International Dental Graduates Module 1: Looking After Yourself

This new programme is suitable for all clinicians and has been designed to equip delegates with the skills to safely speak up and empower them to challenge poor behaviours, defining professional boundaries, and bringing about long-term change.

This session is aimed to get participants to consider how Active Signposting can support and enhance their everyday work.

A course for experienced appraisers who have already attended the Appraiser refresher training.

A course for experienced appraisers who have already attended Appraiser refresher training.

This is an interactive webinar course offering an overview of the everchanging role of AI technologies within clinical practice and medical education. Recognition of the skills needed to adopt AI in the modern clinical setting, and potential barriers to this adoption will be discussed in depth. Critical assessment of the effectiveness, suitability and potential of AI in clinical and learning environments will also be explored.

This practical workshop focuses on understanding bias and the affect that this has on effective educational supervision. Delegates will work through case studies and discuss scenarios where bias could be detrimental to the education of the junior doctor and how this is rectified. Employment law and fairness and equality are essential components which all supervisors should be aware of and demonstrate the associated behaviours consistently.

During this course you will learn of the work of the National Sexual Safety Collaborative (SSC) and through sensitive and impactful discussion, the practical steps you can take to lay the foundations for good practice and to build the capability to improve sexual safety.

This e-learning programme looks at the role of the educational supervisor in providing career development support and shows how best to use the four-stage model of career development in this process. It will guide you on how best to assist trainees to assess themselves, research career options, make robust career decisions and to implement these decisions, as well as to understand how the use of an educational portfolio can support effective learning and development, and when more experienced professional careers guidance may be needed.

Although regarded a ‘soft skill’ by some, respect and courtesy can mean the difference between life and death, says the Civility Saves Lives campaign. This workshop will provide a greater understanding of the generation gap and how the values and behaviours of clinicians may be different. How do we manage millennials, ensuring that we are promoting civility.

This workshop is designed to provide healthcare professionals with a comprehensive understanding of clinical professionalism, its importance, and how it can be applied in daily practice. Throughout the day, we will cover a range of topics, including the definition and characteristics of clinical professionalism, its relevance to patient safety and care quality, and the legal and ethical obligations tied to professionalism.

Connecting teams and departments during challenging times.

This one-day workshop or 4 hour webinar aims to provide the delegates with the relevant knowledge and understanding of the differences required of an expert and professional witness. This is an interactive workshop where delegates will practise cross examination and how to prepare for giving evidence. As part of the programme the Doctors will practise preparing a witness statement and examine the requirements

A focused 2.5-hour webinar designed for healthcare professionals seeking clarity and confidence under the CQC Single Assessment Framework (SAF). This session explores how judgements are made, what “Outstanding” truly looks like in practice, and why Safe and Well-led remain the most challenging domains. Through practical examples and inspection insights, delegates will gain actionable strategies to strengthen governance, align evidence, and embed continuous readiness beyond inspection day.

This workshop will improve delegates knowledge of the impact of Differential Attainment on exam performance, progression and recruitment outcomes for BME doctors and international medical graduates and highlight the importance of building positive trainer-trainee relationships that can improve learning and wellbeing.

This e-learning programme takes you, as a supervisor of dental trainees, through the basics of postgraduate dental supervision. It explores and clarifies the roles of both the educational and clinical supervisor and sets this into the context of your own expectations alongside those of your trainees and other organisations.

This half day will model a suggested training session on reflection that the educational supervisors might lead with a group of Foundation year dentists themselves. At the end there will be an opportunity to discuss and reflect too.

This e-learning course focuses on the psychology of how and why people learn, and how working with the three senses (auditory, visual and kinaesthetic) can add to your current style and methods of teaching.

Building on being an effective organization – Making the vision a reality, Financial planning and resilience. Key questions, How to Lead and sustainability over 6 months, 1 Year, 18 Months, PMS Reviews, Compliance, CQC, Risk, Sustainability, Financial, What may close you down? Making use of the NHS systems, Practices, Target Levels, Don’t give attention to and therefore lose money. Guest speakers from Predari and the BMA covering CQC, Indemnity and Pension Arrangements.

