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Advancing Practice Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
The Advancing Practice (AP) education team at the GOSH Learning Academy deliver a portfolio of training across the four pillars of advancing practice.
We aim to deliver CPD education to all registered professionals wishing to expand their practice through our Advancing Practice series. We offer courses to develop a learner’s portfolio in Clinical Practice, Leadership, Research and Education.
What to expect from our education:
- Subject matter experts from a dedicated education team
- Innovation in design and delivery with content shaped by speaker expertise
- Evidence-based approaches, sharing insights, experience and exploration of real-world applications of a fast changing field of AP
- Interactive workshops linking theory and practice
- Reflective Practice Tools to support your professional development
- Evidenced based approaches to practice
- Connecting with fellow learners for a multi-professional and multi-level experience
Safe Prescribing in Children and Young People
This half day virtual update course is for all prescribers who routinely prescribe medicines for children and young people. You will explore contemporaneous issues and challenges in initiating, monitoring, and modifying medicines to develop and maintain safe and effective prescribing practices. You will network with other independent prescribers and discuss topics and pathways on a national level.
Key themes will be updated with new dates.
Upcoming dates:
- 27 October 2026: Find out more and register your place.
- 26 January 2027: Find out more and register your place.
Multiprofessional Paediatric Study Day
GOSH Multiprofessional Paediatric Study Days are specifically designed to provide the latest updates on current management strategies encountered by children and young people.
These study days aim to increase your knowledge and understanding of clinical paediatrics through a variety of interactive case-based lectures and sessions from clinical experts.
Upcoming dates:
- 26 February 2027 - Managing the Unwell Child: Find out more and register your place.
Paeds S.Can – Sonography Cannulation Training in the Paediatric Patient
Paed S.Can (Sonography Cannulation training in the Paediatric Patient) is a one-day course designed for healthcare professionals who are already competent in peripheral cannulation and wish to develop ultrasound-guided vascular access skills in paediatric patients. Through a blend of expert-led theory and hands-on practice, participants will develop the knowledge, practical skills and confidence required to support safe and effective ultrasound-guided peripheral cannulation in babies, children and young people. The course explores ultrasound principles, paediatric vascular anatomy and evidence-based techniques before applying these concepts in supervised practical workshops. Delivered by an experienced multidisciplinary faculty which includes dedicated Ultrasound educators and clinicians who utilise ultrasound guided vascular access in their daily practice.
Paed S.Can promotes best practice, patient safety and improved vascular access outcomes.
Upcoming dates:
- 15 March 2027: Find out more and register your place.