Course Calendar

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09:00 Train the Trainers (Seventeen Seconds)   Availability: Places available
Title: Train the Trainers (Seventeen Seconds) (PSK1OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Thu 1 Oct 2026 at 09:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This two-day online blended course supports postgraduate doctors in training to develop knowledge, skills and confidence in medical education. In interactive workshops and collaborative activities, participants explore educational theory and practice, preparing them to teach effectively and inclusively.

09:15 Clinical Supervisors: Communicating Effectively with Trainees   Availability: Places available
Title: Clinical Supervisors: Communicating Effectively with Trainees (FD1OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Thu 1 Oct 2026, 09:15 to 16:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 6.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop focuses on the essential interactive skills needed for good supervision i.e. those that encourage reflection and facilitate the sharing of experience and best practice. It is not designed to train Supervisors in the procedural elements of the role.

09:30 An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Practice for Clinical and Educational Supervisors   Availability: Places available
Title: An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Practice for Clinical and Educational Supervisors (FD1OCT26a)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Thu 1 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 12:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: In this webinar we look at an overview of psychological trauma and how it impacts the brain and body. We will look at the impact of psychological trauma on behaviours and begin to see how this can impact interpersonal communication and relationships at a subconscious level. We will begin to look at how we can use this information to support the wellbeing of colleagues through lifestyle measures.

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09:30 Introduction to Restorative Supervision Skills   Availability: Places available
Title: Introduction to Restorative Supervision Skills (PC02OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Fri 2 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This is a fully funded face to face half day introductory course that will equip attendees with basic skills and knowledge to undertake restorative supervision in the workplace.

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09:30 Engaging Learners in a Hybrid Learning Environment   Availability: Places available
Title: Engaging Learners in a Hybrid Learning Environment (FD6OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Tue 6 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 16:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop provides an overview of utilising apps to enhance your teaching and training – whether delivered online or in-person. We will look at how to bring in-person teaching activities into online learning, and consider how to incorporate apps into your in-person delivery to deliver engaging content.

09:30 Support for IMGs: Understanding Cultural Communication Differences Between Colleagues   Availability: Places available
Title: Support for IMGs: Understanding Cultural Communication Differences Between Colleagues (IMG6OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Tue 6 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 15:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This course is designed specifically for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) working within the NHS, with a focus on enhancing communication skills in a multicultural healthcare environment. Participants will explore how cultural backgrounds can influence workplace interactions, including verbal and non-verbal communication, team collaboration, and professional expectations. Through practical exercises, real-life case scenarios, and guided discussions, IMGs will develop strategies to navigate cultural differences confidently, build effective working relationships with colleagues, and communicate more clearly with both clinical teams and patients. By the end of the course, participants will feel more confident in adapting their communication style to the UK healthcare setting, fostering stronger teamwork, and contributing positively to patient care.

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10:00 Returning with Purpose: Exploring Career Challenges and Rediscovering with Professional Passion   Availability: Places available
Title: Returning with Purpose: Exploring Career Challenges and Rediscovering with Professional Passion (RTT7OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Wed 7 Oct 2026, 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.

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09:30 Active Bystander Training: Challenging Unacceptable Workplace Behaviours for Educators and Trainers   Availability: Places available
Title: Active Bystander Training: Challenging Unacceptable Workplace Behaviours for Educators and Trainers (FD8OCT26)
Venue: Online (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Thu 8 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 11:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: How to challenge inappropriate behaviour in the workplace: a 90 minute, interactive session containing self coaching techniques to keep a cool head in challenging situations and assertive language devices to speak up with impact.

09:30 Increase Your Productivity and Focus When Returning to Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Increase Your Productivity and Focus When Returning to Training (RTT8OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Thu 8 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: How can healthcare and dental professionals manage an ever-increasing, complex workload in a world of constant change … and still find time for personal life? Positive People have developed this interactive, hands-on programme specifically for busy medical and dental professionals. It provides practical strategies to help you take control, boost efficiency, and reduce stress—so you can perform at your best without burning out.

