Course Calendar

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13:00 Disability Awareness Series: Understanding Physical Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions   Availability: Places available
Title: Disability Awareness Series: Understanding Physical Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions (FD1APR26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Wed 1 Apr 2026, 13:00 to 16:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This course looks at physical disabilities and chronic health conditions in more depth, to increase your awareness and provide you with knowledge on how you might support a postgraduate doctor or dentist with a physical disability or chronic health condition. The course is part of a series of Understanding Disability workshops for Faculty, Educational/Clinical Supervisors and Medical Education Teams. We recommend attending the Introduction to Disability Awareness Course first. Course topics include: - The language used around disabilities - Exploring physical disabilities, with a specific focus on: Multiple Sclerosis Mobility impairments, including paralysis, amputation, muscular dystrophy and Cerebral Palsy Repetitive Strain Injuries - Exploring chronic health conditions, with a specific focus on: Chronic Pain disorders, such as fibromyalgia Diabetes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Migraine Disorders - Discussing how these conditions might affect someone during their training and in the clinical workplace - The Equality Act - An exploration of reasonable adjustments - How you can support a trainee or colleague with a hidden disability

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14:00 Disability Awareness Series: Understanding Visual and Hearing Impairments   Availability: Places available
Title: Disability Awareness Series: Understanding Visual and Hearing Impairments (FD7APR26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Tue 7 Apr 2026, 14:00 to 17:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Increase your understanding of and confidence in supporting postgraduate doctors or dentists in training with a visual or hearing impairment. The course is part of a series of Understanding Disability workshops for Faculty, Educational/Clinical Supervisors and Medical Education Teams. We recommend attending the Introduction to Disability Awareness Course first. Course topics include: - The language used around Disabilities - Exploring visual impairments, with a focus on: Complete or Partial Blindness Low Vision Glaucoma Cataracts Macular Degeneration Nystagmus - Exploring hearing impairments, with a focus on: Complete Deafness Partial Hearing Loss (Hard of Hearing) Tinnitus Conductive Hearing Loss Auditory Processing Disorder Meniere’s Disease - How somebody with an impairment be affected during their training and in the clinical workplace - The Equality Act - An exploration of reasonable adjustments - How to support a trainee or colleague with a visual or hearing impairment

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09:00 Training the Trainers   Availability: Places available
Title: Training the Trainers (PSK16APR26)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Thu 16 Apr 2026 at 09:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This two-day online course empowers postgraduate doctors to excel in medical education. Through interactive workshops and collaboration, participants gain knowledge, skills, and confidence in educational theory and practice. The course focuses on preparing them to teach effectively and inclusively.

09:30 Intending GP trainers and Multiprofessional Supervisor Pathway Day 1   Availability: Places available
Title: Intending GP trainers and Multiprofessional Supervisor Pathway Day 1 (PC16APR26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Thu 16 Apr 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 Tips and Tricks Series: Improving Concentration   Availability: Places available
Title: Tips and Tricks Series: Improving Concentration (PSK21APR26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Tue 21 Apr 2026, 09:30 to 10:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop will develop your understanding of concentration and why it can be difficult to manage. It will provide you with practical skills to develop strategies to increase concentration and focus so you can thrive in your training and clinical work. This one-hour session is part of a four-workshop series designed to support you to improve areas of executive functioning. Other sessions focus on managing stress and overwhelm, improving prioritisation, organisation, planning and time management. You can book onto the individual sessions that meet your specific needs, or you may wish to book the full series.

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09:30 Intending GP Trainer - Educational Difficulties in GP Training   Availability: Places available
Title: Intending GP Trainer - Educational Difficulties in GP Training (GP23APR26)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Thu 23 Apr 2026, 09:30 to 12:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: " only open to Yorkshire and Humber trainers " This course is only open to prospective GP Trainers who have been accepted onto the trainer pathway. This is one of the mandatory courses that need to be completed. This course will give you an understanding of the difficulties that some doctors in training may experience whilst undertaking GP Training. The course will help you spot the signs that a doctor in training may be struggling, outline how to document these concerns and will discuss the help and support available to you and your doctor in training.