Courses and events

We provide a wide range of high-quality online events to support our members' continuing professional development. Topics cover a broad range of clinical, wellbeing and developmental themes for GPs at all stages of their career.

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Art for GPs - March 2025

The RCGP South West Faculties have engaged the services of a professional artist to bring members online art classes. Join our online acrylic painting classes and discover the skill of mindfulness & relaxation through art. No previous painting ability needed!

  • Date

    18 March 2025

  • Start time

    19:30

  • Places left

    2

Online via Zoom

Managing recurrent UTI and reviewing long-term and repeat antibiotic therapy

Management guidance for recurrent UTI is published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and is frequently updated based on new evidence or changes in best practice. This webinar we will discuss updates to the NICE guidance and demonstrate the TARGET ‘How to’ guide for recurrent UTI which supports the review and management of patients who are on long-term/repeat antibiotics. This includes self-help preventative measures as well as alternatives to antibiotics that can be explored with patients.

  • Date

    19 March 2025

  • Start time

    18:30

  • Places left

    107
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Zoom

Telephone consulting and triage skills

This online course will provide you with a real understanding of how to manage the risks involved in remote telephone consultations and the benefits this work can bring when practiced effectively. This day will give you tools and techniques to best handle remote telephone consultations.

  • Date

    20 March 2025

  • Start time

    09:15

  • Places left

    0

Online

Neurodiversity: Insights and Experiences

Join us online for an insightful webinar on neurodiversity, hosted by the South West Thames Faculty. Gain valuable knowledge and understanding on this important topic! The webinar aims to enhance understanding and support within general practice.

  • Date

    20 March 2025

  • Start time

    19:00

  • Places left

    123
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Copthorne Hotel Plymouth

Minor Surgery Skills | Entry Level (includes DOPS) - Plymouth

This two day beginners course is a mixture of theoretical and practical sessions and is intended for all GPs who wish to carry out Minor Surgery in their practices. It also includes the Direct Observations of Procedural Skills (DOPS) Assessment.

  • Date

    25 March 2025

  • Start time

    09:00

  • Places left

    0

GP Registrar Insights: Come and discuss....SCA (Tamar members only)

Welcome to our new peer-led educational programme for all Tamar faculty GP registrars! We aim to create an informal space for registrars to come together once a month and share their questions, thoughts and worries about various topics related to GP training. Each session will have a theme, varying from exams to post-CCT preparations, with plenty of scope for future topics to be decided by you. Sessions will be facilitated mainly by other registrars with experience/an interest in the topic.

  • Date

    25 March 2025

  • Start time

    19:00

  • Places left

    29

Zoom

A trainer's guide to the SCA: case examples and exam preparation

Join us for the second of a two-part series of FREE webinars on the SCA exam. This informative webinar introduces the SCA exam and is led by esteemed professionals Dr Roger Neighbour, Dr Robin Simpson and Dr Jim Bartlett. With extensive experience as examiners and facilitators of successful SCA prep courses for the RCGP, they bring a wealth of knowledge to guide you through this crucial examination.

  • Date

    26 March 2025

  • Start time

    19:00

  • Places left

    1576
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Introduction in to how mindfulness & compassion can help manage stress

Are you interested in how Mindfulness and Compassion might help you manage stress and get more enjoyment out of your personal and professional life? This online Taster session will provide you with an opportunity to learn more about mindfulness, through a series of simple yet profound experiential practices and discussion.

  • Date

    27 March 2025

  • Start time

    19:00

  • Places left

    0

Zoom

First5 Bytesize: Appraisal Made Easy

Join us for an afternoon of getting the most from your appraisal. We look at tips on how you should prepare, how appraisal has changed since covid, toolkits and much more. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions of the speaker who has been an appraisal lead for NHS England and NHS Improvement North West since 2008. This event is aimed at new GPs, however, all GPs welcome to attend this event.

  • Date

    28 March 2025

  • Start time

    13:00

  • Places left

    53