Developing yourself as as senior medical leader

This one-day workshop seeks to empower experienced medical leaders and support them in refining their leadership approach as you transition into senior leadership roles, focusing on self-reflection and personalised development. You will engage in interactive exercises to identify your own values and leadership qualities and explore practical approaches to leading in challenging situations. You will create an individual reflective log and action plan, enabling you to immediately apply your newfound insights into your daily practice, ultimately making you more effective medical leader within your healthcare organisation.

Doctors as Leaders accreditation

This workshop can be attended on a standalone basis, or learners can also attend the Leading teams and culture in senior medical roles workshop, and together with a short reflective assignment can gain their ‘Doctors as Leaders accreditation’ from the RCP. Details of the assignment are discussed during both workshops, which can be attended in any order, and can also be found here.

Learners who have already achieved their Doctors as Leaders accreditation from the RCP will not need to undertake the accreditation again. It is offered during this senior level programme for those who did not complete it, for whatever reason, in the introductory workshops.

What will you learn?

This 1-day workshop will help learners to:

reflect on the importance of self-reflection and continuous development within a senior role
discuss and debate the challenges of transitioning into a senior leadership role
consider the roles power and influence play in senior leadership within the NHS, and assess the implications of their misuse
identify and assess the suitability of your approach to leadership, considering your own values and qualities as a leader
examine the challenges of leading in difficult situations and the challenges to effective decision making
evaluate your current state of leadership, and ability to create ‘moments of greatness’.

Who should attend?

This workshop is primarily aimed at consultant level doctors of all specialties and SAS doctors of equivalent experience. It may also be beneficial for those close to CCT with prior leadership training, but we would encourage you to get in touch to confirm suitability.

Alternatively, there are two workshops that are more appropriate for residents and equivalent SAS doctors with less leadership experience:

Fundamentals of self-leadership for doctors
Fundamentals of leading others for doctors

Delivery mode

This event is available either online using Microsoft Teams, or in-person at our London or Liverpool sites.

Upcoming dates

Future dates

Please email education.courses@rcp.ac.uk to register for early notification of when future dates are live for booking.

Early-bird discounts are available for workshops booked in advance.

In-house

To discuss commissioning this workshop as in-house training for your trust, please contact us by phone on +44(0)20 3075 1555 or by email at inhouse@rcp.ac.uk.

Membership discounts

Membership and early-bird discounts are available. More information on becoming a member, and benefits from discounted RCP members delegate rates at conferences, training and events, is available below.

Membership