Follow the links below to learn about job planning and getting prepared for the appraisal process, dealing with coroners and complaints, and find out how to engage with senior management.

Featured bite-sized videos: 'Job planning and negotation' and 'Challenging conversations'.

Resources

Working to support new consultants and SAS doctors working towards autonomous practice, the RCP Launchpad will evolve over time, being updated with new content as further resources, toolkits, videos and more become available.

Events

• New consultants forum video archive - topics include:
  • complaints and coroners; escalation errors; leadership opportunities; top tips as a new consultant; appraisal and revalidation; trainees in need of support; job planning
• RCP Player - our medical streaming service offering learning resources and events, both live and on-demand.

Publications

• The transition to consultant: Identifying gaps in higher specialist training
• Consultant survival guide
• The perceptions and experiences of doctors training in intensive care medicine on their personal resilience and strategies practiced to enhance resilience.

RCP OnlineEd™

• Effective remote consultations
• Breaking bad news
• Delegating under pressure.

RCP Education

• RCP Educator accreditation
• Doctors as leaders accreditation
• Six-step course for new consultants
• Quick start to embark on your consultant career (NCDP).

RCP Medicine podcast

The RCP Medicine podcast is a discussion of different topics relevant to physicians. Episodes discuss and explore different topics including real-life clinical cases, new evidence-based guidelines and specific physician issues in the modern healthcare environment.