Fundamentals of self-leadership for doctors

This interactive one-day workshop aims to empower you to recognise and cultivate your medical leadership potential. Through facilitated interactive discussions and practical activities the workshop will help you to explore your personal leadership style and how to develop as an authentic leader. For those new to medical leadership roles, we will explore ways of dealing with the demands of life as an early career leader in the NHS, supporting you in the development of practical leadership skills and a personal leadership development plan.

Doctors as Leaders accreditation

This workshop can be attended on a standalone basis, or learners can also attend the 'Fundamentals of leading others for doctors' 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.

What will you learn?

This 1-day workshop will help learners to:

discuss the value of clinical leadership and investigate the relationship between leadership and management
develop a clear understanding of how you can develop as a leader, using different leadership theory and models
debate the roles power and influence play in leadership
examine the importance of emotional intelligence and knowing your values
discuss the importance of feedback and self-reflection
develop self-leadership strategies to protect yourself
apply what you have learnt to solve problems, and use that knowledge to directly influence your leadership practice
identify steps for further continuous leadership development.

Who should attend?

This workshop is primarily aimed at resident doctors of all specialties (ST1 - ST7) and SAS doctors of equivalent experience. It would also be beneficial for those who are new to leadership roles, or those with no prior leadership training.
Consultants and SAS doctors of equivalent experience may attend, generally benefitting as a refresher course or if they have not attended any previous leadership training.

Alternatively, there are two workshops that are more appropriate for consultants and equivalent SAS doctors:

Developing yourself as a senior medical leader
Leading teams and culture in senior medical roles

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