| Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Intermediate - (Short Course) |
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CBT-Introduction 12 April 2010
CBT-Intermediate 19 April 2010
CBT-Applying Skills 26 April 2010
The above three-day course is being run by the Postgraduate and Continuing Education Unit, School of Healthcare Studies, Cardiff University and is suitable for mental health professionals from any discipline who want a basic introduction to CBT skills and is also suitable for medical and healthcare professionals who use or need to use counselling skills as part of their role.
AIMS:
* To give participants a grounding in the fundamental theory and strategies of using CBT.
* To build on the introduction day. Participants will be able to apply basic CBT strategies when working with clients.
* To develop and refine the basic skills in order to integrate them in the context of working with some problems commonly encountered in clinical practice.
OBJECTIVES:
* To introduce participants to the principles and theory of CBT and how these can be applied in context.
* To introduce participants to basic CBT strategies including: agenda setting, testing negative thoughts, using guided discovery, goal setting, the value of homework, and behavioural experiments.
* Participants will be introduced to the evidence based CBT treatment protocols developed in relation to Depression, Anxiety and Panic.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
* Participants will be able to understand how problems develop and produce CBT formulations of clients’ problems.
* Participants will be able to understand the role played by thoughts in the maintenance of problems.
* Participants will be able to demonstrate ability to apply basic CBT strategies appropriately in order to help alleviate unhelpful symptoms and bring about change.
* Participants will be able to understand when and how to employ appropriate helping interventions in order to work with depression and anxiety.
The course is designed to build skills and knowledge over the three days and participants would be encouraged to attend all three days in order to gain the most from the programme. However, participants will some prior knowledge of CBT would benefit from day 2 and or day 3 alone if necessary. | | Funding/Fees | The registration fee for each day is £145.00, for the full three-day course will be £395.00. | | Date(s) | 12/04/2010 to 26/04/2010 |
| Legal Documentation and Record Keeping - (Short Course) |
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The day has been designed to meet with the needs of medical and health care practitioners ,doctors, consultants, physiotherapist, occupational therapists, Radiographers, nurses, managers AHP working in acute or community based settings working in the NHS or private practice.
Practitioners have an obligation to produce clear and concise documentation and records that will stand up under rigorous public legal scrutiny.
Legal documentation and record keeping are valuable because of the information contained and the information is only usable if it is correctly and legibly recorded in the first place. The approach to Legal documentation and record keeping, which courts adopt, tends to be that; ‘If it is not recorded, it has not been done’.
There are a number of legal issues that contribute to effective documentation and record keeping. Through case studies and exercises, this day aims to assist the delegate to produce high quality documents and records thus reducing the risk of being the subject of a searching public cross-examination in the courts.
During the programme, the delegate will:
* Recognise and practice a range of writing techniques, which can assist with the production of clear and concise documentation and records;
* Analyse the implications of poor record keeping within a legal environment together with methods for improving current practice;
* Understand how courts interpret what you write – or what you omit – to enable you to assess and improve your record keeping technique;
* Develop the skills to produce documentation and records with confidence.
With case studies and practical exercises, the day aims to answer these questions and many more to assist the delegate to produce high quality documents and records thus reducing the risk of being the subject of a searching public cross-examination in the courts. | | Funding/Fees | The registration fee will be £150. | | Date(s) | 06/05/2010 |
| Mindfulness: Therapeutic Skills for Mind-Body Techniques - (Short Course) |
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This course will introduce participants to the use of mindfulness as an intervention in Medical/ healthcare setting. It will be an experiential course so that participants can practice and learn about mindfulness as well as learning about mindfulness approaches that can be given to patients to utilise to relieve symptoms of pain, stress, anxiety, and depression.
The theory of mindfulness:
* Historical perspective,
* Development of mindfulness approaches in health care;
* Applications to pain relief, stress, anxiety, and depression.
* Research evidence base.
* Mindfulness toolkit:
* Contraindications
* Establishing a mindfulness practice
* Introducing mindfulness into your work with patients
Learning Outcomes
* Participants will have an understanding of the theory and benefits of mindfulness-based approaches in health care settings
* Participants will have the tools to establish their own meditation practice and offer mindfulness based interventions in their practice with patients. | | Funding/Fees | Cost: £150.00 | | Date(s) | 08/03/2010 to 09/03/2010 |
| Neuro-Linguistic Programming: Achieving Excellence in Communications - (Short Course) |
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This 4-day ANLP Diploma course is being run by the Postgraduate and Continuing Education Unit, School of Healthcare Studies, Cardiff University and has been specifically designed for Medical / Healthcare practitioners, including Doctors, AHPs, Dentists, Nurses, and therapists who wish to make their clinical practice even more effective.
