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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Stirling | Meet and Connect with your ST1 Community

All GPST1s and trainers in West Scotland are invited to an informal evening of conversation, drinks, and light bites. This engaging event offers the chance to meet College representatives, learn about your local faculty, and explore the wide range of support and resources available through RCGP. ST2s and ST3s who have never been to a local event before are also very welcome to attend.

  • Date

    20 August 2026

  • Start time

    19:00

  • Places left

    30

Online | Motivation and teamwork in the practice team

This workshop is designed to provide you with the foundations of great teamwork and motivation in the workplace. Hosted by Val McGarrell from Prima Linea and RCGP Scotland, delivered online via Microsoft Teams.

  • Date

    27 August 2026

  • Start time

    13:30

  • Places left

    26

RCGP Scotland's Certificate in the Management of Problem Drug Use Part One

This one-day, in-person course focuses on a holistic approach to helping people who use drugs.

  • Date

    01 September 2026

  • Start time

    09:00

  • Places left

    29

Appraisal Made Easy - September 2026

Join us for an afternoon of getting the most from your appraisal. We look at tips on how you should prepare, how appraisal has changed since covid, toolkits and much more. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions of the speaker who has been an appraisal lead for NHS England and NHS Improvement North West since 2008. This event is aimed at new GPs, however, all GPs welcome to attend this event.

  • Date

    04 September 2026

  • Start time

    13:00

  • Places left

    259

West Scotland Faculty Board meeting - September 2026

West Scotland Faculty Chair, Dr Michael Blackmore and members of the Faculty Board, would like to invite you to the Faculty Board meeting that will take place on Wednesday 9 September 2026 virtually via Zoom. All local Faculty members are welcome to attend the Board meeting as observers if they wish.

  • Date

    09 September 2026

  • Start time

    19:00

  • Places left

    50

The RCGP 1-day SCA preparation course

This SCA preparation course is designed to help ST3s who are preparing to sit their SCA examination. The day will involve our lead facilitator showing you how to structure and manage your consultations to give you the best possible chance of success in the SCA exam.

  • Date

    10 September 2026

  • Start time

    09:00

  • Places left

    20

An introduction to speaking publicly or via the media for GPs

Giving you the power to say what you want to say and to say it well. This is the world of the soundbite, the app, the tweet, the word cloud. It's a world of 24-hour rolling news... of vox pops, webcasts and video clips. In business today, you are expected to be able to communicate quickly and simply: » to hit the right note » to come across well » to create memory. Whether it's talking via broadcast or narrowcast TV, on radio, to the press, or presenting to an audience, live or virtual, the right preparation gives you the power to say what you want to say and to say it well.

  • Date

    16 September 2026

  • Start time

    13:00

  • Places left

    92

Effective out of hours training | part 1

This is the first of two online courses aimed at GP Registrars who are new to out of hours and working towards their urgent and unscheduled care competencies.

  • Date

    26 September 2026

  • Start time

    09:30

  • Places left

    30

AKT preparation course

This one-day interactive course has been designed for those planning to take the AKT component of the MRCGP. It will assist with your exam preparation and revision for the MRCGP AKT examination, focusing on high yield and difficult curriculum topics, including the topics trainees often forget to include in their revision and help with your exam technique.

  • Date

    29 September 2026

  • Start time

    09:15

  • Places left

    70