Aspire Clinical Training - Our Courses

This is a robust and professional 6 month course covering all areas of Minor Illness.   The aim of the course is to enable a practitioner to have the skills, confidence and competence to work in a Minor Illness setting. This may be someone upskilling within Primary Care or a practitioner joining Primary Care from Secondary or Tertiary care.

• ENT
• Respiratory illness
• Abdominal/Gastroenterological presentations
• Urological and gynaecological illness
• Rashes, eczema and acne
• Eyes 
• Backpain
• Sepsis 
• Adult and paediatric illness
• Examination skills
• There are 2 online study days, 4 face to face days which includes the exam day.
• A Portfolio on Evidence is built throughout the course supporting the final exam and OSCE assessment.
• Face to face delivery is at the Thame Mercure Lambert Hotel, Aston Rowant, OX49 5SQ. Jnc 6 M40.

9am-4pm 

 May 2025- November 2025

•  Day 1 – 7th  May - Online
•  Day 2 – 8th  May
•  Day 3 – 25th  June
•  Day 4 – 23rd  July
•  Day 5 – 24th  Sept - Online
•  Exam/OSCE day– 5th  Nov

Cost of Course: £1000

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October 2025 - April 2026

• Day 1 - 29th Oct - Online
• Day 2 - 30th Oct
• Day 3 - 3rd Dec
• Day 4 - 14th Jan
• Day 5 - 18th Feb - Online
• Day 6 - 15th April

Cost of Course: £1000

This is a two day online course. This course aims to builds confidence and competence in the Management of   Paediatrics in Primary Care. This course can be used as an update for those working with children in Primary Care, but also aims to encourage and support practitioners to see younger children in practice.

This course covers

• Developmental  Milestones
• Safeguarding  issues
• Guidance on  handling and restraint
• Paediatric specific illness
• Viral and   bacterial infections
• Respiratory
• ENT
• Abdominal
• Limping child
• UTIs in children
• Asthma   exacerbation
• Rashes and their  associated illness
• Sepsis
• The journey from  home, to GP, to hospital
• When to refer   and how to refer.

Online via Teams

9am-4pm

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May/June 2025

• Day 1 - May 20th
• Day 2 - June 2nd

Cost of Course - £280

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September 2025

• Day 1 - September 8th
• Day 2 - September 22nd

Cost of Course - £280

This is a two day online course.

Despite not being commissioned in General Practice, it is amazing how many injuries aches, and pains find there way onto our lists. This course can be used as an update for those already seeing injuries or as the basis to learn and understand MSK examination and management of a wide range of injuries seen in Primary Care.

  This is an invaluable eye opener in to the world of minor injuries and covers..

• MSK of ...
• Shoulders
• Elbows
• Knees 
• Hips
• Ankles
• Backs
•  Head
• Soft Tissue
• Burns, scalds
• Lacerations
• Tissue healing
• Wound closure
• Bumps, bruising
• Foreign bodies
• Eye injuries
• To x-ray or not to x-ray 
• Referral pathways

Online via Teams 

9am-4pm

March 2025

•  Day 1 – March 10th 
•  Day 2 – March 24th

Cost of Course - £280

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October 2025

• Day 1 - October 6th
• Day 2 - October 20th

Cost of Course - £280

This is a two day online course. For all practitioners who dread the patient with a rash!!  These study days aim to increase knowledge, confidence and competence in consulting patients with skin issues and illness. The days will cover:

• History taking
•  Morphology
• Rashes with associated minor illness
• Serious rashes
• Inside rashes
• Outside rashes
• Infestations
• Drug Allergy
• Bruising/birth marks and more..

Online via Teams

9am-4pm 

  April/May 2025

•  Day 1- April   28th
•  Day 2 – May   12th

Cost of Course - £280

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November/December 2025

• Day 1 - November 17th
• Day 2 - December 1st

Cost of Course - £280

     This one study day is updated for every delivery and  covers new and recent guidance on Minor Illnesses seen in Primary Care.

The day looks at what national ailments are  causing issues currently, the list below, whilst exhaustive, may include other illness.

• Measles
• Pertussis
• Gonorrhoea
• Parvo virus
• Mpox
• Seasonal Minor illness is also discussed
• Respiratory illness and viruses
• Croup
• RSV
• Bronchiolitis
• Viral induced wheeze 
• Covid-19 update
• Influenza 
• Rhinitis
• Skin infections
• Insect bites
• Cellulitis
• Antibiotic Stewardship

Time for peer discussion is included and encouraged in order to share the wealth of knowledge and expertise seen in Primary Care.

Online via Teams

9am-4pm 

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  July 2025

• Day 1 - July 21st

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  November 2025

• Day 1 - November 18th

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Cost of Course - £180