What you will cover:
* A brief history of NLP
* The NLP Communication Model
* The Mindset for Success and NLPs underlying foundations and principles
* Improving your observation skills
* How to build rapport quickly and effectively
* Understanding the four languages of communication
* Setting and achieving goals
* Being able to feel confident and experience personal power whenever you want ('Anchoring')
* Using 'Submodalities' (the language of the Mind) to effect change
* Understanding the power of language
* Giving and receiving feedback
* Dealing effectively with conflict, seeing other points of view
* A model of personal and organisational change
* Reframing experiences
* Internal Time Coding
* How to improve your results
* Finding out what makes people tick
* Dealing with people and situations more effectively
* How to improve your relationships, both personal and professional.
By the end of the course you will be able apply these tools at your place of work, within your scope of professional practice, and in others areas of your Professional & Personal life.
During the 4 days, you will be taught to use NLP with integrity using the tools & skills (to enable you, the Medical –Healthcare practitioner, team leader, manager and tutor) to develop a team, to achieve objectives, skills for goal setting, and working with patient /client to increase motivation and self-esteem and many more. | | Funding/Fees | The registration fee for the four-day course will be £745.00. | | Date(s) | 07/06/2010 to 10/06/2010 |
| Strengthening Social Solidarity through Groupwork: research and creative practices - (Workshop/Seminar) |
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This is the 32nd International Symposium on Social Work with Groups.
Social workers, group workers, researchers, teachers, supervisors, managers, students, and group members will share their experiences, trade ideas, and discuss questions on this year’s theme, Strengthening Social Solidarity through Group Work: Research and Creative Practices. In the current context, with the recession undermining social connections, social problems becoming increasingly complex and administrative considerations playing a greater role in determining practices, it is important that we all pull together to ensure that social solidarity remains a strong force in communities. | | Date(s) | 03/06/2010 to 06/06/2010 |
| Working together, learning together: exploring interprofessional education - (Workshop/Seminar) |
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This workshop will be of interest to nurses, managers, vets/doctors/dentists - all will have experiences related to the issues of interprofessional working and so will be able to contribute to, and benefit from, this collaborative workshop to raise awareness of IPE issues and formulate solutions.
The workshop will enable us to establish a collaborative IP network to encourage nearby institutions to work together e.g. vet schools and vet nursing colleges; veterinary, medical and dental institutions, as well as departmental collaboration within institutions; to learn from the experience of medical education's approach to IPE, to raise awareness of IPE issues in each delegate's subject area and to formulate solutions. | | Funding/Fees | There is NO CHARGE for this workshop but places are limited to 25 delegates on a first come first served basis. | | Date(s) | 23/03/2010 |
| Trial Management and Essential Documents - (Short Course) |
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Course content
• GCP standards, Research Governance
• Responsibilities of research staff
• Trial site file and essential documents
• Quality systems
• Document workshop.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the participants should:
• Have knowledge of the standards required by ICH GCP for the management of essential documents within NHS premises
• Be aware of the responsibilities of themselves and other staff within research
• Understand the structure of the Trial Site File
• State the purpose of the Trial Site File and essential documents
• Describe a model for setting up and using a quality control system
• Have explored the management of essential documents within a workshop. | | Future dates | tbc November | | Additional Information | Competencies and associated KSF dimensions
• Have an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the key personnel
within research C1, C2, C3, C5, IK2, G5, G6
• Can ensure the safe and secure storage and management of the Trial Site File
and essential documents C1, C3, C5, G5. | | Requirements | All staff newly involved in research and document collection:
• Research Officers
• Clinical Studies Officers
• Research Nurses/Practitioners
• Administrators. | | Date(s) | 22/04/2010 |
| The Future of Health Policy, Practice and Regulation - (Conference) |
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Through a series of presentations, this one day conference, aimed at senior NHS leaders, provides a unique learning opportunity and important updates on the future of NHS Policy, Practice and Legislation in this difficult economic climate.
