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Art for GPs - March 2025

The RCGP South West Faculties have engaged the services of a professional artist to bring members online art classes. Join our online acrylic painting classes and discover the skill of mindfulness & relaxation through art. No previous painting ability needed!

• Date

  18 March 2025

• Start time

  19:30

• Places left

  3

Online via Zoom

Managing recurrent UTI and reviewing long-term and repeat antibiotic therapy

Management guidance for recurrent UTI is published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and is frequently updated based on new evidence or changes in best practice. This webinar we will discuss updates to the NICE guidance and demonstrate the TARGET ‘How to’ guide for recurrent UTI which supports the review and management of patients who are on long-term/repeat antibiotics. This includes self-help preventative measures as well as alternatives to antibiotics that can be explored with patients.

• Date

  19 March 2025

• Start time

  18:30

• Places left

  909

Copthorne Hotel Plymouth

Minor Surgery Skills | Entry Level (includes DOPS) - Plymouth

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

  25 March 2025

• Start time

  09:00

• Places left

  26

Zoom

A trainer's guide to the SCA: case examples and exam preparation

Join us for the first of a two-part series of FREE webinars on the SCA exam. This informative webinar introduces the SCA exam and is led by esteemed professionals Dr Roger Neighbour, Dr Robin Simpson and Dr Jim Bartlett. With extensive experience as examiners and facilitators of successful SCA prep courses for the RCGP, they bring a wealth of knowledge to guide you through this crucial examination.

• Date

  26 March 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  1947

Zoom

First5 Bytesize: Appraisal Made Easy

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

  28 March 2025

• Start time

  13:00

• Places left

  185

Resilient Practice 2025

Are you or your team experiencing the symptoms of burnout? Are you feeling drained or overwhelmed with poor sleep or irritability? Mastering our responses is the most effective way to prevent burnout. In this webinar we will explore and give you skills.

• Date

  02 April 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  150

Online

Active Bystander Training May 25

This event focuses on challenging inappropriate workplace behaviours from patients and colleagues and will give you the tools needed to be able to do this confidently. Witnessing verbal and physical abuse, discrimination, racism and micro-aggression effects everyone! This event has been developed to support ALL members of the Primary Care Team and we welcome anyone who works in a primary care setting to this event.

• Date

  09 May 2025

• Start time

  13:00

• Places left

  40

How to Manage Conflict 2025

How good are you at managing conflict? Join the resilient practice team to uncover fascinating insights as to how conflict arises and learn innovative, practical tools and techniques for managing it.

• Date

  14 May 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  98

The Language of Leadership 2025

Here we teach the key aspects of self-awareness exploring conditioning, life experiences, aspects of the psyche and how these impact on their responses in all situations. Delegates will master the core skills to observe their current behaviour which is essential to responding in a conscious way and communication tools and techniques that are essential to good leadership.

• Date

  04 June 2025

• Start time

  19:00

• Places left

  149