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Free monthly CPD event available to members and non-members. These meetings offer the opportunity to educate and socialise with colleagues. Each month the Tamar Faculty put on free monthly CPD events available to members and non-members.  These meetings offer the opportunity to gain valuable CPD and the chance to meet and socialise with colleagues.

Please note that this event has been postponed. This Minor Surgery course includes an evidence-based approach to skin surgery in general practice with a hands-on programme for education appraisal accreditation and revalidation with the usual certificates for CPD and DOPS assessment. We cover the whole range of procedures from the additional services to the DES. It offers a high tutor to delegate ratio and the small group work allows for an introduction to, or fine-tuning of technical skills, supported by current published literature and guidance. A review of the current medicolegal landscape highlights the pitfalls to avoid with ease. Taught by tutors with a background in general practice and led by the education lead for the Association of Surgeons in Primary Care and an expert witness for the MPS MDU and GMC this course guides you to an enjoyable stress-free minor surgery practice.

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Enhance your CPD experience with this unique and compelling resilience course. Dr Karen Forshaw and Physiotherapist/Hypnotherapist Chrissie Mowbray will raise your awareness of the importance of resilience in General Practice. They will provide you with the opportunity to improve your self-awareness. You will experience guided meditation and learn mindfulness techniques. You will take away a range of practical skills from which you can create your own bespoke resilience toolkit. You will gain the ability to create a Five-Point Rescue Plan to address any situation thereby increasing your resilience. You will reduce your risk of burnout and gain a renewed appreciation of the joy of General Practice.

Join us for this Level 3 adult and child safeguarding course. Led by Dr Joy Shacklock this full-day course focuses on a practical approach to safeguarding as a GP, taking into account the uniqueness and complexity of general practice. The course covers adult and child safeguarding and is Level 3.

Working with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Training Hub, BringBaby aims to provide free professional development update events to those on parental leave, career break or who work whilst having young children and take the stress out of having to find childcare for the day – simply bring your baby to the update event and learn whilst with your baby. Hear about recent updates within your profession, network with local colleagues and enjoy a day with a difference with your baby. Babies of 20 months and under are welcome to attend with their parent.

Research and Surveillance in Primary Care

Considering quality improvement is integral to effective service delivery. This module introduces you to quality improvement. It describes what it is how it builds on existing systems what makes it work well and how you can get started.

The Educational Supervisor's Report (ESR) provides key evidence of trainees' progression towards attaining the RCGP competences as part of work place based assessment. This course provides practical advice on how to write a good quality ESR. This course is FREE to RCGP members Associates-in-Training and available on subscription to others.

An e-Learning course on Eating Disorders. This course is FREE to RCGP members and available for purchase for non-members.

An e-Learning course on early diagnosis of prostate cancer in general practice. This course is FREE to all primary healthcare professionals in the UK.

An e-Learning course on prescribing in general practice. This course is FREE to all RCGP members.

An E-Learning course on Post-polio Syndrome. The course is FREE for RCGP members and available for purchase by other healthcare professionals.

An e-Learning course on Point of Care Testing. This course is FREE to RCGP members and available for purchase for all other primary healthcare professionals.

The Early Diagnosis of Cancer e-learning course highlights the importance of recognising cancer in its early stages and the essential role of the GP in identifying common delays. This course is FREE to all healthcare professionals in the UK.

DynaMed provides clinicians and educators with the evidence-based information they need to make informed decisions. Content includes thousands of topics that are updated daily allowing clinicians to quickly and easily get the most current information about a particular diagnosis disease or treatment.

An e-Learning course on management of drug misuse in general practice. This course is FREE to all primary healthcare professionals.

We all aim to deliver safe care in general practice but it is easy for patient safety incidents (sometimes referred to as ?significant events?) to happen often as a result of systems as well as errors by staff. This course will describe some scenarios where patient safety incidents have occurred and then look at how these can be prevented as well as exploring improvement tools to support you to identify learning to improve future care delivery in your practice.

An e-Learning course on early diagnosis for pancreatic cancer in general practice. This course is FREE to all primary healthcare professionals..

An eLearning course on drugs misuse in general practice. This course is FREE to all primary healthcare professionals.

This module uses a case based approach to discussing the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis and prevention of fragility fractures incorporating the guidance from NICE SIGN and National Osteoporosis Guidelines Group (NOGG) and identifying the differences between them where relevant. It highlights ?at risk? groups and discusses the FRAX and QFracture risk assessment tools giving the opportunity to use them in the scenarios presented. Your knowledge of management options is tested and guidance is offered on when to refer to secondary care. The module discusses how often to monitor patients at risk of fragility fractures and provides suggestions for resources that clinicians can use with their patients.

An e-Learning course on prescribing in general practice. This course is FREE to all primary healthcare professionals.

Myeloma is a malignant neoplasm of plasma cells which tends to present later in life and is becoming more common as the population ages. The incidence has increased by 17% over the last decade and the increase is forecast to continue. This five minute screencast gives you the essential information about when to suspect myeloma both in patients with symptoms and those who have suspicious blood tests found incidentally. It also discusses the early stage of MGUS and how to monitor patients with this asymptomatic condition.

An e-Learning course on Motor Neurone Disease Advanced Care. This course is FREE to all primary healthcare professionals.

This module uses a case based approach to discussing the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis and prevention of fragility fractures incorporating the guidance from NICE SIGN and National Osteoporosis Guidelines Group (NOGG) and identifying the differences between them where relevant. It highlights ?at risk? groups and discusses the FRAX and QFracture risk assessment tools giving the opportunity to use them in the scenarios presented. Your knowledge of management options is tested and guidance is offered on when to refer to secondary care. The module discusses how often to monitor patients at risk of fragility fractures and provides suggestions for resources that clinicians can use with their patients.