RCPE Acute Medicine for the Generalist

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Overview

The RCPE Acute Medicine for the Generalist (Online) course offers a comprehensive, practical update for clinicians working at the medical “front door” in an era of increasing complexity, pressure, and evolving practice. Across two expertly curated days, the programme addresses the real-world challenges faced in acute and general medicine, combining core presentations with high-risk and often under-recognised emergencies, guideline updates, and multidisciplinary perspectives. Delivered by leading national experts, the course focuses on safe decision-making, avoiding harm, and optimising care for diverse and vulnerable patient groups, while also supporting trainees and the wider workforce. Whether you are an acute physician, generalist, or senior trainee, this course will strengthen your confidence, clinical reasoning, and readiness to manage the acute take in 2026 and beyond.

Description

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Apply up-to-date, evidence-based guidance to the assessment and management of common and high-risk acute medical presentations at the front door, including complex emergencies and evolving guideline updates.
Recognise and safely manage increased complexity and vulnerability in acute care, including frailty, pregnancy, learning disability, neurodivergence, and palliative presentations, while knowing when and how to involve specialty services.
Improve clinical decision-making and patient safety through enhanced diagnostic reasoning, rational use of investigations, and learning from adverse events and near misses in the acute medical setting.

Who is this for?

All grades of medical, nursing, allied health professionals and medical students are welcome.

Course Details

Course details: acute-medicine-for-the-generalist-2026.pdf

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