Public Mental Health Learning Community

The Public Mental Health Implementation Centre (PMHIC) launched the Public Mental Health (PMH) Learning Community in September 2024.

Background

Public mental health aims to reduce the occurrence of mental health conditions and improve mental wellbeing at the population level. The PMH Learning Community aims to support local systems to improve their PMH implementation and to create a space for continuous shared learning among clinicians, public health experts, and people with lived experience of mental health conditions.

The PMH Learning Community will also link with the learning objectives of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) Public Mental Health (PMH) Leadership Certification course. The certification course supports building knowledge and skills for clinicians to champion population-based approaches and become leaders in PMH.

As part of the Learning Community, the PMHIC will host a series of monthly virtual events, including learning sets and workshops.

Learning sets

Members of the Community will be invited to attend online ‘learning sets’ occurring every two months, to share their experiences of public mental health practice. The virtual learning sets will be two hours long and will include presentations of projects/best practice followed by a Q&A on a selected topic proposed by a member of the Community.

The resources from the learning sets can be found below under each event.

Workshops

The virtual workshops will offer additional space for members to share learning, seek advice on any challenges and bring requests for support to the Community.

PMH Learning Community events schedule and resources 

Learning Sets

Webinars