Following an introduction and welcome from chairman Ian Cumming OBE Chief Executive NHS West Midlands who discusses the challenges ahead in NHS Policy, Practice and Regulation, you will have a unique opportunity to hear a panel discussion from three leading MPs on the future of Health and Health Policy. | | Funding/fees | £365 + VAT (£428.88) for NHS, social care and private healthcare organisations and universities.
£300 + VAT (£352.50) for voluntary sector/charities.
£495 + VAT (£581.63) for commercial organisations.
£300 + VAT (£352.50) for IHM members. | | Date(s) | 28/04/2010 |
| Erasmus Master Class in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care |
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Erasmus University Medical Center are very pleased to welcome you here in Rotterdam for their 4th International Erasmus Master Class on Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, this year focussing on the “Obese Patient” (EMCOP 2010).
After having had two Master Classes on the older patient and one on acute respiratory failure, this year’s course will deal with another important topic: Obesity and its impact on perioperative care.
Obesity has become a pandemic phenomenon and is linked to many medical and logistical challenges. This is certainly a problem for anesthesiologists and other peri-operative professionals caring for these patients.
Their panel of international experts experienced in the field of obesity will cover and highlight all relevant aspects dealing with obesity in the perioperative patient. Previous feedback suggests that this year’s Master Class should have no parallel sessions and no poster-presentations, in lieu thereof we will have two days of interactive lectures by selected and dedicated speakers. There will be optional tele-voting and time for discussion. | | Funding/Fees | Delegate / consultant / specialist € 495.00
Physician in training / resident € 295.00
| | Date(s) | 26/03/2010 to 27/03/2010 |
| Essentials of TB Epidemiology, Clinical Management & Control - (Short Course) |
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| This two day module is open to all interested health professionals who are looking for a rapid update on tuberculosis and tuberculosis control. The module is part of the 3 month course for the DTM&H so the orientation is towards practice in developing countries. However the delivery is updated every 6 months in line with new developments in approaches, strategies, tests, and treatments for TB. The content provides a refresher course in the core principles of TB epidemiology and control as well as updates. It will be useful for health practitioners of any seniority in a wide range of disciplines including nursing, primary care, public health, medical microbiology, radiology, respiratory medicine, infectious diseases, and HIV medicine. | | Future dates | 18-19 October 2010 | | Requirements | A good grounding in the essentials biomedicine and a good grasp of English are required | | Funding/fees | £150 | | Date(s) | 15/03/2010 to 16/03/2010 |
| Parasitology for Haematologists - (Workshop/Seminar) |
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Workshop Content
Most of the workshop sessions will be on microscopy, but there will also be short talks covering epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management. The workshop has been approved by The Royal College of Pathologists (recognised for 5 CPD Credits).
Workshop Participants
Places on the workshop are limited to 25 participants. The workshop is specifically designed to meet the needs of haematology trainees and consultants requiring an update in haematology parasitology. | | Funding/Fees | £150 | | Date(s) | 09/04/2010 |
| Data and Safety Monitoring Board Workshop - (Workshop/Seminar) |
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| A workshop designed for people who serve on Data and Safety Monitoring Boards, people who organise them, and people involved in preparing adverse event and statistical reports for them. | | Funding/fees | £75, to include course materials, lunch and refreshments |
| Addressing the challenges together - (Conference) |
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| This is The National Autistic Society's first ever professional conference. We want to give professionals working in the field of autism a unique opportunity to come together, discuss best practice and share each other's learning. Over two days, we aim to provide a balanced perspective on the current challenges facing professionals. Keynote sessions will present an overview of the changing autism environment and a series of expert seminars will give you practical strategies to share with your colleagues. At our informal breakfast briefings and evening panel debate you will get the chance to meet and share ideas with other professionals. This conference has been developed by an editorial board which includes experts in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research and education and leading professionals who work with people on the spectrum. Recent changes in the ASD environment, including new legislation and better understanding of the condition, means that, now more than ever, it is crucial for professionals to be addressing the challenges together. Seminars include topics of interest to education professionals, staff in adult services, clinicians and commissioners. Subjects covered include Dilemmas in the diagnosis of ASD and The evidence base for autism treatment. | | Funding/fees | Earlybird booking before 04/12/2009 £310 + VAT; NAS members £324 + VAT, non-members £360 + VAT | | Date(s) | 16/03/2010 to 17/03/2010 |
| Commercial R&D with Research Facilities - Access Skills, Technology and Services - (Conference) |
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UK academic institutes and technology centres host state-of-the-art technology and skills. Industry can take advantage of research facilities and gain access to these services to include in their own research and development.
