CPD Approved Courses for Doctors in Training

Suddenly in a responsible clinical role you find that all the technical & medical knowledge you've worked hard to gain is only part of the story when managing people. To progress effectively as a doctor it is essential that you develop competency as a manager and this is a key CV requirement for gaining a consultant post. This one-day comprehensive seminar covers all the essential topics in a practical way, to enable you to really develop your management skills in the clinical context.

All SpR-level staff are expected to demonstrate a commitment to developing their potential as healthcare leaders. Effective leadership is an essential factor in the successful delivery of healthcare and also a key differentiator for those seeking consultant posts. This course investigates the key leadership issues in both a practical and theoretical sense. Designed to deliver measurable benefits in leading and motivating the staff around you, as well as providing the building blocks to develop as an exceptional healthcare leader.

Gain knowledge, skills and insight into effective leadership and management, allowing you to become an effective clinical leader. This powerful course is designed to provide a significant foundation whilst recognising your career stage. Giving insight into the Medical Leadership Competency Framework, jointly developed by The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, it also provides you with clear guidance on how to go about developing those competencies throughout your progression.

Aimed specifically at doctors in training, this is probably the most powerful course in personal effectiveness you will find. The successful junior or middle grade doctor needs a unique combination of skills combining a high team orientation with strong time management and organisational skills coupled with a delicate balancing act between learning and delivering. Packed full of practical strategies to plan and prioritise effectively, manage the never ending influx of work and regain effective work-life balance.

It is well known that most complaints and litigation come from poor communication process. Equally, clinical mistakes stem from a lack of communication strategy and poor communication style contributes to most interpersonal conflict in the workplace. This fast-paced course is highly effective on improving communication skills essential to junior doctors, handling patients, parents & relatives and dealing with situations where improved communication clarity is likely to lead to improve results and outcomes. A very powerful course.

Gain the confidence and skills to articulate, excel and inspire in presentations & teaching. Presentations and teaching skills form one of the core backbone elements of a successful medical career. Presentation Excellence for Clinical Professionals deals with the core elements of effectiveness in this area.

The healthcare landscape is evolving at a pace that few can keep up with, or even appreciate. The raft of changes creeping in represent both tremendous risks and opportunities for the frontline teams taking the trouble to understand their current and evolving environment. This one day programme strips the rhetoric away from the harsh reality of modern healthcare and provides an insight into the drivers of change, likely political manoeuvres and what this really means for secondary/tertiary Trusts and the clinical teams within.

Helping consultants & juniors successfully assert themselves is an area we approach very supportively, developing capability without ever changing the person inside. It’s so easy for those to whom assertiveness doesn’t come naturally to feel manipulated, bullied and sometimes not quite in control. Despite your exceptional level of knowledge you may suffer low self esteem and a lack of confidence when it comes to being assertive. On the flip side, you probably wouldn’t want to be thought of as rude or forceful.

This isn’t just a train-the-trainer course, it’s the Medicology Train-the-Trainer Programme and if you’ve participated in Medicology training before you’ll know that its output is the kind of teacher/trainer that delivers an exceptional quality of learning in a high impact form regardless of the duration of any learning event. This programme enables you to challenge and stretch learners in a supportive manner that delivers significant behavioural change and adoption of principles and skills taught.