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ABCD Consultant Development Programme 2026 - Course Programme

Day

Content 

DAY 1

Theme: Gaining Insight

 

10:30am-5:00pm

 

 

Welcome from ABCD & RCP

Introductions 

What is leadership? 

Leadership and management

Self-awareness & Emotional Intelligence 

MBTI: Desert Island Challenge 

Values based leadership 

The patient’s story, part one

 

DAY 2

Theme: Leading others

 

09:00am-5:00pm

 

 

Leadership Models 

Compassionate leaders and psychological Safety 

Coaching approaches to support others 

Commanding leaders and incivility 

Teamwork and teaming task

Motivating a team 

Role play

 

DAY 3

Theme: Leading change

 

09:00am-5:00pm

 

 

Recap including ‘Leadership in context’ 

Clinical leadership and clinical governance: Reflective walk

Leading change and service redesign

Change scenario: Develop a service

Barriers and enablers of change

Stakeholder analysis and engagement

Developing a business case and project management

Reflective practice and personal growth

 

DAY 4

Theme: Focus on self

 

09:00am-5:00pm

 

 

Recap including ‘Leadership in context’ 

Effective communication skills 

Managing difficult conversations with colleagues 

Becoming the consultant you want to be: Power and Influence as a consultant & influencing styles

Career Development - transition to consultant, overcoming imposter syndrome and job planning/portfolio careers

Maximising appraisal and revalidation 

DAY 5

Theme:

Celebration & panel event

 

9:30am-3:30pm

 

 

 

 

 

9:30-10:30: Action Learning Sets: navigating potential barriers to success 

Break

10:45 – 11:30: Guest Speaker Career topic including questions

11:45-12:30: Guest Speaker modernisation and insights into leading change including questions

12:30 – 1:15 Lunch

1:15-2:15pm Panel of speakers: Mumtaz Patel, Hermione Price, Kate Fayers and Venkat Subramanian

2:30-3pm Certificate presentations and networking

3:30pm Close