Primary Care Masterclasses
Full-day, in-person UK clinical-update meetings — Director-led with invited specialist faculty, threaded through multimorbidity, carrying 6 UK CPD credits and a CPD-accredited Certificate of Professional Learning Activity.
Last editorial review: 6 June 2026 · Next scheduled refresh: 1 September 2026.
One series — current, connected, independent
The Primary Care Masterclass is MD Acumen's face-to-face strand of Micro Learning: a full day of current, practice-changing education for UK-registered healthcare professionals across primary and secondary care. Each meeting is Director-led with invited specialist faculty, anchored to the pivotal-guideline canon as it stands on the day, and deliberately threaded through multimorbidity so the sessions connect rather than sit in silos.
CPD & certification
A full educational day carrying 6 UK CPD credits. Every delegate receives a CPD-accredited Certificate of Professional Learning Activity on completion.
Independence & ABPI compliance
Meetings are run to be ABPI Code-compliant. Where an industry-sponsored symposium features, its sponsorship is declared in the programme and separated from the independent educational sessions. See the Sponsor Disclosure Register.
Who it's for
GPs, GP trainees, prescribing pharmacists, advanced clinical practitioners and interested secondary-care colleagues across the UK.
Booking, venue & joining
Free to attend; registration required. Venue Central London (the 21 Nov 2026 venue is to be confirmed); joining instructions issued ~14 days before the event.
Saturday 21 November 2026 — the proposed programme
Seven connected sessions across the day, each ~45 minutes plus Q&A. Faculty roster confirmed nearer the date.
| Time | Session | Focus & anchors |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30–09:00 | Registration & welcome coffee | In-person registration and welcome coffee |
| 09:00–09:15 | Welcome & orientation | Director's welcome; orientation to the day and the CPD framework |
| 09:15–10:00 | Session 1 · Integrated DCRM | SGLT2i / GLP-1 RA selection across the cardiorenal-metabolic continuum; finerenone (TA877) in T2DM-CKD; 2026 lipid targets and ApoB primacy; obesity pharmacology. NICE NG28/NG203/NG238; KDIGO 2024; ESC/EAS 2025; ADA 2026. |
| 10:00–10:45 | Session 2 · Menopause & Andropause | BMS–RCOG 2024 unscheduled-bleeding pathway; migraine-with-aura HRT decision; non-hormonal options after breast cancer; andropause & TRAVERSE 2023. NICE NG23; BMS; FSRH; TA1143 fezolinetant; BSSM. |
| 10:45–11:15 | ☕ Mid-morning break & networking | 30 minutes |
| 11:15–12:00 | Session 3 · Headache & Migraine | Stratified acute care (gepants, ditans); the NICE preventive ladder; CGRP-pathway selection & switching; medication-overuse headache. NICE CG150; ICHD-3; BASH; NICE TAs. |
| 12:00–12:45 | Session 4 · COPD & Asthma | AIR / MART in asthma; LAMA/LABA/ICS triple therapy in COPD; biologics for severe eosinophilic asthma; the COPD–cardiovascular–renal overlap. NICE NG80/NG115; GINA 2026; BTS/SIGN. |
| 12:45–13:45 | 🍽 Lunch & networking | 60 minutes |
| 13:45–14:30 | Session 5 · ENT in Primary Care | 2-week-wait neck-lump & hoarseness pathways; audiology & the dementia evidence; vertigo triage (HINTS); rhinosinusitis & otitis-externa stewardship. NICE NG12/NG98; ENT UK. |
| 14:30–15:15 | Session 6 · Cancer Screening | FIT thresholds; primary HPV screening; breast-density-stratified surveillance; engaging non-attenders; emerging MCED evidence. NHS Screening Programmes; NICE NG12. |
| 15:15–15:45 | ☕ Afternoon break & networking | 30 minutes |
| 15:45–16:30 | Session 7 · Longevity Medicine for the GP | Separating evidenced from unevidenced interventions; ApoB & once-in-a-lifetime Lp(a); evidence-based aerobic & resistance prescription. Hallmarks of ageing 2023; ESC 2023; AHA 2025; BSLM. |
| 16:30–17:00 | Plenary Q&A & summary | Director-led plenary; preview of the post-event written summary for delegates |
| 17:00–17:30 | 🥂 Networking & close | All delegates |
Past masterclasses — topics covered
Open each to see the programme delivered on the day.
Primary Care Masterclass — Saturday 25 April 2026 (delivered)
A full-day contemporary update across the substantive territory of UK primary care, with a CPD-accredited Certificate of Professional Learning Activity issued to delegates.
| Time | Session | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | Ozempic — bridging clinical evidence with 2026 NG28 | Industry-sponsored symposium · sponsorship disclosed in the programme |
| 10:00 | Achieving LDL-C ≤ 1.4 mmol/L | Lipid optimisation to ESC/EAS 2025 target |
| 10:45 | Interpreting ECGs in primary care | Structured twelve-lead read |
| 11:15 | Setting up your CVRM clinic | UK GP-partnership operationalisation |
| 12:35 | Chest pain & cardiac imaging made simple | Primary-care chest-pain pathway |
| 13:05 | Menopause & HRT — precision prescribing | NICE NG23 · BMS HRT guidance · WHI age-stratified re-analysis |
| 13:35 | Case reports (Part 1) — men's health & insomnia | Senior-GP-level interactive panel |
| 14:25 | Dermatology — spot-diagnosis quiz | Common and most-missed presentations |
| 14:55 | Back pain — myths, imaging & referral | Red flags; imaging-overuse trap; referral framework |
| 15:25 | Case reports (Part 2) — COPD & migraine | Senior-GP-level interactive panel |
| 15:40 | Plenary, feedback & certificates | Close and certificate distribution |
Primary Care Symposium — Saturday 22 November 2025 (inaugural)
The first all-day meeting in the series: eight topic areas across primary and secondary care, fully ABPI-compliant, for UK-registered HCPs.
Archived programmes are retained for reference. Certificates of Professional Learning Activity were issued to delegates at each event.
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