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Kingston University and St George's, University of London
CPPD: What's New
The latest in continuing personal and professional development
October 2011 |
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Dear colleague,
Welcome to the September issue of CPPD: What's New - outlining the latest news, courses and services offered by the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences. Can you believe we are in October already?!
In this issue, our featured course is centred around work-based learning which can be studied at masters level. Work-based learning gives individuals the opportunity to undertake learning which is unique to them and their practice. It can be used to facilitate critical reflection leading to positive change and development in practice.
Our programme of events is expanding at the moment. We are busy planning the final stages of our graduates' and postgraduates' research conference. Come along to meet some of the rising stars of the Faculty, including a finalist for the RCN Fellows Student Nurse Award, our graduate, Neomi Bennet inventor of the Neoslip - an easy way to put on anti-embolism stockings. You can find out how to register for this free conference below.
We look forward to seeing you at the Faculty in the weeks ahead.
Best wishes,
The CPPD team
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Faculty PhD studentship: Exploring the meaning
of dignity in healthcare across the lifespan
The Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences invites applications from suitably qualified students for a three-year full-time PhD studentship.
The focus of this studentship is to explore the meaning of dignity for a range of health service users including children, adolescents and adults. It will explore what the key features of dignity are for service users across the lifespan.
Lead supervisors: Professor Ruth Harris, Professor of Nursing Practice and Innovation; Dr Alison Twycross, Reader in Children's Nursing.
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Faculty nursing student wins Staff Excellence Award
Sarah Ames, a learning disability nursing student from the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, has won the Staff Excellence Award at Whittington Health NHS Trust. Sarah is currently on a third year placement with Haringey Learning Disabilities Partnership.
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Faculty nursing student wins Staff Excellence Award
 Faculty graduates' and postgraduates' annual research conference:
Research, knowledge and practice
Date: Wednesday 2 November 2011
Venue: Kingston Hill Campus, Kingston Hill, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 7LB
Cost: Free (refreshments and lunch included)
We would be delighted if you would join us at our 7th annual research conference showcasing the work of our health and social care graduates and postgraduates. Themes for the plenary sessions are teaching and learning; research, knowledge and practice from a work-based learning perspective; and developing enterprise opportunities from projects.
The concurrent sessions cover a diverse range of topics and are presented by our graduates and postgraduates from all schools within the Faculty. Presentations include:
- Self-perceived needs and anxiety levels in relatives of critically ill patients admitted on neuroscience intensive care units.
- Factors affecting judges' consideration of children's wishes and feelings in family proceedings following parental separation or divorce in family courts.
- Healthcare professionals' barriers to discussing progression of heart failure with their patients.
- The experiences of elderly men caring for their wives diagnosed with dementia and their perspectives on support services.
- Parental substance misuse: children's and parents' experiences and perspectives on how to improve service provision.
- Mental health social work roles in a South London NHS Trust.
The conference is free to attend and includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day. For the full conference programme and to register please contact Sandra Jago by email: s.jago@sgul.kingston.ac.uk or tel: 020 8725 0196. |
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 Featured course: Work-based learning
In this new masters level module, students are required to identify learning objectives in their workplace which provide the opportunity for personal, professional and organisational development. The student will be responsible and accountable for developing, managing and achieving these objectives with the support of a Faculty academic supervisor.
This module can also be used to accredit new or existing courses for groups of staff. This includes courses which are delivered in-house and also bespoke courses delivered by the Faculty.
To be eligible staff should:
- Be employed in or have access to an organisation within which the work-based learning can take place
- Be working at an advancing occupational level within the organisation. This will enable them to undertake learning which is equal to the level of the work-based learning project they are pursuing
- Have the support of their employer in terms of time, resources and advice
- Identify and have access to a mentor in their workplace who is able to support them and to critically comment on the progress and outcomes of their learning.
Students will be required to complete a portfolio of their work for assessment. However an alternative form of assessment can be negotiated.
For more information and enquiries related to accreditation of bespoke or in-service courses please contact Paul Newcombe, our Employer-Led Work-Based Learning Co-ordinator tel: 020 8725 3801 or email: P.Newcombe@sgul.kingston.ac.uk |
 Events
Our events are an ideal opportunity to find out more about research projects in the Faculty and to meet staff and students. Coming up:
Date: Thursday 13 October 2011
Time: 5.30pm-7.30pm
Venue: Room 6030, Sir Frank Lampl building, Kingston Hill campus, Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 7LB
Time: 9-4pm
Venue: Learning Resource Centre, Kingston Hill campus, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7LB
Booking: please check Kingston University open events nearer the date
Date: Thursday 27 October 2011 Time: 12.45-2pm Venue: Boardroom 3, Hunter Wing, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, SW17 0RE
Booking: Vicky Spencer-Bowdage, tel +44 (0)20 8725 3924 or email v.spencer-bowdage@sgul.kingston.ac.uk Faculty graduates and postgraduates annual research conference
Date: Wednesday 2 November 2011
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Venue: Kingston Hill Campus, Kingston University For information and bookings: Sandra Jago, tel +44 (0)20 8725 0196 or email s.jago@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
Social work conference 2011: Research mindedness in social work - what's that about?
Date: Friday 4 November 2011
Time: 9.15am - 4.15pm
Venue: De Lissa Hall, Kingston Hill campus, Kingston University
Cost: £50 (free to Kingston University and St George's, University of London students and staff)
Booking: Jessica Baah-Achamfour, tel +44 (0)20 8725 0134 or email j.baah-achamfour@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
Nursing and midwifery lecture: Olympian challenges - planning for healthcare at the 2012 Games
Date: Wednesday 9 November 2011
Time: 5pm - 7pm
Venue: John Parker Lecture Theatre, Atkinson Morley Wing, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London, SW17 0QT
Information and bookings: Debs Bunyan, email d.bunyan@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
Predicting attrition from longitudinal cohort studies: a secondary analysis of Whitehall II
Date: Thursday 10 November 2011
Time: 12.45 - 2pm
Venue: Boardroom 2, Grosvenor Wing, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, SW17 0RE
Information and bookings: Vicky Spencer-Bowdage, tel +44 (0)20 8725 3924 or email v.spencer-bowdage@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
Research seminar: Evaluation of pilot workshops for GP on carers
Date: Thursday 24 November 2011
Time: 12.45 - 2pm
Venue: The Heritage Room, Grosvenor Wing, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, SW17 0RE
Booking: Vicky Spencer-Bowdage, tel +44 (0)20 8725 3924 or email
v.spencer-bowdage@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
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 Coming up: short courses
A selection of short courses at undergraduate level. Click on a course name to find out more.
Acute and critical care
From 3 January From 4 January From 9 January From 12 January From 16 January Family and public health
From 3 January
From 3 January First contact, access and urgent care
From 1 December From 10 January From 10 January
Long term conditions and end of life care
From 10 January
From 12 January
For an application form please visit the 'apply for a course' page on the Faculty website. For a list of all our courses and study days please |
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 Study days
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:
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| Find out more/contact us
To find out more about any of our services for continuing personal and professional development - study days, short courses, qualifications, tailormade training, research or consultancy:
We look forward to hearing from you. |
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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