At Cornwall Hospice Care, we are committed to using our expertise and skills to support people involved in all areas of end of life care.
Our face-to-face training courses in palliative and end of life care are available for a wide variety of topics, and we are actively involved in collaborative events and conferences, both virtual and face-to-face.
We currently offer a wide range of topics featured below, and all training courses have a small class size – typically between six and ten attendees in each session, so you can be assured you’ll get high quality learning support.
Our training courses in palliative and end of life care offer high-quality education and training to all staff across various settings, including hospitals, residential/nursing homes, care agencies and individual carers. You can find further information on upcoming training courses on our Training events page.
We can also offer bespoke training to meet your individual or organisational needs – please contact us to discuss your requirements via email to education@cornwallhospice.co.uk or telephone our team on 01726 65711.
Verification of death training is suitable for Registered Healthcare Professionals as well as for nominated Healthcare Support Workers from care homes providing end of life care to be able to verify the expected death of a resident/patient.
It is an evidence-based, clinical course to deliver the knowledge and competencies necessary to verify death. The training session lasts three hours and is delivered at both our hospices.
Essential requirement, attendees should be:
The Verification of Death training session will cover:
This course is designed to provide practical set-up experience for Registered Nurses using T34 2nd Edition syringe drivers for subcutaneous use on adults. The training is suitable for first-time users and staff requiring an annual update.
The training session lasts three hours and is delivered at both our hospices. It also counts as three hours towards Continuing Professional Development required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
The training will include:
This will enable the user to be:
This course is designed to provide practical set up experience for Registered Nurses using BD BodyGuard T syringe pumps for subcutaneous use on adults. The training is suitable for first time users and staff requiring an annual update.
This course counts as 3 hours towards Continuing Professional Development required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
The training will include:
To enable the user to be:
Our Advance Care Planning training session will cover:
Understanding the principles and process of advance care planning
The length of the training session is three hours and is delivered at both our hospices.
Course participants will learn how to assess and manage common symptoms in palliative and end of life care patients.
The session will cover an overview of symptom assessment and the assessment and management of common symptoms in palliative and end of life care, including pain, nausea and vomiting, constipation and breathlessness. It is aimed at all health and social care staff caring for people in the last years of life.
Length of the training session is three hours and is delivered at both our hospices.
This session addresses the recognition, assessment and management of palliative care emergencies. It is aimed at all health and social care staff caring for people in the last years of life.
The training session will cover:
Length of the training session is three hours and is delivered at both our hospices.
The course addresses identifying the five priorities for the care of the dying patient and recognising how the five priorities for care support the provision of dignity, comfort, sensitive communication and compassionate care in the last days of life.
It is aimed at all health and social care staff caring for people in the last days and hours of life. This three-hour session will cover an overview of recognising the dying patient, sensitive communication, common symptoms in the last days of life and their management and care planning.
The training course lasts three hours and is delivered at both our hospices.
Our communication skills in end of life care training course will cover:
Length of training session is two hours and is delivered at both our hospices.
This session aims to explore the meaning of gender, sex and sexuality.
To broaden our knowledge and to equip us with the increasing awareness of gender, cultural and personal changes and challenges ahead of us and to ensure that we offer the very best care and support for any diversity.
At the end of the training course the participant will be able to:
Course participants will learn the importance of providing patients with high-quality mouth care in palliative and end of life care.
The session will cover oral assessment, delivery of oral care, and treatment of a limited range of oral problems per the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines. The session will also consider techniques in provision of care to those patients who are resistant to mouth care. This training is designed for health care assistants and registered nurses delivering palliative and end of life care to patients.
Length of training course is three hours and is delivered at both our hospices.
This training course will consider spirituality and spiritual care and the importance of spiritual care for palliative and End of Life patients. It also covers how spiritual care can be provided and incorporated into everyday practice. The session will consider spiritual assessment, spiritual distress and the communication skills that help to provide spiritual care.
This training is aimed at all health and social care staff who work in palliative and end of life care.
The length of the training session is three hours and is delivered at both our hospices.
This training course will enable the non-medical prescriber the time to reflect and recap over the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Competencies Framework. The session will broadly address legislation and current research in relation to non-medical prescribing.
The training is suitable for all registered non-medical prescribers (V100/V150/V300). Places can also be booked for those currently undertaking the Non-Medical Prescribing course or those interested in doing so.
This training session supports 3 hours towards Continuing Professional Development and is delivered at both of our hospices.
Set over 2 days delegates will commit to this evidence based Advanced course in Communication Skills devoting themselves to the whole course, not only to gain the benefit of enhancing their own existing skills, but also to contribute to those of all the group participants.
This course is open to all healthcare professionals who are constantly dealing with difficult communication scenarios, that require the skills to both support and challenge.
This experiential course will include role play for which all participants will take part live (and as realistically as possible) to enhance the shared experience.
Building on existing skills, participants will take away fresh and innovative ideas gained through the course, whilst being within the safety of experienced trained facilitators over the 2 days.
The Grief and Bereavement course is available for Health and Social Care Professionals across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, in the form of a three-hour workshop. It will provide participants with an opportunity to gain and enhance their knowledge of grief and bereavement.
The course will explore Anticipatory Grief, consider what it is, and examine its implications in practice. Some of the theories and models of grief and bereavement will be explored to see if they help Healthcare Professionals understand people’s reaction to loss.
Participants will consider factors which may potentially impact on a person’s ability to cope with bereavement, including disenfranchised grief, and why people find it hard to support the bereaved. Strategies and resources will then be identified that may help support those who are bereaved.
You can find further details regarding our training courses and upcoming course dates here Training events.
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