09:30 Medical Ethics   Availability: Places available
Title: Medical Ethics (PSK8OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Blackboard), - Virtual
Date: Thu 8 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 13:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: A practical, case-based reminder of how to identify, analyse and resolve ethical dilemmas in clinical practice. The session is discussion-based and seeks to emphasise the formulation, articulation and exchange of ethical ideas and theory.

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09:00 Intending GP Trainer - Clinical Supervision   Availability: Places available
Title: Intending GP Trainer - Clinical Supervision (GP09OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026, 09:00 to 12:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: " only open to Yorkshire and Humber trainers " 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.

09:30 Introduction to Clinical Supervision skills   Availability: Places available
Title: Introduction to Clinical Supervision skills (PC09OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026, 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 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.

13:00 Intending GP Trainer - Consulting Skills   Availability: Places available
Title: Intending GP Trainer - Consulting Skills (GP09OCT26 1)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Fri 9 Oct 2026, 13:00 to 16:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: " only open to Yorkshire and Humber trainers " 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

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09:00 Leadership and Management   Availability: Fully booked
Title: Leadership and Management (PSK12OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
3 Sessions: Starting on Mon 12 Oct 2026 at 09:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: A three-day programme designed for senior trainees in their final year. "Edmund ran a fantastic 3 day course which was all delivered purely on an online platform. It was an example of how high quality group teaching and training can be delivered online. The course has changed my practice and I believe made me a better leader." - Participant Oct 21

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09:00 Simulated Consultation Assessment Webinar (SCA) for Trainers   Availability: Places available
Title: Simulated Consultation Assessment Webinar (SCA) for Trainers (GP13OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Tue 13 Oct 2026, 09:00 to 12:00
Course style: Lecture
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This seminar will be held virtually. Upon booking you will be able to access the meeting details via the documents section

09:30 Patient Safety: Investigating and Learning from Incidents   Availability: Places available
Title: Patient Safety: Investigating and Learning from Incidents (PSK13OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Tue 13 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 15:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This course offers a safe space for doctors to discuss, reflect on, and learn from patient safety incidents. Facilitated by experts, this workshop delves into the complexities of patient safety investigations from individual, team, and system perspectives, focusing on effective strategies to prevent future incidents.

09:30 Research for Doctors in Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Research for Doctors in Training (PSK13OCT26a)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Tue 13 Oct 2026 at 09:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This interactive course will provide you with an insight into the practicalities of designing and delivering a clinical research project that is relevant to the NHS. This will include what reviewers and funders will be looking for, alongside how decisions are made about the cost effectiveness of treatments and ultimately how to ensure research makes a difference. Each stage of the process will include examples from a range of research projects which will be used to demonstrate the principles. Throughout there will be a focus on how to interpret and apply the evidence in the clinical setting.

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 (RTT13OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Tue 13 Oct 2026, 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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09:30 Demystifying NHS Finance for Resident Doctors   Availability: Places available
Title: Demystifying NHS Finance for Resident Doctors (PSK14OCT26a)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Wed 14 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This half-day interactive session is designed for resident doctors to provide a practical introduction to how the NHS is structured, funded, and commissioned. The session will explore how the NHS has evolved over time, how national and local organisations interact, and how financial decisions impact clinical services. Participants will gain insight into the financial pressures facing the NHS and how different payment systems, contracts, and costing approaches influence service delivery and decision-making.

13:00 Active Bystander Training: Challenging Unacceptable Workplace Behaviours   Availability: Places available
Title: Active Bystander Training: Challenging Unacceptable Workplace Behaviours (PSK14OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Wed 14 Oct 2026, 13:00 to 14:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: How to challenge inappropriate behaviour in the workplace: a 90 minute, interactive session containing self coaching techniques to keep a cool head in challenging situations and assertive language devices to speak up with impact.

