-day workshop is an opportunity for returning trainees to explore their professional motivation and reconnect with why they chose their career path or specialty, or indeed reconsider whether it is now right for them.

13:30 Increase Your Productivity and Focus When Returning to Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Increase Your Productivity and Focus When Returning to Training (RTT7OCT25)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Tue 7 Oct 2025 at 13:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: "How can we manage an ever-increasing, complex workload, during unprecedented change and still have time for personal life? Positive People created this hands-on programme to support busy staff at all levels, providing an approach which puts you in control, improves productivity and reduces stress."

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09:30 Focus | Plan | Do It – Improve Productivity and Reduce Stress   Availability: Places available
Title: Focus | Plan | Do It – Improve Productivity and Reduce Stress (PSK9OCT25)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Thu 9 Oct 2025, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: "How can we manage an ever-increasing, complex workload, during unprecedented change and still have time for personal life? Positive People created this hands-on programme to support busy staff at all levels, providing an approach which puts you in control, improves productivity and reduces stress."

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12:30 Lunch and Learn: Benefits of Supervision   Availability: Places available
Title: Lunch and Learn: Benefits of Supervision (PC10OCT25)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Fri 10 Oct 2025, 12:30 to 13:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: For teams, individuals and organisations in more depth.

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09:00 Leadership and Management   Availability: Only 5 places available
Title: Leadership and Management (PSK13OCT25)
Venue: Online (Zoom), - Virtual
3 Sessions: Starting on Mon 13 Oct 2025 at 09:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: A 3 day programme for senior trainees in their final year. "Edmund ran a fantastic course all delivered purely on an online platform. It showed how high quality group teaching and training can be delivered online. The course has changed my practice and made me a better leader." - Participant Oct 21

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09:30 What brings you in today? The art of consulting for returning PGDiTs   Availability: Places available
Title: What brings you in today? The art of consulting for returning PGDiTs (RTT14OCT25)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Tue 14 Oct 2025, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: A Consultation Skills refresher for doctors returning to work in a primary care setting. We will consider the consultation skills used needed in everyday practice. There will then be the opportunity to rehearse these skills in small and supportive groups, with an experienced role player.

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10:00 Managing Imposter Syndrome   Availability: Places available
Title: Managing Imposter Syndrome (PSK15OCT25)
Venue: Online (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Wed 15 Oct 2025, 10:00 to 15:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Imposter Syndrome or Phenomenon is defined as ‘a collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist despite evidence of success’. This one-day interactive workshop looks at what Imposter Syndrome is, how it gets in the way of our work, and then more importantly what tools are available to manage it.

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09:30 CVs, Applications, and Interviews   Availability: Only 10 places available
Title: CVs, Applications, and Interviews (PSK16OCT25)
Venue: Online (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Thu 16 Oct 2025, 09:30 to 16:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This participative course covers a wide range of topics to help you improve your CV, application form answers and to perform positively and confidently at interview. Delegates will have the opportunity to practice if they wish and will receive constructive feedback in a friendly and supportive learning environment.

09:30 Introduction to Clinical Supervision   Availability: Places available
Title: Introduction to Clinical Supervision (PC16OCT25)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Thu 16 Oct 2025, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Workshop
Catering: Not applicable
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This is a fully funded half day introductory course that will equip attendees with basic skills and knowledge to provide clinical supervision within the workplace. This course is intended for clinicians working in primary and community care environments from the wider workforce professions and GPs who wish to explore how to support their staff better. It is aimed at those individuals in General Practice who have recently been asked to supervise staff and/or would like some fundamentals around the below elements of supervision.

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09:00 Intending GP Trainer - Clinical Supervision   Availability: Places available
Title: Intending GP Trainer - Clinical Supervision (GP17OCT25)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Fri 17 Oct 2025, 09:00 to 12:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: If you are currently on the pathway to becoming a GP Trainer i.e. you have registered via the web app this is the course for you. It is not intended for experienced Trainers. - Are you looking to fit the pieces of the jigsaw together and become more confident in your role as CS and ES and writing CSRs and ESRs? - Do you want to know how your reports compare with your peers? - Do you want an opportunity to spend a day with Trainers who have similar amount of experience as you? This course will outline the role of the Clinical Supervisor and the Educational Supervisor and practical advice on how to write the required reports within the RCGP Trainee e-portfolio, for each of these roles.

09:00 Intending GP Trainer - WPBA (workplace-based assessments)   Availability: Places available
Title: Intending GP Trainer - WPBA (workplace-based assessments) (GP17Oct25 1)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Fri 17 Oct 2025, 09:00 to 12:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Suitable for intending trainers to be completed prior to being appointed an associate trainer or prior to submitting an application to become a GP trainer. It is not intended for experienced trainers. - Are you looking to fit the pieces of the jigsaw together and become more confident in conducting WPBA, (CBDs and COTs)? - Do you want to know how your assessments compare with your peers? - Do you want an opportunity to spend a day with a GP Educator who have similar amount of experience as you? This course will explain the mandatory workplace-based assessments that trainees need to complete and give practical advice on how to undertake these with a GP trainee in practice.

09:30 Introduction to Educational Supervision   Availability: Places available
Title: Introduction to Educational Supervision (PC17OCT25)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Fri 17 Oct 2025, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This is a fully funded half day introductory course that will equip attendees with some educational theory, an understanding of educator Knowledge and skills requirement and an introduction to work based assessments (WBAs). This course is intended for clinicians working in primary and community care environments from the wider workforce professions and GPs who wish to explore how to support their staff better. It is aimed at those individuals in General Practice who have recently been asked to supervise staff and/or would like some fundamentals around the below elements of supervision.

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09:00 An Introduction to Neurodiversity   Availability: Places available
Title: An Introduction to Neurodiversity (FD20OCT25)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Mon 20 Oct 2025, 09:00 to 12:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This course aims to improve your understanding of different neurotypes and increase your confidence in supporting a neurodivergent postgraduate doctor or dentist in training. The course will focus on Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Autism and ADHD, with topics including: • The language associated with neurodiversity and neurodifferences • What is ADHD and what are associated challenges and strengths? • What are dyslexia and dyspraxia and what are associated challenges and strengths? • What is autism and what are associated challenges and strengths? • The Equality Act • What is a reasonable adjustment? • How might you support a trainee or colleague?

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09:30 Writing for Publication   Availability: Only 8 places available
Title: Writing for Publication (PSK22OCT25)
Venue: Online (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Wed 22 Oct 2025, 09:30 to 16:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The skill of writing an article – and getting it published in a peer-reviewed journal – is highly prized, but rarely taught. This one-day course concentrates on this skill, and in particular on the process of writing.

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09:30 Intending GP trainers and Multiprofessional Supervisor Pathway Day 1   Availability: Places available
Title: Intending GP trainers and Multiprofessional Supervisor Pathway Day 1 (PC23OCT25)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Thu 23 Oct 2025, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Day 1 focuses on building foundational skills for educational supervision. Participants will explore how to create safe and effective learning environments, balance patient care with supervision responsibilities and develop teaching and assessing methods to meet diverse learner needs.

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09:30 Intending GP trainers and Multiprofessional Supervisor Pathway Day 2   Availability: Places available
Title: Intending GP trainers and Multiprofessional Supervisor Pathway Day 2 (PC30OCT25)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Thu 30 Oct 2025 at 09:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Day 2 enhances participants’ skills in assessing and supporting learner progress. The morning session covers workplace-based assessments and feedback techniques, while the afternoon focuses on problem-based learning exclusively for Nurses, Pharmacists, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, First Contact Practitioners and other health care professionals seeking to develop their educational supervision skills.