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CPD: What's New
The latest in continuing professional development
June 2010 |
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Dear colleague,
Welcome to the June issue of CPD: What's New - outlining the latest events, courses and services offered by 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 out about our featured courses Applied neonatal pathophysiology and Foundations of neonatal special and transitional care, which are designed to complement each other and are taken together. We would also like to draw your attention to our forthcoming SPSS workshop, aimed at all health and social care practitioners involved in research.
The deadline is also coming up for applications to the MRes in Clinical Practice. Please click here for more details.
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 |
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| June events
Our events are an ideal opportunity to find out more about our courses and meet our staff and students. Coming up in June:
Date: Thursday 10 June Time: 5.30pm - 7pm Venue: Kingston Hill Campus, Kingston upon Thames
Time: 12.45pm - 2pm
Venue: St George's, University of London, Tooting
Date: Thursday 24 June
Time: 12.45pm - 2pm
Venue: St George's, University of London, Tooting
More events...
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 |
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Masters of Research in Clinical Practice - Funded study opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals
FULLY FUNDED STUDY OPPORTUNITY - APPLY NOW FOR 2010/2011 ENTRY
The MResCP programme is suitable for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. It combines practical and academic study to prepare professionals for leadership and management in clinical research. Throughout the course students gain the appropriate knowledge of contemporary professional research practices and develop skills that enable them to generate research questions, test data collection approaches and interpret results within a scientific framework.
We are currently recruiting for the next course which starts in October 2010.
Applications must be received before 7 June 2010.
For more information about the course, please visit our website.
You can also contact the course director, Dr Cheryl Whiting: c.whiting@sgul.kingston.ac.uk |
Featured courses: Applied neonatal pathophysiology and Foundations of neonatal special and transitional care
These two courses, aimed at healthcare practitioners working in neonatal care, have been developed to complement each other and are taken together. They can be taken as a pair of short courses, or as part of our practice specific award in neonatal critical care.
Introducing course leader Elisabeth Podsiadly
Who will benefit from attending these courses?
The courses were originally designed for neonatal nurses and midwives working within neonatal units, but are now also open to those working in other units that offer special care to newborns, such as transitional care units.
Read the rest of the interview with Elisabeth on our website, and find out more about the courses.
To find out more, including how to appy, contact our CPD office on cpdpo@sgul.kingston.ac.uk or 020 8725 1755. |
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Coming up: short courses starting in June/July
A selection of short courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level running over the coming months from June. Click on a course name to find out more.
| | Study days in July/August
If you just want a taster of what it's like to study with us, or you have a specific training need, why not try one of our study days? Coming up in July and August:
8 July: Management of pain in older people
A one day course exploring effective ways to manage pain in older people, including:
- The physical, psychological and spiritual dimensions of pain
- The importance of pain assessment
- Understanding the management of pain both pharmacologically and non-pharmacologically
- Effective pain management in people with dementia.
26 July, 9 and 23 August: Academic practice (Study skills)
This course runs over three half-days and aims to prepare and develop health and social care practitioners who may be considering diploma, degree or continuing professional education or wishing to undertake some study activity for PREP. It is strongly recommended for participants who have not undertaken academic study within the last five years.
The objectives are to increase a learner's confidence in literature searching, review and reading and writing skills.
To find out more, including fees and how to book your place, please contact our CPD office 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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