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09:30 How to Process Difficult Emotions for Returning Trainees   Availability: Places available
Title: How to Process Difficult Emotions for Returning Trainees (RTT15OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Thu 15 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 16:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Our everyday work and personal lives contain many events, circumstances and stimuli that can provoke difficult emotions. This can be challenging to navigate and we may find ourselves reactive, unsettled or stuck. In this course, you’ll discover practical strategies to recognise, process and respond to difficult emotions, helping you feel calmer, more balanced, and clearer.

09:30 Practice Supervisor/Assessor Update   Availability: Places available
Title: Practice Supervisor/Assessor Update (PC15OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Thu 15 Oct 2026, 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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09:15 Refresher Training for Educational Supervisors   Availability: Places available
Title: Refresher Training for Educational Supervisors (FD20OCT26)
Venue: Online (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Tue 20 Oct 2026, 09:15 to 12:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop is not designed to train new Supervisors, but to be a refresher. The GMC has arrangements for the formal recognition and approval of Clinical and Educational Supervisors which requires Health Education England to be responsible for recognizing trainers and forwarding these to the GMC for approval.

09:30 CVs, Applications, and Interviews   Availability: Only 10 places available
Title: CVs, Applications, and Interviews (PSK20OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Tue 20 Oct 2026, 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. You will have the opportunity to practice if you wish and will receive constructive feedback in a friendly and supportive learning environment.

09:30 Managing Challenging Conversations with Colleagues for Returning Trainees   Availability: Places available
Title: Managing Challenging Conversations with Colleagues for Returning Trainees (RTT20OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Tue 20 Oct 2026, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This half day course will explore challenging conversations, and tools we can use to a) manage ourselves and b) aid us in successful, clear communication Do you ever find yourself having conversations about someone when you should be having them with them? Do you ever feel apprehensive knowing there is a challenging conversation on the horizon? If so don’t worry. This course can help you. We will explore tools that can help you prepare for, and navigate, challenging conversations that you encounter. It is unlikely that any of us will get through life without having any!

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10:00 Managing Imposter Syndrome   Availability: Places available
Title: Managing Imposter Syndrome (PSK21OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Wed 21 Oct 2026, 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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09:00 Compassionate Leadership and Emotional Intelligence   Availability: Places available
Title: Compassionate Leadership and Emotional Intelligence (PSK22OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Thu 22 Oct 2026, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This one-day online workshop explores how compassionate leadership, grounded in emotional intelligence, enhances team culture, resilience, and patient care. Through a mix of interactive activities, participants develop practical strategies to lead with empathy and awareness in demanding healthcare settings.

09:30 Intending GP trainers and Multiprofessional Supervisor Pathway Day 1   Availability: Places available
Title: Intending GP trainers and Multiprofessional Supervisor Pathway Day 1 (PC22OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Thu 22 Oct 2026, 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 Introduction to Clinical Supervision skills   Availability: Places available
Title: Introduction to Clinical Supervision skills (PC23OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Fri 23 Oct 2026, 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 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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09:30 Intending GP trainers and Multiprofessional Supervisor Pathway Day 2   Availability: Places available
Title: Intending GP trainers and Multiprofessional Supervisor Pathway Day 2 (PC29OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Thu 29 Oct 2026 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.

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09:00 Intending GP Trainer - Clinical Supervision   Availability: Places available
Title: Intending GP Trainer - Clinical Supervision (GP30OCT261)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Fri 30 Oct 2026, 09:00 to 12:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: " only open to Yorkshire and Humber trainers " 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.

13:00 Intending GP Trainer - WPBA (workplace-based assessments)   Availability: Places available
Title: Intending GP Trainer - WPBA (workplace-based assessments) (GP30OCT26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Fri 30 Oct 2026, 13:00 to 16:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: " only open to Yorkshire and Humber trainers " 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.