Courses and events

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.

• Date

  13 November 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  15

Online

When a Child Dies: A framework for general practice

The death of a child is a devastating event for any parent. The unimaginable has happened, and the death has far reaching implications for all who knew and loved them. General Practice is well placed to support parents through this trauma, offering person centred care, empathy and understanding. General Practice, however, can struggle to know how to best respond. Child death is more common that many realise, but is, thankfully, a rare event. GPs may not have dealt with this previously and will benefit from resources and guidance. “When a child dies – a Framework for General Practice” is designed to help General Practice to support bereaved parents. This session will outline the work that has taken place to produce this framework and will describe an approach that GPs can take to support bereaved families. Join this meeting if you wish to gain confidence in dealing with this challenging and emotive situation.

• Date

  19 November 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  160

Managing Burnout and Stress in General Practice - Ask the Expert

This session will look at how to manage stress, burnout and poor mental health while working in General Practice. Delegates will have the opportunity to pre-submit questions which will be answered by Dr Mark Davies - Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

• Date

  21 November 2025

• Start time

  12:30

• Places left

  85

ONLINE VIA ZOOM

Winter sunset landscape paint-along-workshop in acrylics with DJ

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

• Date

  25 November 2025

• Start time

  19:30

• Places left

  21

Online via Zoom

Safeguarding GP: Financial Protection for Practices and Partners

In partnership with our exclusive financial advice provider Wesleyan Financial Services, we invite Practice Managers and GP Partners to a focused session on protecting and future-proofing general practice from financial risk. Topics will include the new face of financial risk and how the ever growing importance of key staff and practice management teams and newer challenges such as cyber risk and increasing management liabilities are changing the way practices need to approach safeguarding themselves.

• Date

  26 November 2025

• Start time

  13:00

• Places left

  199

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.

• Date

  27 November 2025

• Start time

  09:00

• Places left

  33

Safely Deprescribing Antidepressants and Psychiatric Medications

RCGP Northern Ireland would like to invite you to a CPD session on safely deprescribing antidepressants and other psychiatric medications. This session is open to all GPs in the UK and Ireland.

• Date

  27 November 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  291

Armagh City Hotel

Essential Paediatrics for Primary Care - Full Day Conference

This event is open to doctors of all specialities, with a focus on paediatric cases in primary care. This full-day CPD session will include interactive workshops, practical discussions, training sessions and networking. Hosted by RCGP Northern Ireland and The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children SimEd Team.

• Date

  04 December 2025

• Start time

  09:00

• Places left

  153

RCGPNI Office

CPR Course - 11 December 2025

This evening class is one in a series of CPR classes run by RCGP in Northern Ireland. This is a basic life support class open to RCGP members and non-members. GPs in Northern Ireland are required to update their CPR training every 15 months. The CPR class will be conducted in person at our office in Belfast.

• Date

  11 December 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  8