Our free seminar series for foundation doctors covers all the Foundation Professional Capabilities (FPCs) that touch on medico-legal aspects of clinical practice and being a doctor.

These interactive sessions focus on the essential medico-legal knowledge, skills, and behaviours you're expected to develop during your foundation training. Each seminar lasts up to 60 minutes and is ideal for use as part of an educational teaching day or departmental meeting.

We can deliver one seminar per visit for groups of eight or more (open to both members and non-members), and everyone who attends will receive a certificate for their e-portfolio.

How to book a seminar:

Seminars can only be booked by your Postgraduate Medical Education Centre.

If you are a foundation doctor interested in one of the seminars below, please share this page with them using the links on the right.

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Available seminars

Communication challenges
Good communication is essential for safe patient care and effective teamwork. Learn how to communicate in difficult circumstances such as delivering bad news, de-escalating conflict, communicating with children, and using interpreters. It also covers the importance of active listening, showing empathy, and giving a structured handover to ensure continuity of care.

Confidentiality
Respecting confidentiality is key to building patient trust. Explore the principles of confidentiality in accordance with GMC guidance, focussing on data protection, when information can be shared, and how to avoid breaches - including on social media.

Consent and mental capacity
Working with your patients to make decisions about their treatment and care is at the heart of good medical practice. Get an overview of the principle of autonomy, legal and ethical guidance on consent, types of consent, and how to record decisions. Also explore refusal of treatment, assessing capacity, and key considerations when treating children and young people.

Dealing with complaints
During your career, you may receive a complaint against you or the services you provide. Learn the key features of the NHS complaints process, what people complain about, how to avoid complaints, and what to do if you receive a complaint.

Keeping patients safe
Learn how to identify vulnerable people and understanding the principles of safeguarding them. Cover the importance of raising concerns, why mistakes happen, what to do if things go wrong, and the importance of reflective practice and remediation.

Record keeping and form filling
Making accurate and contemporaneous records is a vital part of good clinical practice. This seminar looks at what constitutes a medical record, the functions of record keeping, what quality records look like, and the legal requirements for death certification, cremation forms, and fit notes.

The GMC and keeping yourself safe
Understand the role of the GMC, fitness to practise procedures, and the concept of multiple jeopardy. Look at some common pitfalls and things you can do to keep yourself safe and out of trouble.

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