Education, Innovation & Research (EIR) Department Prospectus 2017 Caring, Building, Shaping, Valuing, Inspiring, Encouraging, Developing, 0 P a g e Nurturing, Supporting, Motivating, Engaging and Communicating
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Leaders in Palliative Care Northern Ireland Hospice offers bespoke training courses in palliative and end-of-life care for a range of professionals working in the public, private and voluntary sectors. These courses are delivered in our dedicated education facilities at Somerton Road Belfast or at a venue more convenient to you. Full details of all internal and external courses and events can be found on our website: https://www.nihospice.org/ The Education, Innovation and Research Department (EIR) at Northern Ireland Hospice continues expand and modify its prospectus to meet the ever changing needs of palliative and end-of-life care in today s health service and beyond. Our experienced, multi professional education and specialist clinical team provides a range of high quality study sessions in the form of masterclasses, short courses, full or half day seminars and workshops. 33 9 2 P a g e
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2017 1. Basic Life Support Monday 4 th 13:30 16:30 IPU 2. Palliative Care Week 3 rd - 10 th Breakfast Wednesday 6 th 07:30 08:15 Clinical Session 3. European Certificate of Essential Palliative Care - 8 week online course Monday 18 th (Introductory 18:00 20:00 Doctors Nurses Allied Health 450 evening) 4. Basic IT Skills Microsoft Tuesday 19 th Office 5. Blood Results Understanding the Impact Friday 22 nd of Abnormalities on Clinical Practice within Palliative Care 6. Post Graduate Diploma/MSc in Palliative Commencing Care (Multidisciplinary) week beginning (In partnership with Monday 25 th University of Ulster) 7. BSc (Hons)/Post Graduate Diploma in Commencing Specialist Practice week beginning (Palliative Care) Monday 25 th (In partnership with University of Ulster) 8. ECHO Community Knowledge and Support Wednesday 27 th Network - Acute Psychiatric Illness and Palliative Care 9. Basic Life Support Tuesday 26 th 10. Dementia Capable Care Up-date Tuesday 26 th Professionals 10:00 13:00 All 13:30 16:30 Clinical 09:00 17:00 09:00 17:00 Multi- Nurses 09:15 10:45 Multi- 13:30 16:30 Non-Clinical 09:15 16:30 Multi- - - 4 P a g e
2017 11. Basic Life Support Tuesday 3 rd 12. Zoom Training Tuesday 3 rd 13. Study Skills Programme: Session 1 - Searching the Literature Tuesday 3 rd 13:30 16:30 IPU 10:00 11:30 Multi- 18:00 20:00 Multi- 15 14. Bereavement 7 Week Course 15. Study Skills Programme: Session 2 - Systematic Review Commences Wednesday 4 th Tuesday 10 th Multi- 18:00 20:00 160 18:00 20:00 Multi- 15 16. Enteral Feeding Wednesday 11 th (Children s) 17. Dementia Capable Care Wednesday 11 th 18. Study Skills Programme: Session 3 - Critical Appraisal of Qualitative Research & 12 th Tuesday 17 th 19. Basic Life Support Wednesday 18 th 20. ECHO Community Knowledge and Support Network - Management of complex palliative care needs of patients currently undergoing chemotherapy 21. Study Skills Programme: Session 4 - Critical Appraisal of Quantitative Research Skills for Academic Study 22. Legal and Professional Issues of Record Keeping 23. Medications Awareness Workshop Tuesday 24 th Tuesday 24 th Tuesday 24 th Thursday 26 th 24. Mindfulness Tuesday 31 st 25. Mindfulness Tuesday 31 st 09:30 16:00 Nursing 09:15 16:30 Multi- 18:00 20:00 Multi- 15 13:30 16:30 Community 09:15 10:45 Multi- 18:00 20:00 Multi- 15 13:30 16:30 Nursing IPU 09:30 13:30 Nurses 10:00 12:00 Multi- 13:00 15:00 Multi- 5 P a g e
2017 26. Study Skills Programme: Session 5 - Preparing an abstract for conference 27. Study Skills Programme: Session 6 - Writing for Publication 28. Introduction to the ECHO Model 29. Introduction to Children s Palliative Care Tuesday 7 th Tuesday 14 th Tuesday 14 th Thursday 16 th 30. Life Skills Friday 17 th 31. Basic Life Support Monday 20 th 32. Mindfulness Tuesday 21 st 33. Mindfulness Tuesday 21 st 34. Tripwire Series - Topic 1: Nausea and Vomiting Wednesday 22 nd 35. Basic Life Support Wednesday 22 nd 36. ECHO Community Knowledge and Support Network - Advanced Liver Disease Tuesday 28 th 18:00 20:00 Multi - 18:00 20:00 Multi - 14:00 16:00 Multi - 13:30 16:30 Multi - 15 15 25 08:00 10:00 Multi - 13:30 16:30 IPU 10:00 12:00 Multi - 13:00 15:00 Multi - 13:30 16:30 Multi - 13:30 16:30 Community 09:15 10:45 Multi - 25 37. I don t know what to say Communication Skills for Administration 38. Understanding Blood Results Wednesday 29 th Thursday 30 th 13:00 17:00 Non-Clinical 15 13:30-16:30 Clinical 6 P a g e
