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CPD: What's New
The latest in continuing professional development
April 2010 |
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Dear colleague,
Welcome to the second issue of CPD: What's New - outlining the latest events, courses and services offered at the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences. We hope you'll find something of interest for yourself and your staff.
We offer a wide range of services for continuing professional development: study days, short courses, qualifications, tailormade training, research and consultancy. We aim to be flexible and responsive to your needs through a range of full-time, part-time, distance and employer-led work-based learning approaches - all designed to reflect current and emerging workforce developments across the health and social care sectors.
In this issue of CPD: What's New: find a list of our upcoming short courses and information on our study days, two of which (Principles of tissue transfer I and II) are brand new to our portfolio. Also, read about our featured course, Prescribing, which has just been validated for pharmacists and health professionals.
If you have any comments or queries about this issue of CPD: What's New, please feel free to email cpdpo@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
Best wishes,
the CPD team | |
| April events
Our free open events are an ideal opportunity to find out more about our courses and meet our staff and students. Coming up in April:
Date: Wednesday 14 April Time: 1.30pm - 3.30pm Venue: St George's, University of London, Tooting
Date: Thursday 15 April
Time: 5.30pm - 7pm
Venue: Kingston Hill Campus
The School of Social Work is delighted to present a series of seminars, delivered by leading national and international researchers, policy makers and commentators and focusing on issues of topical and contemporary importance.
Don't forget - we offer an ongoing programme of conferences, seminars and open days throughout the year for students, employers and health and social care practitioners. For details of all upcoming events see www.healthcare.ac.uk |
| A date for your diary
Introducing the School of Rehabilitation Sciences
Join us for the launch of our School of Rehabilitation Sciences, previously the School of Physiotherapy, now renamed to reflect the full breadth of our current developments in rehabilitation education and research. More information will be available in next month's newsletter.
Date: Friday 11 June
Time: to be confirmed
Venue: St George's, University of London
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Coming up: short courses starting in May
A selection of short courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level running over the coming months from May. Click on a course name to find out more.
Long term conditions and end of life care
From 6 May
From 10 May
From 26 May
From 10 May
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| Study days in May
If you just want a taster of what it is like to study with us, or you have a specific training need, who not try one of our study days? Coming up in May:
14 May: Principles of tissue transfer I (Skin grafts)
This is a study day aimed at all nurses who care for patients who have had skin grafts.
Content
Revision of the skin
Type/usage of skin grafts
Skin graft 'take'
Negative pressure
Donor sites
20 May: Diabetes management in secondary care
The aim is to enhance the health professional's practical knowledge and understanding of current approaches to the care of people with diabetes.
Content
Current therapeutic advances in diabetes care including insulin workshops
Prevention and management of acute complications
The management of sliding scales of insulin
21 May: Principles of tissue transfer II (Flaps)
This is a study day for the more specialist nurse who cares for patients undergoing flap surgery.
Content
Classification of flaps
Uses of flaps
Initial post-op nursing care
Potential complications
To find out more, including fees and how to book your place, please contact us on cpdpo@sgul.kingston.ac.uk or 020 8725 1755. |
Featured course: Prescribing
"Health professionals are increasingly required to prescribe"
This updated and newly validated course was developed in response to the growing expectation that nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals (registered with the Health Professions Council) will increasingly be required to prescribe, if health service targets for improving rapid acces to medicines are to be reached.
The module focuses on developing the pharmacology knowledge base and physical examination with history taking that underpins safe and effective prescribing, as well as the theory and practice of prescribing.
Course leader Ahmed Younis is principal lecturer in the School of Rehabilitation Sciences. He is leading on developing the blended learning approach, whereby students are taught using a mixture of classroom and online sessions. For CPD courses this is especially crucial, as students generally study next to their full time work commitments. The Prescribing course is based on those principles: 25% of face to face teaching is supplemented with 75% of extensive online resources.
Read more about the course including dates, location, course content and how to apply - along with an interview with course leader Ahmed Younis, and links to other related courses.
This course will start in September 2010. For more information and an application form please contact us on cpdpo@sgul.kingston.ac.uk or 020 8725 1755. |
| Find out more/contact us
To find out more about any of our services for continuing professional development - study days, short courses, qualifications, tailormade training, research or consultancy:
We look forward to hearing from you. |
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Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences
St George's, University of London | Cranmer Terrace | London | SW17 0RE
Kingston University | Kingston Hill | Kingston upon Thames | Surrey | KT2 7LB
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