Courses and events

Rated 9/10 for delegate satisfaction – discover the College’s wide-ranging catalogue of courses and events, designed to celebrate your achievements, support your wellbeing, develop your clinical and professional confidence, while connecting you to our diverse community.

We offer a diverse programme spanning everything from clinical updates and deep dives to management and leadership, wellbeing and innovation. Most events are free for RCGP members, and where there is a cost, you’ll benefit from preferential rates.

Looking for something specific? Easily search by event type, topic, location or date to find the perfect fit for your learning needs.

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Civic House, Glasgow

The essential role of GPs and GPNs in tackling health inequalities in Scotland

Join the Scottish Deep End Project and the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) for a full-day conference featuring topics such as the importance of long-term personalised continuity of care, understanding 'missingness', delivering care in socio-economically disadvantaged communities, and much more. This is about celebrating collaboration and learning, and supporting one another to improve working lives and the cohesiveness of practice teams.

  • Date

    06 February 2026

  • Start time

    09:30

  • Places left

    210

Zoom

Child & adult safeguarding: level 3

Safeguarding is simply part of the holistic care we provide in general practice. We are frequently in contact with patients who are victims and survivors of abuse and it is essential that they receive a compassionate, competent and appropriate safeguarding response from general practice, regardless of where they live in the UK or which professional they come into contact with. 4.5 CPD points for this course.

  • Date

    11 February 2026

  • Start time

    10:00

  • Places left

    129

Microsoft Teams

Care Navigation at reception - essential skills

RCGP Scotland welcome Dr Val McGarrell from Prima Linea Training to this half day essential skills care navigation workshop for non-clinical staff on the frontline of the GP Practice. Open to practice staff, reception supervisors and practice managers from across Scotland, this training aims to support, encourage and upskill practice teams to deliver and grow non-clinical care navigation (the new term for signposting).

  • Date

    12 February 2026

  • Start time

    13:30

  • Places left

    22

Zoom

The RCGP 1-day SCA Preparation Course | 25 February 2026

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

    25 February 2026

  • Start time

    09:00

  • Places left

    25

Zoom

Let's talk about Fellowship

RCGP Fellowship is an honour and a mark of your career achievements, awarded in recognition of your significant contribution to general practice, and is now free for eligible members. This session is for RCGP Scotland members who are interested in finding out more about ‘the why and the how’ of applying for RCGP Fellowship.

  • Date

    25 February 2026

  • Start time

    19:30

  • Places left

    64

Zoom

Gambling Harms: practical tools and guidance for GP teams in Scotland

Join us for this FREE live 90-minute webinar focusing on Gambling Harms: practical tools and guidance for GP teams in Scotland

  • Date

    26 February 2026

  • Start time

    18:30

  • Places left

    295

Online via Zoom

Clinical decision-making for skin infections: from Group A Strep to insect bites

Skin infections are the third most common reason for antibiotic prescribing in primary care, accounting for around 7% of antibiotic prescriptions. This webinar will explore cellulitis in different scenarios such as Group A Strep presentation and insect bites by summarising NICE prescribing guidance and best practice recommendations for management. It will also offer practical tips on how to improve antibiotic prescribing and action planning for skin infections in your practice, as well as how to provide safety netting advice.

  • Date

    17 March 2026

  • Start time

    18:30

  • Places left

    826

DoubleTree by Hilton Bristol City Centre

BJGP Research and Publishing Conference 2026

Join us for the sixth BJGP Research Conference – an exceptional opportunity for researchers at all career stages to acquire new research skills and present their work in a constructive, peer-reviewed environment.

  • Date

    20 March 2026

  • Start time

    08:30

  • Places left

    261

Online

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.

  • Date

    26 March 2026

  • Start time

    13:00

  • Places left

    64