Course Calendar

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09:00 Train the Trainers (Seventeen Seconds)   Availability: Places available
Title: Train the Trainers (Seventeen Seconds) (PSK2FEB27a)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Tue 2 Feb 2027 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.

09:30 Communication in the Real World   Availability: Places available
Title: Communication in the Real World (PSK2FEB27)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Tue 2 Feb 2027 at 09:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This participative 2-day course covers a wide range of topics to help you improve your communication skills and feel more confident at work. You will have the opportunity to practice and will receive constructive feedback on your communication skills in a friendly and supportive learning environment.

09:30 Overcoming Unhealthy Perfectionism for Returning Trainees   Availability: Places available
Title: Overcoming Unhealthy Perfectionism for Returning Trainees (RTT2FEB27)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Tue 2 Feb 2027, 09:30 to 16:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The course is a full day online interactive workshop, led by experienced GP and educator Dr Martin Billington. The time will compromise of brief information-giving talks, small group and pairs work in break out rooms, and wider group discussions. There will be no pressure to disclose personal experiences, but the facilitator will create a safe environment where it is hoped attendees will feel comfortable to share their own stories, certainly within small groups.

09:30 Understanding and Supporting Neurodiverse Trainees   Availability: Places available
Title: Understanding and Supporting Neurodiverse Trainees (FD2FEB27)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Tue 2 Feb 2027, 09:30 to 15:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop aims to foster a comprehensive understanding of neurodiversity in the healthcare environment. Participants will learn strategies for supporting both neurodiverse and neurotypical colleagues, addressing biases, managing triggers, and making reasonable adjustments to enhance inclusion and psychological safety.

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10:00 Tiny Habits® for Returning Trainees: How to Make Changes in Your Life that Last Forever   Availability: Places available
Title: Tiny Habits® for Returning Trainees: How to Make Changes in Your Life that Last Forever (RTT3FEB27)
Venue: Online (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Wed 3 Feb 2027, 10:00 to 13:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The Tiny Habits® Workshop introduces BJ Fogg’s evidence-based behaviour-change method, coached by Certified Tiny Habits® Coach Katherine Hickman. In this practical, energising session, you will learn how small, simple actions can create powerful and lasting change without relying on willpower or motivation. Through interactive teaching and guided habit-building exercises, you will discover how to apply the Tiny Habits® approach immediately to improve wellbeing, performance and everyday life.

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09:15 Transform your Leadership via The Thinking Environment™ - Developing the listening, questioning and thinking skills that enable confident leadership in complex healthcare systems   Availability: Places available
Title: Transform your Leadership via The Thinking Environment™ - Developing the listening, questioning and thinking skills that enable confident leadership in complex healthcare systems (FD4FEB27)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Thu 4 Feb 2027, 09:15 to 16:15
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 7.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The quality of our attention determines the quality of other people’s thinking. In high-pressure healthcare settings, clinicians are consistently required to think clearly, make sound judgements, and lead others, often amidst uncertainty, hierarchy, and time constraint. The 10 components of a Thinking Environment create the conditions in which clear, independent, ethical and courageous thinking becomes possible, both individually and collectively.

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09:30 Understanding Finance and Developing Business Cases   Availability: Places available
Title: Understanding Finance and Developing Business Cases (PSK9FEB27)
Venue: Online (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Tue 9 Feb 2027, 09:30 to 15:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This full-day workshop is designed to enhance financial literacy and business case development skills for medical professionals. Participants will gain foundational knowledge of financial principles and practical techniques for budgeting, cost management, and revenue generation, crucial for effective decision-making in healthcare.

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09:30 Working with Neurodivergence: Sustainable Compassion in Healthcare   Availability: Places available
Title: Working with Neurodivergence: Sustainable Compassion in Healthcare (FD10FEB27)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Wed 10 Feb 2027, 09:30 to 11:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Compassion is central to healthcare, but can be difficult to sustain within the pressures of training and supervision. This interactive session explores sustainable compassion in the context of medical education, including its impact on both doctors in training and educators. Participants will develop strategies to support compassionate practice while maintaining boundaries and protecting wellbeing.

13:30 Mind Matters: Sustainable Compassion in Healthcare   Availability: Places available
Title: Mind Matters: Sustainable Compassion in Healthcare (PSK10FEB27)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Wed 10 Feb 2027, 13:30 to 15:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Compassion is central to healthcare, but can become difficult to sustain under pressure. This interactive session explores the concept of sustainable compassion and the factors that can lead to emotional exhaustion and burnout. Participants will develop an understanding of how to maintain compassionate practice without compromising their own wellbeing, through reflection and practical strategies.

