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November 2008

SYRINGE DRIVER TRAINING
17 June and 12 November

These sessions will be 4.00pm – 5.30pm and are designed to support community nurses and nursing home staff understand syringe driver administration, calculations and common medication used.  Additional out-reach sessions will also be provided in 2008.

 

Professional Awareness Days
23 June; 14 July; 22 September; 13 October; 17 November and 15 December
10.00am – 3.00pm
These days are designed to accommodate health and social care staff and students, wishing to increase their awareness of the hospice.  Each day is flexible and aims to meet the visitors’ specific learning needs. The programme often includes the following:

  • An overview of palliative care and the hospice
  • Services provided
  • Referral criteria
  • A tour around the hospice
  • Clinical issues

 

LOVE & LAUGHTER IN PALLIATIVE CARE

Thursday, 27th November, 2008 – Full-day

Venue – YMCA, New Hey Road, Huddersfield

The aim of this day is to create an environment where healthcare professionals can celebrate and understand the timeless coping strategies of humour within palliative care.  A day of fun and learning will remind us that it is permissible to laugh.  

Cost - £50.00 – (Sandwich lunch is provided)

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Additional information days and longer placements are also allocated for medical students, G.P. registrars, student nurses, physiotherapy, police and social work students.

HUDDERSFIELD UNIVERSITY EDUCATION PROGRAMMES

Kirkwood Hospice has close links with Huddersfield University and provides the setting for several multi-professional palliative care courses that are facilitated within the education centre.  All the study modules may be accessed individually or alternatively within a specific framework such as:

  • Certificate in Professional Studies (Palliative Care)
  • Certificate in Professional Studies (Breast Care)
  • BSc (Hons) Professional Studies (Palliative Care)

Study modules include:

  • Symptom Management in Palliative Care
  • Enhancing Quality in Palliative and Terminal Care
  • Advanced Communication Skills in Palliative Care
  • Perspectives on Death, Dying, Loss and Bereavement
  • Breast Care:  interventions and support in the management of breast disease
  • Multi-Professional Palliative Care Practice