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CPD: What's New
The latest in continuing professional development
May 2010 |
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Welcome to the May 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 a list of our upcoming short courses and information on our study days. We're especially pleased to offer
the study day 'Access to acute/first line care for people with a learning disability', which has now been commissioned by the NHS and the short course 'HIV care and contemporary interventions', which is featured below. Also, find out more about APL - Accreditation of prior learning - and how it could benefit your studies.
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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| May 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 May:
Date: Wednesday 12 May Time: 1.30pm - 3.30pm Venue: St George's, University of London, Tooting
Do you want to develop the specialist skills needed to care for people with long term conditions? Or do you have staff interested in progressing to the role of assistant or associate practitioner? Find out more about this free event
Date: Thursday 20 May Time: 5.30pm - 7pm Venue: Kingston Hill Campus, Kingston upon Thames
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.
In this free seminar, the tenth of the series, Sir Roger Singleton will discuss working with government to strengthen the safeguarding of children. Find out more about this free seminar 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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Featured course: HIV care and contemporary interventions
HIV is now considered a manageable long term condition. In England, around 56,000 people are currently living with HIV and accessing healthcare services (Department of Health Review of the National Strategy for Sexual Health and HIV, 2008).
Our short course in HIV care and contemporary interventions offers healthcare practitioners an excellent opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of HIV from a client-centred perspective.
We asked course leader Gemma Hurley to tell us a little more about the course:
What does the course cover?
Practitioners will gain an understanding of the pathophysiology of HIV, explore its psycho-social impact and consider how policy has impacted on screening and the development of innovative management strategies.
Who is the course aimed at?
Healthcare practitioners working in any practice setting providing care to clients who are HIV positive or at risk of acquiring HIV.
What is new about this course?
The course has been recently revised to reflect current trends in HIV care, where issues on stigma, sexual health behaviours and mental health are explored. This will enable practitioners to provide relevant, high quality care for their clients. An emphasis is placed on public health issues, where creative health promotion strategies are explored. This is outlined as a key learning outcome.
Are there other short courses available with a similar emphasis?
Practitioners interested in HIV care and contemporary interventions might also benefit from attending Contemporary issues in the management of people with long term conditions and Sexual health promotion and screening..
To find out more about these courses or to receive an application form, please contact our CPD office on cpdpo@sgul.kingston.ac.uk or 020 8725 1755. |
Coming up: short courses starting in May/June
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.
Care of the older person
From 26 May
Long term conditions and end of life care
From 4 June
First contact, access and urgent care
From 8 June
Family and public health
From 30 June
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Featuring: Five study days on stroke
· 6 May: Critical care of people following an initial stroke
· 20 May: Nutrition and swallowing in stroke patients
· 22 June: Rehabilitation in a ward setting
· 13 July: Communication issues and stroke
· 3 August: Stroke pathway, policy and discharge planning
If you are working with people who have suffered a stroke our study days will help you to increase your knowledge and skills in stroke management. The programme is flexible, and you can choose the study days most appropriate to your learning needs. Each study day can be taken on its own or you can combine a number of study days.
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. |
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Study days in June
If you just want a taster of what it's like to study with us, or you have a specific training need, who not try one of our study days? Coming up in June:
9 and 10 June: Clinical supervision for supervisors - two days
In this two day course practitioners will have the opportunity to examine the principles of clinical supervision and explore ways of implementing these in their own environments. The emphasis will be on reflective practice and there will be opportunities to experience the roles of both supervisor and supervisee in groups and one to one sessions.
11, 18 and 25 June: Short course in leg ulcer management - three days
This three day course is aimed at healthcare practitioners working in hospital, community, residential care or GP surgery settings who wish to gain knowledge and skills in this specific area of practice. (Note: PThese study days are not inteded to give competence in the skills of Doppler ultrasound and compression bandaging by the end of these three study days.)
15 and 16 June: Child immunisation - two day foundation
It is recommended that all nurses involved in the immunisation of children attend every two years. Up-to-date knowledge and practice of intramuscular injection techniques is a pre-requisite for this course.
22 June: Access to acute/first line care for people with a learning disability
Aimed at staff from acute/front line services, this study day provides an opportunity to explore issues that people with a learning disability and their family/carers face when accessing these services. Experiences from service users and their families give an enlightening insight into individual experiences and suggest best practice improvements for adoption by service providers.
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. |
Highlighting APL - Sue Heatley
"APL makes studying much more flexible"
Accreditation of prior learning (APL) is an opportunity to be given credit for learning and skills already gained before joining one of the Faculty's courses. This means you can avoid duplicating previous learning and it can help you to:
Gain entry into a course even if you don't have some of the required
qualifications
Be exempt from certain parts of the course
Progress more quickly towards qualifying for the final award.
APL Advisor Sue Heatley, who also teaches both midwifery and nursing students and gives careers advice to graduates, explains the procedures behind APL and how it can help you finish your studies faster.
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| 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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