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Mentoring and Coaching Course

Mentoring and Coaching Course for Doctors, Nurses and Other Healthcare Professionals

Want to unlock the skills to truly empower colleagues, guide growth, and transform performance?

This focused, high-impact one-day course gives you the tools and techniques to bring out the best in others - and in yourself. Learn how to coach and mentor effectively using proven frameworks, while developing the listening, questioning, and feedback skills that drive real change.

  • 1-day course - 6 CPD points
  • Maximum 12 participants
  • Delivered live via Zoom
  • Tailored to your personal goals and experience
  • An engaging mix of expert teaching, practical exercises, and live discussion

£195.00
10% discount if you book 2 places on this course
or if you book another personal development/interview course at the same time.

Availability

Places availableCourse is full

The Mentoring and Coaching Course runs virtually on the Zoom platform. Available dates are shown in the calendar below:

Virtual course

Virtual courses are run using the Zoom platform. Joining instructions and the Zoom access code to join the meeting are sent two days before the course date.

Times

The start and end times are:

09:30 - Prompt start

17:00 - End.

Please note that course may end slightly later if the group is particularly interactive.

Course Overview

Empower others. Strengthen yourself. Lead with purpose.
This one-day course equips doctors and nurses with proven mentoring and coaching tools to help others grow, especially when challenges arise. You’ll learn how to support colleagues effectively, guide development, and encourage ownership rather than simply offering solutions.

What you'll gain:
  • Practical, evidence-based skills for effective mentoring and coaching
  • Clarity on roles - when to do, when to tell, and when to coach
  • Sharper communication through advanced questioning and listening
  • Strategies to motivate and empower others to take charge of their growth
  • Skill in managing underconfidence and overconfidence
  • Insight into giving feedback that builds trust and progress
  • Tools to support development - personal, professional, and emotional
  • Patience and perspective to guide others through challenges

 

Course Structure

1 WHY MENTORING AND COACHING?
Understand the benefits of coaching and mentoring as powerful tools for personal and professional development.
  • Explore how coaching and mentoring differ
  • Identify the advantages and challenges of each approach
  • Learn to set meaningful objectives and boundaries
  • Discuss the importance of being a positive role model
2 THE ROLES OF COACHES AND MENTORS
Discover the different roles a mentor or coach may take and when to apply each effectively.
  • Coaching – guiding others toward professional growth and goal achievement
  • Facilitation – creating opportunities for mentees to practise and develop skills
  • Counselling – helping others reflect on challenges and make informed decisions
  • Networking – connecting mentees with people and opportunities that support development
3 KEY SKILLS OF AN EFFECTIVE MENTOR AND COACH
Practise the essential skills needed to build trust, communicate clearly, and guide others effectively.
  • Building relationships and rapport
  • Creating a positive, empowering atmosphere
  • Effective questioning and active listening
  • Managing expectations and maintaining boundaries
  • Giving constructive feedback
  • Handling confidentiality and conflict with care
4 MENTORING AND COACHING STYLES 
Learn how to adapt your mentoring and coaching approach to suit different people and situations.
  • Understand directive and non-directive styles - when to lead and when to facilitate
  • Recognise your default communication style and its impact on others
  • Adjust your approach to match different personalities, goals, and contexts
  • Develop flexibility in handling difficult or sensitive conversations
  • Practise through role-plays and real-world scenarios to strengthen adaptability
  • Use the GROW model to flex your questioning and feedback techniques
  • Apply Action Learning Sets (ALS) to strengthen collaboration and reflective practice

Do you want to mentor and coach trainees with a wide range of attitudes and personalities?

Book a place on our Mentoring and Coaching Course for Doctors

Why come to ISC Medical's Mentoring and Coaching Course for Doctors, Nurses and other Healthcare Professionals

Tailored learning

Every session is shaped around your goals and experience, ensuring practical relevance and real-world impact. With a maximum of 12 participants, you’ll benefit from personal feedback, lively discussion, and plenty of hands-on practice alongside professionals from a range of backgrounds and specialties.

A course written and delivered by experts

The course content is delivered by experts in communication, who hold internationally recognised qualifications in mentoring and coaching and have years of experience of working with medical professionals.

We make complex issues easy to understand

All participants appreciate our ability to make dry, complex and opaque topics sound interesting and lively. We know what you need and how to approach it. Our Mentoring and Coaching course for Doctors contains a mix of plenary sessions and plenty of  practical exercises to ensure that you can approach the relevant concepts from both a theoretical and practical angle, thereby optimising your learning experience.

Want to learn how to guide trainees through difficult times?

Book a place on our Mentoring and Coaching Course For Doctors

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