The new curriculum (2022) stipulates this list of courses that is recommended by the JRCPTB and eligible for funding. Alternatively you can see the official Medicine & Renal lists here:
Leadership Courses
Please see the powerpoint presentation below for suggestions of Leadership courses that have previously been available and helpful for Resident Doctors.
The specific details on these courses may change over the years so please investigate for up-to-date details
Human Factors Courses
Below is a list of mandatory Human Factors courses that have previously been available and helpful for Resident Doctors for training requirements
The specific details on these courses may change over the years so please investigate for up-to-date details.
Many more are in development and we will update you and this website as we hear.
University of Oxford - Virtual Human Factors 1/2 Day courses- 20/11/24 & 06/02/2025
The University of Oxford, OxSTaR Simulation Centre invite you to participate in a course which explores
Why Human Factors is so important in Healthcare today: External Virtual HumanFactors Course
Wednesday 20th November 2024- 09:00-13:00
Thursday 6th February 2025 – 09:00-13:00
£150 (+VAT) per person Via MS Teams (PO number will be accepted for 5 staff or more)
3 CPD credits awarded
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OxSTaR | University of Oxford (oxforduniversitystores.co.uk)
Course description
This ½ day course is run by Professor Helen Higham (Director of OxSTaR & a Consultant Anaesthetist at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford) and is suitable for clinical and non-clinical staff and aims to provide an introduction to the fundamentals of human factors in healthcare.
The course introduces participants to basic human factors frameworks, including theSystems Engineering Initiative for PatientSafety (SEIPS), and focuses on practical applications in the workplace to improve understanding of systems in healthcare.
This course will align with the new National Patient Safety Syllabus
Learning Objectives
Improve understanding of human factors principles
Introduce and explore a human factors framework (SEIPS)
Provide opportunities to practise applying SEIPS to real world examples
Course content
Definition and background of human factors
Human factors applied to healthcare
Importance of work place culture (including Just Culture tool)
Explanation of SEIPS framework
Exercises using SEIPS
Plenty of opportunity for discussion and questions
Queries please contact wendy.washbourn@ndcn.ox.ac.uk
2. Chelsea & Westminster PG fellows run Human factors courses - these years details TBC
3. This two day course is reportedly excellent (and also provides 12 hours CPD): If you were to get worse…goals of care conversations
29-30 April 2024
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Discussing prognosis, disease progression and plans for future care with patients is a challenging task which has become an integral part of many health professionals’ role.
If you would like to hone your skills in having this essential conversation, then this innovative two-day course is for you.
Who is the course aimed at?
This course is appropriate for all senior healthcare staff working in both primary care & secondary care.
What does the course involve?
· Two full days of training in groups of 8-10 healthcare professionals
· The skills for conducting this type of conversation are explored and practised by participants through roleplay with a simulated patient
· Each group is led by a highly skilled facilitator & simulated patient
What is the cost?
£450 per participant
Find out more
Please email alison@each.international