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.
The AUPC is currently offering the following palliative care courses and workshops:
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, tel: 0113 218 5282.
We are currently accepting applications for spring 2020 cohort. Download course-specific application form.
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: https://www.hospiceuk.org/what-we-offer/grants/open-grant-programmes/details/wolfson-bursaries—hospice-staff
Free places available for health and social care staff to attend a one day course on Advance Care Planning (ACP) and Communication Skills. If you have conversations with patients, or their family or carers, about their future care then this workshop will provide you with the skills and knowledge around ACP.
Date: February and March 2020 dates now available (9:30am to 4:30pm)
View the flyer to find out more.
To book your place, contact Marion.Baldwin@st-gemma.co.uk or telephone 0113 218 5195.
A 2-day multi-disciplinary skills workshop utilising an interactive approach, with video recorded simulation scenarios.
Date: from May to September 2020 delivered at St Gemma’s Hospice.
Download an application form or contact marion.baldwin@st-gemma.co.uk
This is an international initiative that aims to share specialist knowledge and build communities of practice.
ECHO Palliative Care Programme for GP practices
This programme is free to GPs. Following an initial face-to-face curriculum development meeting there will be monthly one hour video-conferencing sessions that will allow access to the session from the convenience of the Practice.
Curriculum Development Meeting Date: Wednesday 5th February, 7-8pm at St Gemma’s AUPC.
View the flyer and information letter to find out more.
To register your interest, contact: janec@st-gemma.co.uk or telephone 0113 218 5282
This course covers essential areas of the palliative care curriculum and is relevant to both trainees taking the Palliative Medicine Specialty Certificate Exam and clinicians who want to refresh and update their clinical practice, in line with the most current guidelines and evidence base.
Dates: September 2020 (to be confirmed)
For more details and to register for this event, visit pallmedpro.com
Facilitated by expert clinicians in palliative medicine and care, including consultant in palliative medicine, consultant nurse and members of the multi-disciplinary Hospice team. Relevant for those who take a lead in palliative/end of life care.
Dates for 2020 to be confirmed
Major ethical issues in palliative and end of life care will be explored with reference to key contemporary cases. This day will be facilitated by Dr Janet Holt, Senior Lecturer in the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, and Chair of the Royal College of Nursing Ethics Committee.
Dates for 2020 to be confirmed
People with dementia need increasingly specialised support as they approach the end of life. So do their families and the professionals working with them. Facilitated by Jane Chatterjee, co-author of “End of Life Care for People with Dementia” – A Person-Centred Approach.
Dates for 2020 to be confirmed
For course information, costs and bookings, please contact:
Marion Baldwin
AUPC Support Secretary
St Gemma’s Hospice
Tel: 0113 218 5195
Email Marion