This event will inform industry on how they can advance and diversify their R&D by taking advantage of research facilities such as the STFC Technology Access Centres, Diamond Light Source and NPL. It is also an excellent promotional opportunity for both the smaller and larger academic institutions that offer such services.
The objectives of this event are to:
* Promote industrial engagement with research facilities and available services
* Promote academic institute and research facility technologies and services available for hire
* Present the needs from scientists for access to specialist technologies
* Present case studies of companies that part outsource their innovation to research facilities
* Engage opportunities for knowledge transfer and collaboration.
Exhibition space is available for academics. | | Funding/fees | £75 excl VAT per delegate. | | Date(s) | 11/03/2010 |
| Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Centre (PEALS) Seminar - (Workshop/Seminar) |
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Adam Hedgcoe, Cesagen, Cardiff University
13:00 - 14:00 | | Future dates | 26th May 2010, 13:00 - 14:00
Zeynep Gürtin-Broadbent, Centre for Family research, University of Cambridge
Ground Floor Lecture Room, Institute for Human Genetics, Centre for Life. | | Date(s) | 10/03/2010 |
| Leading Better Care/Releasing Time to Care Conference - (Conference) |
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| The Senior Charge Nurse (SCN) has a pivotal role in ensuring person centred, safe and effective clinical practice, managing and developing clinical teams and enhancing the patient experience. Join us for this important celebration of Leading Better Care one year on. There will be an opportunity to meet Ros Moore, the new CNO and hear first hand about many of the initiatives from across NHSScotland. This event is aimed at SCN’s, Nurse Managers, LBC & RTC facilitators, Practice Development, Practice Education and facilitation roles. | | Date(s) | 02/03/2010 |
| Econometric Analysis of Scanner Data - (Conference) |
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The Journal of Applied Econometrics, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap)is holding a conference on the econometric analysis of scanner data .
Large scale data on household purchasing behaviour are now widely available in many countries. These data are collected by market research firms and contain information on prices and quantities purchased, along with detailed product and household characteristics. They are increasingly being used by social scientists, and open up many new avenues of research as well as presenting new challenges. This conference will discuss the latest research. | | Date(s) | 22/03/2010 to 23/03/2010 |
| Dignity and choice in end of life care: the role of social workers - (Conference) |
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Ensuring that people can experience dignity and choice in end of life care is a target for all. Research with people receiving end of life care indicates that many wish to have the choice to die at home, and if that is not available, for their end of life care to be delivered in a setting which is respectful of their wishes and provides dignity. This national conference is the first of its kind and will focus on the unique role which social workers have in facilitating the fulfilment of the intention to provide choice and dignity. The role of other professions is well known to the general public, but there is a growing awareness that in their important position of being able to enable people, social workers can have a positive impact on people’s experiences as they approach the end of their lives. The conference will examine how this can be achieved in a variety of settings and look at innovative practice in how services can be personalised and increase the quality of care experienced. The presenters and workshop leaders will also discuss how important considerations in the areas of ethnicity and spirituality can be used to ensure that experiences for people and their families are as positive as possible.
Aims of the conference:
* To discuss the unique role of social workers in enabling choice and ensuring dignity
* To demonstrate the importance of working in multi-professional groups to ensure that care is consistent and of high quality
* To understand factors that can improve the experiences of people and their families. | | Funding/fees | Standard rate - £195 + VAT - (Total £229.13)
BASW rate - £150 + VAT - (Total £170.25).
The fee includes lunch, refreshments and conference materials. Please note accommodation is not included. | | Date(s) | 28/04/2010 |
| Becoming a Reflective Effective Practitioner - (Short Course) |
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This course is concerned with enabling people to become reflective as part of everyday practice in the belief that the effective practitioner must be a reflective practitioner.
The course is delivered through weekly sessions through two semesters as a mixture of guided reflection sessions - whereby students learn through everyday experiences towards realising desirable practice, and a series of workshops that looks at reflective practice from broader perspectives:
* Journalling and cultivating the imagination
* Whole brain reflection using art form
* Structuring reflection within everyday practice
* Reflective theories and clinical supervision
* Developing reflective standards of care
* Body awareness & Therapeutic touch.
