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St Christopher's Hospice
Registered Charity 210667 

Multi-Professional Week in Palliative Care

Multi-Professional Week in Palliative Care


Course Information

This 5-day course runs in May and November of each year

Dates:
18-22 May 2009
9-13 November 2009

Codes:
MPW0509
MPW1109                                   
Course Costs: £700

Costs are inclusive of lunch, drinks and Monday evening meal.


For an application form for Multi-Professional Week, please click here to download a pdf file which you can print out and return to us by post.  Alternatively, contact education administration, education@stchristophers.org.uk
Please note, you are not able at this time to apply for Multi-Professional Week online.



Course Details

This established course, led by St Christopher’s Hospice staff, provides an opportunity for health and social care professionals from a variety of settings and countries to work together on exploring the key principles of palliative care and multi-professional working.  It will enable members to develop greater confidence in the practice of their palliative care skills within their own clinical areas, and in multi-professional teams.

The course is open to:
Doctors
Social workers
Psychologists
Bereavement workers
Nurses
Allied health professionals
Counsellors
Chaplains and Spiritual Care Workers
Psychiatrists

Accreditation:
CPD approved by Royal College of Physicians

Course Content
*    Multi-professional team working
* Working with families
* Symptom control in advanced cancer
* Working with children
* Spirituality and religion
* Culture and ethnicity
* Personal motivation and survival
* Sexuality
* Challenges in delivering care at home
* Ethics
* Difficult counselling situations
* Bereavement
* Accessing creativity
Supervision 
Rehabilitation 


Bursaries
A limited number of bursaries are available for overseas colleagues from developing countries.  Please contact education@stchristophers.org.uk for more details.

Please click here for a bursary application for May 2009
 
Please click here for a bursary application for November 2009

Please note that the closing date for bursary applications for 2009 is 30 December 2009


Lead Tutors:
Tutors:
Kathy Burn,
Clinical Nurse Specialist and Cognitive Therapist, St Christopher’s Hospice
Rev Dr Andrew Goodhead,
Spiritual Care Lead, St Christopher’s Hospice
David Oliviere, Director of Education and Training, St Christopher’s Hospice
Dr Nigel Sykes,
Medical Director, St Christopher’s Hospice; Hon. Senior Lecturer, King’s College London

St Christopher's teaching faculty includes:
Barbara Monroe, Chief Executive

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