Page last updated on January 11, 2012 1:09 PM
Courses for PICS trainees
Management and Leadership
Essentials of Medical Management and Leadership Course
Oxford Medical – www.medicalinterviewsuk.co.uk
Run in Oxford or London; 1 day; £249
SpR Management Course For Doctors
Oxford Medical – www.medicalinterviewsuk.co.uk
Run in Oxford or London; 3 days; (£599)
Medicology
(www.medicology.co.uk) run several short management and leadership courses in a number of locations
Management for specialist trainees
Kings Fund - www.kingsfund.org.uk
Run in London
4 days (£1495)
Deanery specific.
Deaneries often run management and leadership courses for their trainees – check their websites for details
- London (GOSH & Evelina) – www.londondeanery.ac.uk
- Mersey (Alder Hey) – www.merseydeanery.nhs.uk
- Northwestern (Manchester) – www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk
- Peninsula (Bristol) – www.peninsuladeanery.nhs.uk
- Wessex (Southampton) – www.wessesdeanery.nhs.uk
- West Midlands (Birmingham) – www.westmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk
- West of Scotland (Glasgow) – www.nes.scot.nhs.uk
- Yorkshire (Leeds) – www.yorksandhumberdeanery.nhs.uk
Echocardiography Courses
Hands on course in basic paediatric echocardiography
Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street - www.gosh.nhs.uk
2 days (£435)
Cardiology in the Young (Echocardiography course)
Yorkhill Hospital, Glasgow
4 days
Foundation Course in Paediatric and Congenital Echocardiography
Evelina Children’s Hospital - www.evelinacourses.org.uk
2 days
Paediatric and Neonatal Echocardiography Course
Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge – www.addenbrokes-pgmc.org.uk
2 days
Echocardiography in congenital heart disease
Royal Brompton Hopital – www.rbht.nhs.uk;
3 days
Paediatric ECG Course
Paediatric ECG Course
Institute of child health, Great Ormond Street – www.paedsecgcourses.co.uk;
Great Ormond Street Hospital; 1 day
Bronchoscopy
Paediatric bronchoscopy course
- Royal Brompton Hospital (alternate years); 2 days
Cardiac Morphology Course
Hands on cardiac morphology
Institute of child health, Great Ormond Street Hospital – www.gosh.nhs.uk
3 days (£600)
Hands on cardiac morphology
Royal Brompton – www.rbht.nhs.uk; 3 days (£560)
Ventilation
Neonatal and Paediatric Ventilation Course
Institute of child health, Great Ormond Street – www.gosh.nhs.uk
2 days (£499)
Medical Education/Teaching (Short courses)
Teach the teacher course
Oxford Medical – www.medicalinterviewsuk.co.uk
Run in Oxford or London
2 days (£395)
Effective teaching skills
Royal College of Physicians – www.rcplondon.ac.uk
Run in London
2 days (£520)
Paediatric Educators Programme
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Run in London
2 days plus 2 learning group meetings (£450)
Transport and Stabilisation
Paediatric and Infant Critical Care Transport Course
Run in Leicester
2 days
Paediatric and Neonatal Safe Transfer Course (PaNSTAR)
SPLAT
Bristol Children's Hospital/ Bristol Simulation Centre
Advanced Paediatric Life Support
ALSG (www.alsg.org)
Various locations
2 days (£15)
Bereavement/End of Life
The Child Bereavement Charity (www.childbereavement.org.uk) run several 1 day courses (run in Buckinghamshire) aimed at health care professionals including:
- When a child dies
- Bereavement training for paediatric trainees
- Understanding loss, grief and bereavement