December 2017 39. Managing Bereavement in Schools 1 day Course 40. Introduction to Palliative & End of Life Care 41. Legal and Professional Issues of Record Keeping Friday 1 st December Thursday 7 th December Tuesday 12 th December 42. Basic Life Support Wednesday 13 th December 09:30 16:00 Teachers 75 13:30 16:30 Health Care Assistants 13:30 16:30 Nursing 13:30 16:30 Community 15 Education Innovation Research Believing Achieving 7 P a g e
2018 43. Tripwire Series: Topic 2 - Breathlessness Wednesday 10 th 44. Zoom Training Thursday 11 th 45. Basic IT Skills Friday 12 th 46. Pain Management for Specialist Practitioners 47. Therapeutic Communication Skills in Health & Social Care 48. ECHO Community Knowledge and Support Network Topic 49. Post Graduate Diploma/MSc in Palliative Care (Multidisciplinary) (In partnership with University of Ulster) 50. BSc (Hons)/Post Graduate Diploma in Specialist Practice (Palliative Care) (In partnership with University of Ulster) 51. Current Developments in Palliative Care Adult Focus Tuesday 16 th Wednesday 24 th Week beginning Monday 29 th Commencing week beginning Monday 29 th Commencing week beginning Monday 29 th Tuesday 30 th 13:30 16:30 Multi- 25 10:00 11:30 All 10:00 13:00 All 09:30 16:00 Multi- 75 13:30 16:30 Multi- 25 09:15 10:45 09:00 17:00 09:00 17:00 Multi- Multi- Nurses 14:00 16:00 Multi- - - 8 P a g e
February 2018 52. Caring for the Person in Wednesday 7 th the Last Year of Life February 53. Life Skills Friday 9 th 54. Balancing the load: work related stress and resilience when working in caring services 55. Tripwire Series: Topic 3 Delirium 56. I don t know what to say Communication workshop for non-clinical staff 57. ECHO Community Knowledge and Support Network Topic February Tuesday 12 th February Tuesday 20 th February Wednesday 21 st February TBC Week beginning Monday 26 th February 13:30 16:30 Health Care 15 Assistants 08:00 10:00 All 13:30 16:30 Multi- 13:30 16:30 Multi- 09:30 13:30 Non-Clinical 09:15 10:45 Multi- 20 25 15 March 2018 58. Communication Skills: Managing difficult conversations Tuesday 6 th March 59. Breakfast Session Thursday 22 nd 60. ECHO Community Knowledge and Support Network Topic TBC 61. Minority Groups in Palliative & End of Life Care March TBC week beginning Monday 26 th March TBC 14:00 16:30 Multi- 20 07:30 08:15 All 09:15 10:45 TBC Multi- Multi- TBC 9 P a g e
April 2018 62. European Certificate in Essential Palliative Care - 8 week online course 63. Tripwire Series: Topic 4 GI Symptoms 64. Introduction to Neonatal Palliative Care (Collaboration with QUB) 65. European Certificate of Holistic Dementia Care - 10 week online course 66. ECHO Community Knowledge and Support Network Topic TBC 67. Mental Health: Recognising psychiatric syndromes in palliative patients Monday 9 th April Introductory Evening 18:00 20:00 Doctors Nurses Allied Health Professionals Tuesday 17 th April 13:30 16:30 Multi- Wednesday 18 th April Monday 23 rd April Introductory Evening TBC week beginning Monday 23 rd April Wednesday 25 th April 09:30 13:30 Multi- 18:00 20:00 Multi- TBC Multi- 13:30 16:30 Multi- 450 25 25 400 40 May 2018 68. Current Developments in Children s Palliative Care Thursday 17 th May 13:30 16:30 Multi- 15 69. Life Skills Friday 18 th May 08:00 10:00 All 70. Person Centred-ness in Palliative Care 71. ECHO Community Knowledge and Support Network Topic TBC TBC TBC Multi- TBC week 09:15 10:45 Multibeginning 21 st May TBC 10 P a g e
June 2018 72. Tripwire Series: Topic 5 - Ethical Dilemmas and Decision making Tuesday 13 th June 13:30 16:30 Multi- 25 73. Breakfast Session Thursday 14 th 07:30 08:15 All June 74. Managing Bereavement Friday 15 th June 09:30 16:00 Teachers in Schools 75 75. ECHO Community Knowledge and Support Network - Topic TBC TBC 09:15 10:45 Multi- 76. Managing Grief in the Workplace for Managers 77. Assessing and Managing Nutritional Needs in the Last Years of Life 78. Spirituality in Palliative & End of Life Care Tuesday 26 th June 13:30 16:30 Managers TBC TBC Multi- TBC TBC Multi- 25 TBC TBC 11 P a g e
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Bespoke Teaching In addition to the courses above, our specialist education and clinical teams can deliver tailored work based learning programmes to suit your individual organisations requirements. Some examples of bespoke courses include: Communication skills for clinical and non-clinical staff, including Breaking Bad News, or Managing Difficult Conversations; Maintaining Professional Boundaries in Palliative and End of Life Care; Symptom Management; Management of End of Life Care; Management of Palliative Care Emergencies; Advance Care Planning; Ethical Issues in Palliative Care; Spiritual Care; Management of Syringe Drivers; and, Managing Bereavement in the Workplace. Education, Innovation & Research Department 74 Somerton Road Belfast BT15 3HL Charity Number: XN45696 Published 1 st 2017 13 P a g e