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09:30 An Introduction to Courageous Leadership for Clinical and Educational Supervisors   Availability: Places available
Title: An Introduction to Courageous Leadership for Clinical and Educational Supervisors (FD11FEB27)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
Date: Thu 11 Feb 2027, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: A one-day virtual introduction to courageous leadership for NHS educators and clinicians. Through short teaching, reflection and group discussion, you’ll explore the core concepts and four learnable skillsets of courageous leadership, identify the behaviours that build trust, and clarify your call to courage. You’ll also uncover what gets in the way of showing up bravely — and leave with practical ways to lead with greater clarity, confidence and compassion.

09:30 Returning to Work: Managing Stress and Improving Self-Care   Availability: Places available
Title: Returning to Work: Managing Stress and Improving Self-Care (RTT11FEB27)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Thu 11 Feb 2027, 09:30 to 15:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This workshop is designed to help NHS staff prioritise self-care to combat burnout and enhance overall performance. Participants will learn strategies to manage stress and boost mental fitness, ensuring they can deliver high-quality patient care while maintaining personal well-being and motivation.

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09:30 Support for IMGs: Understanding Cultural Communication Differences Between Colleagues   Availability: Places available
Title: Support for IMGs: Understanding Cultural Communication Differences Between Colleagues (IMG23FEB27)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Tue 23 Feb 2027, 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.

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09:00 The Consultant Fellowship Interview   Availability: Places available
Title: The Consultant Fellowship Interview (PSK24FEB27a)
Venue: Virtual (Platform TBC), - Virtual
Date: Wed 24 Feb 2027, 09:00 to 13:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This half-day course is designed for Specialist Registrars who are, or will be, applying for posts as consultants / fellows and who wish to enhance their interview skills at this level. It addresses all the main stages of the interview process from job search and preparing applications to practical strategies within the interview and subsequent engagement with HR.

09:15 Refresher Training for Educational Supervisors   Availability: Places available
Title: Refresher Training for Educational Supervisors (FD24FEB27)
Venue: Online (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Wed 24 Feb 2027, 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.

13:30 Making the Transition to Consultant   Availability: Places available
Title: Making the Transition to Consultant (PSK24FEB27)
Venue: Trust Headquarters and Education Centre (MYT), Wakefield
Date: Wed 24 Feb 2027, 13:30 to 17:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: The transition to Consultant course will interactively explore starting as a consultant, developing special interests, leadership, innovation and maintaining creativity and sustainability over a consultant career spanning decades. The course will be rooted in positive work cultures that positively impact on clinical and non-clinical teams, focusing on maximising patient experience and staff wellbeing.

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09:00 Power and Influence   Availability: Places available
Title: Power and Influence (PSK25FEB27)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Thu 25 Feb 2027, 09:00 to 16:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This one-day online workshop demystifies the concepts of power and influence in healthcare leadership. Participants explore how to use influence effectively and ethically, navigating complex hierarchies and advocating for positive change.

09:00 Trauma-Informed Practice for Clinical and Educational Supervisors: Understanding how psychological trauma awareness can improve leadership, patient outcomes and prevent burnout   Availability: Places available
Title: Trauma-Informed Practice for Clinical and Educational Supervisors: Understanding how psychological trauma awareness can improve leadership, patient outcomes and prevent burnout (FD25FEB27)
Venue: Virtual (Zoom), - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Thu 25 Feb 2027 at 09:00
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: This comprehensive workshop provides the opportunity for participants to deeply explore psychological trauma and its impacts; and to come away with a clear understanding of how to implement sustainable, achievable, realistic changes. A follow up session provides the opportunity to discuss questions and cases which have arisen since the training.

09:30 Enhancing Your Confidence as a Medical Professional   Availability: Places available
Title: Enhancing Your Confidence as a Medical Professional (PSK25FEB27a)
Venue: Online (Zoom), - Virtual
Date: Thu 25 Feb 2027, 09:30 to 16:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Discover what confidence looks, feels, sounds and acts like. This course will give you access to a practical toolkit which can significantly increase your inner comfort and assurance. Elevating your personal confidence will positively impact how you show up for your work and will support your career prospects. This training is liberating and empowering.

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09:30 Return with Resilience - Tools for a confident and compassionate return to clinical practice   Availability: Places available
Title: Return with Resilience - Tools for a confident and compassionate return to clinical practice (RTT26FEB27)
Venue: Virtual (Microsoft Teams), - Virtual
2 Sessions: Starting on Fri 26 Feb 2027 at 09:30
Course style: Workshop
CPD: 0.000 points
Cost: No charge
Description: Are you thinking of, or have you just returned to work after a career break, sabbatical, parental leave, or time out? This 2-day interactive course equips you with practical, evidence-based tools to rebuild confidence, manage stress, navigate difficult consultations, set healthy boundaries, manage empathy and nurture sustainable well-being. You’ll leave with your own bespoke “Return Toolkit” — so you don’t just return, you return ready to thrive.