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Active Bystander Training

Witnessing verbal and physical abuse, discrimination, racism and micro-aggression effects everyone! Have you ever been in a situation where you want to challenge someone’s behaviour - but you didn’t know how to do it or what to say? This session has been developed to support ALL members of the Primary Care Team. It includes self-coaching techniques to help you keep a cool head when you’re faced with a challenging situation, and assertive language devices which you can use to make sure your voice is heard if you want to raise a concern. The session focuses on challenging inappropriate workplace behaviours from patients and colleagues and will give you the tools needed to be able to do this confidently.

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• Date

  17 October 2025

• Start time

  13:00

• Places left

  10

Zoom

Ophthalmology | One Day Essentials

There are almost 2 million people in the UK of all ages living with sight loss. For some GPs, this area of medicine is replete with uncertainty. Join us on this one day interactive conference, providing expert specialist clinical training and essential information on Ophthalmology for GPs and their practice colleagues.

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• Date

  20 October 2025

• Start time

  09:00

• Places left

  1959

Zoom

Introduction to the SCA (free preparation webinar)

Join us for the first 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, Brigadier (Retd) Robin Simpson, Dr Pauline Foreman and Dr Meiling Denney. 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.

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• Date

  23 October 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  1105

Zoom

SCA cases and panel discussion (free preparation webinar)

Join us for the concluding instalment of our two-part series of FREE webinars on the SCA exam, led by esteemed professionals Dr Roger Neighbour, Brigadier (Retd) Robin Simpson, Dr Pauline Foreman and Dr Meiling Denney. 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.

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• Date

  30 October 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  1089

Zoom

Gastroenterology | One Day Essentials

Gastroenterology is one of the major medical specialties and accounts for 10% of all appointments in Primary Care. By the end of this conference, attendees will have more confidence in investigating and managing patients presenting with GI and liver problems, which will improve patient care, result in less referrals to gastroenterology services and benefit service issues around the provision of endoscopy.

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• Date

  04 November 2025

• Start time

  09:00

• Places left

  2178

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Titanic Hotel Belfast

RCGPNI Members' and Fellows' Ceremony | Belfast 2025

SOLD OUT! Join us for our relaxed style Members' and Fellows' Ceremony in Belfast on Saturday 8 November 2025. Our ceremony is an opportunity for you to celebrate with friends, peers and family the achievement of attaining membership of the College by completing the MRCGP, MRCGP[INT] OR MAP or achieving Fellowship of the College FRCGP.

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• Date

  08 November 2025

• Start time

  12:30

• Places left

  2

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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

  10 November 2025

• Start time

  09:00

• Places left

  0

Zoom

Mental health | One Day Essentials

This free-to-members one-day interactive online conference will cover a range of mental health topics designed to support GPs in improving patient care. Our experienced speakers will provide evidence-based information tailored to the needs of primary care clinicians. All our speakers will use cases to illustrate the range of mental health difficulties presented to primary care. We will consider depression, psychosis, eating disorders, and perinatal mental health difficulties. We will also discuss the role of primary care and the range of solutions beyond NHS Talking Therapies. Additionally, it will address common presentations, management and diagnosis relevant to general practice.

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• Date

  11 November 2025

• Start time

  09:30

• Places left

  3008

Online

Intercultural Communication Skills for GPs

A multicultural workplace is enriching but it can also bring its own communication challenges. This highly practical and thought-provoking workshop provides the opportunity to explore these challenges and to develop strategies that facilitate clearer communication. The workshop is aimed at GPs who work in culturally and linguistically diverse settings and are keen to improve communication with patients and/or colleagues. The workshop will offer support for both GPs who are English speaking and GPs who speak English as an additional language. Whether you're navigating idioms, accents or cultural cues, this workshop is designed with you in mind. If English isn’t your first language, you'll find practical tools to help overcome common barriers and grow in confidence when communicating with patients and peers.

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• Date

  13 November 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  2