Identifying and Maximising Business Opportunities – Priorities, Decisions and Strategies, Guest speakers from Predari and Lewisham care partnership, Identifying and maximising business opportunities looking at priorities, decisions and strategies and managing the change.

This one day workshop has been designed to help all doctors and medical students understand the pressures they face in today’s NHS and how to build resilience whilst maintaining compassion and career enjoyment.

This workshop is designed to introduce doctors to the importance of human factors and clinical safety, The programme will consider the definition of human factors and aims to equip doctors to recognise and respond effectively to non-clinical factors which contribute to performance in themselves, teams and systems,

This course has been designed for supervisors to enable them to understand the differences that exist between trainees - both senior and junior, based on research conducted by West Midlands Deanery around the Generation Gap. In addition, how trainees with different learning styles, preferences and competences should be supervised differently. Supervisors will gain more insight into their own supervisory skills based on attending this webinar.

Learn about the implications of poor information governance. Understand the essential elements of the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Act and how they apply to medical professionals. Learn about the recommendations of the Caldicott report and Academy of Royal Colleges guidance. Discuss realistic information governance scenarios in order to adopt best practice guidelines. Understand the context of diversity in Britain today. Learn about the Equality Act 2010 and how it defines different kinds of discrimination. Examine some discrimination case studies and discuss a correct responses

This module introduces UK culture and values, helping IDGs build strong working relationships through effective communication, mutual learning, and constructive feedback. Learners will gain confidence in being assertive, authentic, respectful, and professional when collaborating with colleagues and supporting patients.

This module enhances your ability to accurately record your professional progress and build a robust CPD portfolio that supports safe, evidence-based practice. It also develops your reflective skills, enabling you to evaluate your learning, inform your PDP, and continuously improve the quality of care and service you provide.

This module introduces you to the role and responsibilities of the Workplace Clinical Supervisor, beginning with a warm welcome to the UK from the Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean. It explores the importance of supervision and professional development through effective feedback, reflection, and assessment to support your growth and safe clinical practice.

This module introduces key aspects of working within NHS primary dental care, including the role of the IDG in supporting the dental team, maintaining quality, and ensuring patient safety. It also explores responsibilities related to CQC, quality improvement, safety incidents, and the importance of professional indemnity in ensuring safe and accountable practice.

This module explores the purpose and responsibilities of the General Dental Council (GDC), focusing on how it safeguards patient safety and upholds public confidence in the dental profession. Learners will gain an understanding of the GDC’s key functions, including setting standards, ensuring high quality education, promoting professionalism, maintaining the professional register, and investigating fitness to practise concerns.

This e-learning programme covers the key elements of successful job planning and identifies the key steps in the job planning process. It provides advice on how to put job planning information into practical use, covers how to use negotiation to get the best outcomes, and how best to record effective objectives and identify effective solutions.

This e-learning course takes an in-depth look at the key elements of job planning and articulates the benefits of the job planning process. The module will guide you through the job planning process, with step by step tips to help you to prepare your job plan, as well as how to negotiate and how to set successful SMART objectives.

When conflict arises at work, whether it’s with a patient or a colleague, it can leave us feeling deflated and unsure how to proceed in what is already a high-pressure environment. This session provides you with practical strategies, as well as insights into advanced communication skills, so you feel confident in managing conflict in the moment and know how protect your personal wellbeing afterwards.

During this time of great uncertainty, we would like to offer this live webinar session, which will focus on how healthcare professionals can manage during this difficult time with the lockdown caused by Covid-19.In an interactive discussion we will cover some practical advice for looking after ourselves, our teams and our communities – both at work and in our neighbourhoods. The short meeting will enable everybody to participate and has been designed to provide practical tips to encourage people to be as effective as they can during the lockdown.