Recognised by ILM and City & Guilds as an approved centre of education within the primary care sector, the PMA understand training needs in general practice and have supported the development of NHS staff for many years.
We have successfully engaged thousands of your colleagues to bridge gaps in skills and knowledge through the creation and delivery of a comprehensive selection of workshops.
Our workshops are organised at local level – providing a convenient way to deliver consistent training to practices across a region, while providing the chance for staff to network and share best practice.
Workshops are one to three days in duration, carrying 6 CPD points per day. We also deliver 2-hour masterclasses providing concise updates for staff in a convenient window of time.
ILM will award those attending any six PMA workshops with the prestigious ‘ILM Excellence in Practice Management’ certificate.
If you are interested in organising workshops or masterclasses for your local practices, please get in touch.
As an ILM and City & Guilds accredited centre, the PMA seeks to facilitate and promote best practice, offering education and support to those involved in primary care.
Quality and Outcomes Framework
This half day session will give an introduction to QOF, what it does and why it is important. Delegates will learn how it works, the indicators, how this is calculated and how they should record the data to understand the QOF process fully.
Chairing meetings
This workshop provides attendees with the vital skills and techniques for leading concise, structured and meaningful meetings.
Administrative Skills Workshop – Taking Perfect Minutes
The workshop will develop your skills relevant to general practice, but could take you beyond general practice and into acute care, private practice, research, the wider pharmaceutical industry and other complimentary medical environment.
Project Management
This workshop is for NHS staff who are responsible for project management and are keen to refresh and improve their skills and knowledge on how to plan a successful project.
Delivering Operational Excellence
This full day workshop is for NHS staff who are practice or administration managers in Primary Care who want to improve their operational delivery.
Procurement
This workshop will help you understand the full NHS supply chain model from sourcing to patient by talking through key activities in the supply chain that affect you and your practice.
Primary Care Networks
Primary care networks enable the provision of proactive, accessible, coordinated and more integrated primary and community care improving outcomes for patients. The workshop will be interactive – delegates will be encouraged to share challenges, issues and concerns they may have – our facilitator will also share their experiences.
New Care Models – Working at Scale
Working at Scale has become a key driver across general practice and all other areas of the wider NHS – presenting opportunities for new ways of working and for the development of new services all driven by the goal of improving patient care. ‘At Scale’ provision of care, will increasingly see practices shift towards collaborative working models – formal mergers, partnerships and federations and Multi-Specialty Community Providers (MCPs) – key advantages of this approach are the ability for practices to build on their strengths, improve their reach and also share the workload. But what are the practicalities of working at scale?
Peer to Peer Appraisals and Personal Development Planning (PDP) – Two Day Programme
The peer to peer appraisals workshop will enable delegates to understand – for themselves and their staff – where they are starting from on their personal leadership journeys. They will process and deliver the feedback sessions to people, helping them create personal action plans that they can take into their further development and learning. Continual development, setting goals and gathering peer support are essential to a successful Personal Development Plan (PDP). The workshop will also explore the role of the PDP and how this will guide all staff in their career, whatever grade they are at.
Join Over 25,000 PMA members today and benefit from our services
As a PMA member, you will benefit from regular news and updates in key issues and regulatory changes that effect GP practices. You will gain access to exclusive training and events that ensure you maintain currency of knowledge and skills. You will have the opportunity to meet and network with your peers from around the UK.