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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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

    46

Zoom

North Scotland AGM and Faculty Board Meeting November 2025

North Scotland Faculty Chair, Dr Chris Williams and members of the Faculty Board invite you to their annual AGM and Faculty Board meeting, which will take place virtually via Zoom on Tuesday 18 November 2025. All RCGP members in the North Scotland Faculty area are welcome to attend the meeting as observers.

  • Date

    18 November 2025

  • Start time

    19:00

  • Places left

    50

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

    198

MS Teams

North East Scotland AGM and Faculty Board Meeting - November 2025

North East Scotland Faculty Chair, Dr Douglas Naismith and members of the Faculty Board, would like to invite you to their annual AGM and November Faculty Board meeting that will take place on Wednesday 19 November 2025 virtually via MS Teams. All RCGP members are welcome to attend the Board meeting as observers if they wish.

  • Date

    19 November 2025

  • Start time

    19:00

  • Places left

    50

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

    25

School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital

What does coaching have to offer general practice?

What is coaching, and what does it offer GPs? Heather Shearer has a PhD in Psychology and has been a Senior Practitioner with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, working with GPs for over five years. This interactive, discussion-based Learn and Connect will explore what coaching is and is not and how it might help GPs and GP registrars from across Angus, North Fife, Perth, and Tayside in their day-to-day work.

  • Date

    26 November 2025

  • Start time

    19:00

  • Places left

    29

Microsoft Teams

Emotional intelligence and dealing with complaints at the GP reception

Join RCGP Scotland for this training by Dr Val McGarrell, for all non-clinical staff in GP Practices. The training aims to upskill frontline colleagues to build resilience and empathy when dealing with difficult situations and patient complaints at the GP reception, and more.

  • Date

    11 December 2025

  • Start time

    13:30

  • Places left

    24

School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital

Meet your (career) match

East Scotland Faculty trainees are invited to an evening careers networking event. You'll meet GPs working in big practices, small practices, rural and urban areas, academics, those working in OOHs, salaried GPs, partners, locums, GPs with extended roles - promoting the wide range of career opportunities within the world of general practice.

  • Date

    20 January 2026

  • Start time

    19:00

  • Places left

    51

The Assembly Rooms

RCGP Scotland Members' and Fellows' Ceremony 2026

Join us for our relaxed style Members' and Fellows' Ceremony in Edinburgh on Wednesday 28 January 2026. 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.

  • Date

    28 January 2026

  • Start time

    12:00

  • Places left

    19