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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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

    262

Creative writing for wellbeing - September 2026

Wellbeing sessions guiding members through creative writing techniques and responses to texts, quotes and images to support your wellbeing.

  • Date

    07 September 2026

  • Start time

    19:30

  • Places left

    20

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

Minor Surgery Skills | Entry level (includes DOPS) | Exeter

This two day beginners course is a mixture of theoretical and practical sessions and is intended for all GPs who wish to carry out Minor Surgery in their practices. It also includes the Direct Observations of Procedural Skills (DOPS) Assessment.

  • Date

    10 September 2026

  • Start time

    09:00

  • Places left

    14

Mindfulness for Life intro / taster session 1

Join Dr Stephanie Jackson at this taster session, following attending this session Stephanie will be offering you the opportunity to join an 8 week mindfulness course

  • Date

    10 September 2026

  • Start time

    19:00

  • Places left

    19

Tamar Faculty local update - 'Headache - what can it be?' (lunch time session)

The first in a series of six 30 minute sessions for local Tamar Faculty GPs by Dr David Kernick and Dr Rebecca Walker.

  • Date

    14 September 2026

  • Start time

    13:00

  • Places left

    13

Tamar Faculty local update - 'Headache - what can it be?' (evening session)

The first in a series of six 30 minute sessions for local Tamar Faculty GPs by Dr David Kernick and Dr Rebecca Walker.

  • Date

    14 September 2026

  • Start time

    19:30

  • Places left

    24

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

    93

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