Areas of study include:
* Reflective theories and practicalities
* Guiding practitioners to learn through experience [clinical supervision skills]
* Empathy and Clinical judgement
* Accessing, critiquing theory and research to inform ‘best’ practice
* Understanding the conditions of practice, the way these conditions constrain realising effective practice, and working towards shifting those conditions in order to become an effective practitioner [includes an analysis of power, tradition and embodiment]
* Conflict management and assertiveness
* Knowing and managing self to be in ‘good shape’ for practice [includes understanding and managing stress]
* Clarifying vision of practice and creating therapeutic relationships
* Taking responsibility for ensuring one’s effectiveness using reflective tools [including standards of care]
* Using art form as a mode for reflection [stimulating creativity and imagination]. | | Requirements | Open to all health care practitioners who have completed or are working toward completion of Level 2 degree credit. |
| Return to Professional Practice - (Short Course) |
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This unit is designed to enable nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses to return to practice with confidence and competence. Therefore the unit adopts a flexible approach to learning and whilst this is in part determined by NMC requirements, this approach also reflects an appreciation for the constraints which returnees often have on their time.
The unit will enable practitioners to experience practice in a health care setting agreed between them and a supporting practice provider. The student will also focus on health and social trends and professional issues relevant to their professional background and to be supported in this.
There is 40 hours of classroom contact time based around one day per week, 10.00 to 2.30, which will take place in either Luton or Aylesbury. Wherever possible this is within school term time only. A minimum of 75 hours within clinical practice is required for nurses and for returning midwives clinical hours will be determined by the Local Supervising Authority.
The student will also focus on health and social trends and professional issues relevant to their professional background and will be supported in this.
Areas of study include:
* Research
* Study skills and personal effectiveness
* Health and social policy
* Quality care and clinical governance
* NMC Code of Conduct
* Record keeping
* Nursing theory
* Drug calculations
* Legal issues. | | Additional Information | Undertaking a Return to Practice programme is a mandatory requirement for those practitioners who are unable to meet the PREP (CPD) practice standard (NMC 2002). For the most part practitioners will have a lapsed registration, however others with live registration may also seek to undertake this module and are not excluded. | | Requirements | Students must have been out of practice for 5 years or its equivalent under NMC rules.
A break in service is defined by the NMC as practising by virtue of a specific qualification, for fewer than 100 working days, or 750 hours, in the preceding five years. |
| Introduction to Human Genetics - (Short Course) |
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Course aim and objectives: The aim of this course is to give an introduction to basic genetic concepts for use in genetic epidemiology. By the end of the course participants should be able to:
* Define basic genetic concepts such as gene, polymorphism, haplotype.
* Understand Mendel's experiments and how these relate to what we know about Mendelian inheritance.
* Describe the structure of genetic material, the process of cell division and DNA replication.
* Describe studies which can be used to determine the size of the genetic component of a disease and the limitations of these studies.
* Have an overall appreciation of how the science has developed, and its potential for the future. | | Funding/fees | £540 | | Date(s) | 17/02/2010 to 19/02/2010 |
| Sample Size-How Many Do I Need - (Short Course) |
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This course is aimed at those who need to collect data and face the problem of deciding how many cases/participants they need in their study.
The topics covered in the course are:
* statistical power
* sample size calculation
* use of software for sample size calculations (the freely available package G*Power). | | Requirements | It is assumed that delegates on this course will have knowledge of probability, the Normal distribution and hypothesis testing. Those whose experience of these topics is some time in the past should find sufficient reminders given to enable them to participate fully. | | Funding/fees | £175 + VAT (includes teas/coffees). | | Date(s) | 24/03/2010 |
| Infection and Immunity in Children - (Short Course) |
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A course covering topics in paediatric infection for Paediatric Infectious Disease trainees and trainers and for all those who manage children with infections.
Programme to be confirmed. | | Funding/fees | ESPID/BPAIIG/PIDS members Trainees £575
ESPID/BPAIIG/PIDS members Consultants £625
Non-member Trainees £625
Non-member Consultant £725
Accommodation fees: £75.00 per person per night, bed and breakfast in college. | | Date(s) | 28/06/2010 to 30/06/2010 |
| Food Allergy and Intolerance Study Day - (Short Course) |
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| This event will provide those with an interest in aspects of food hypersensitivity in children, particularly dieticians, health visitors and GPs, with practical and up-to-date information and case studies from leading UK practitioners and researchers. | | Funding/fees | £30 – made possible with an educational grant from Danone baby. | | Date(s) | 16/03/2010 |
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