Professional Development & Training Courses

If you are a healthcare professional with an interest in palliative care, you may benefit from training at the St Gemma’s Academic Unit of Palliative Care. We offer a range of palliative care and end of life care training courses aimed at doctors, nurses, social workers and other professionals in Leeds and further afield.

Current palliative care courses and workshops running at the Academic Unit of Palliative Care

• European Certificate in Essential Palliative Care

The course is an 8 week home-based learning, multi-professional programme, developed at Princess Alice Hospice in 2001 (www.pah.org.uk) Now being offered at St Gemma’s Hospice.

Contact: Jane Chatterjee Lecturer in Palliative Care AUPCCourses@st-gemma.co.uk

Dates: Spring course 11 April – 15 June 2022

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Bursaries may be available from Hospice UK  (via the Wolfson) for people to undertake the ECEPC. Funding is being made available to support candidates from Hospices and care homes. To apply for funding, please visit: www.hospiceuk.org/what-we-offer/grants/open-grant-programmes/details/wolfson-bursaries—hospice-staff

• End of Life Care Training

These courses are aimed at health and social care professionals in West Yorkshire who look after patients/clients and at the end of life and want to gain more skills and knowledge around end of life care and having those challenging conversations.

There are 4 courses to choose from:

• Supporting personalised and advance care planning discussions at end of life
• Difficult conversations at the end of life
• Care of patients in last weeks and days of life
• Bereavement and loss (including self-care)

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• Advance Care Planning and Communication Skills

This course is aimed at any health and social care staff who want to:

• Gain an understanding of key elements of advance care planning; the principles and application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; the process and reason for best interest decision making
• Explore communication skills that support patients and their families to have conversations about future care
• Identify ways Advance Care Planning conversations and information is recorded and shared with all involved in a patient’s care across different services.

The training is 1 day (9.30am-3.30pm) and will be delivered via Zoom.

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For any further information, please contact Emma Farrer on 0113 218 5500 or email AUPCCourses@st-gemma.co.uk

• Advanced Communication Skills

Advanced Communications Skills training for Senior Clinicians.  This training is 1 and a 1/2 days – the first 1/2 day focuses on the theory of communication skills and the second full day is a role play with simulated patients.

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For any further information, please contact Emma Farrer on 0113 218 5500 or email AUPCCourses@st-gemma.co.uk

• Difficult conversations with patients in end of life care

This course is aimed at Registered Nurses (Band 5) and Allied Healthcare Professionals (Band 4/5) who want to increase confidence and competence whilst communicating with patients approaching the end of life and their carers.

The training is 1/2 day and will be delivered via Zoom.

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For any further information, please contact Emma Farrer on 0113 218 5500 or email AUPCCourses@st-gemma.co.uk

• End of Life Communication Skills for LCH Registered Clinicians

This course is aimed at Registered Nurses (Band 5) and Therapists working within LCH who want to increase confidence and competence whilst communicating with patients approaching the end of life and their carers.

The training is 1/2 day and will be delivered via Zoom.

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For any further information, please contact Emma Farrer on 0113 218 5500 or email AUPCCourses@st-gemma.co.uk