Courses and events

Makeney Hall

Vale of Trent Faculty Celebratory Dinner and AGM 2025

The Faculty Provost, Dr Margaret Jones, Faculty Chair, Dr Gopi Singaravel, and members of the Faculty Board would like to invite you to the Faculty's Annual General Meeting at Makeney Hall in Derbyshire. A short AGM will take place before a celebratory formal dinner for our local members to enjoy. Our after-dinner speaker will be Professor Lucy Ambrose, who will talk about "Education: a vital force for sustainable general practice".

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• Date

  07 October 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  22

Zoom

The RCGP 1-day SCA Preparation Course

This open to all one-day training course aims to improve your consultation skills and as a result pass your SCA. The course offers interactive sessions with experienced trainers and examiners.

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• Date

  08 October 2025

• Start time

  09:00

• Places left

  21

Padel4all

Padel and Pizza for Established GPs

Padel is a form of tennis that's rapidly growing across Europe. We have organised a chance for Established GPs (5 years post CCT) to try Padel, meet up with other GPs from the area and enjoy a pizza afterwards and will take place at Padel4al, Bristol. This event is free for RCGP Members with a refundable deposit of £15.00.

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• Date

  08 October 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  7

Online

Wessex faculty - Experience of working as a Prison GP

RCGP Wessex Faculty invite all RCGP Wessex Faculty members to this online session on Prison Medicine given by Dr Tim Oliver

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• Date

  08 October 2025

• Start time

  19:30

• Places left

  46

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Zoom

The RCGP 3-day SCA preparation course

This open-to-all training course aims to improve your consultation skills and as a result pass your SCA. The course offers interactive sessions with experienced trainers and examiners, a highlight being Dr Roger Neighbour, a renowned teacher on the skills of communication within the GP consultation.

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• Date

  13 October 2025

• Start time

  09:00

• Places left

  0

Zoom

AKT preparation course

This one-day interactive course has been designed for those planning to take the AKT component of the MRCGP. It will assist with your exam preparation and revision for the MRCGP AKT examination, focusing on high yield and difficult curriculum topics, including the topics trainees often forget to include in their revision and help with your exam technique.

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• Date

  14 October 2025

• Start time

  09:00

• Places left

  25

Ashford International, Simone Weil Avenue Ashford TN24 8UX

Medical Emergencies in Primary Care Simulation Training with BLS

SE T are running a Medical Emergencies in Primary Care Simulation Training with BLS and will include: Two experienced facilitators and a simulated patient All equipment including manikins and medication vials A certification of BLS for those requiring it

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• Date

  14 October 2025

• Start time

  09:30

• Places left

  12

Effective out of hours training | part 4, sepsis, mental health and challenging situations

This four-part online course is aimed at GP Registrars who are new to out of hours and working towards their urgent and unscheduled care competencies

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• Date

  14 October 2025

• Start time

  18:00

• Places left

  43

The Village Hotel Leeds North

Learn & Connect: 6-8 Week Baby Check

Yorkshire faculty board Vice Chair, Dr Aisling MacCormac will guide the attendees through the 6-8 week baby health check during this engaging hands-on workshop, this session will be beneficial for all GPs who deliver baby checks in the surgery as well as GP registers and newly qualified GPs who have not had formal paediatric training.

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• Date

  14 October 2025

• Start time

  18:30

• Places left

  22