We offer a varied programme of education for our staff, volunteers, fellow healthcare professionals and the wider community. We believe that providing good healthcare education is central to outstanding end of life care. Our training is delivered by experts and can involve theory, reflections, group work, participation and discussion.
See the bottom of this page for a collection of educational downloads.
To find out the upcoming dates of any of the courses below, please email education@rowanshospice.co.uk. If you apply online, we will send you available dates and confirm your booking directly with you.
The practice of Mindfulness allows us to become more awake to the present moment, providing a way to experience yourself and the world around you with non-judgemental awareness. The course is 9 weeks long and open to anyone in the community who wants to learn more about the practice of mindfulness.
DownloadThis workshop aims to provide you with the tools and techniques to help develop resilience for your journey through life. Resilience is the ability to tolerate, cope with and overcome adverse events or stress, and to learn, grow and develop as a result of these.
DownloadTo increase confidence and competence in making and communicating these decisions with patients and/or relatives.
Discussions and Decision Making for uDNACPR
DownloadThese Link Nurse Group Meetings are an opportunity to meet other professionals working within Palliative and End of Life Care (EOLC), consisting of an education session and supervision from
qualified and experienced professional healthcare practitioners.
This 2 hour training session updates your existing knowledge to safely practice and explore the reasons for setting up and managing a patient requiring a syringe driver.
DownloadTo provide the skills and knowledge for recognising death, the process for anticipating an expected death and knowing when not to verify death.
DownloadThis course is designed to support you in the setting up of the Namaste Care Programme in your home to care for the well-being of people with advanced dementia at the end of their lives. It is a structured care programme integrating compassionate nursing care with meaningful, individualised activities.
DownloadThe Six Steps to Success programme has been developed to enhance End of Life Care through facilitating organisational change, and supporting staff to develop their roles around End of Life Care.
DownloadTo provide an opportunity to explore the puzzles you will have experienced in your clinical work and develop new strategies for addressing these challenges.
Please note Course Requirement: Having some form of difficult or complex conversations in end of life care within job role is essential.
DownloadThis course is divided into two parts. The morning session gives the participant an opportunity to explore how individuals respond to loss and change and the afternoon session is a 3 hour SAGE & THYME foundation workshop designed to train staff to listen and respond to individuals who are distressed or concerned.
DownloadA three-hour course without the Working With Loss section.
DownloadTo provide a set of skills to enable you to respond to difficult conversations effectively and with empathy
DownloadEducational downloads of PowerPoint presentations and hand-outs from recent courses are available here.
Module 2, Day 3 – Narrative Approaches
Module 3, Day 1 – Trust the Process
Module 3, Day 1 – Communicating with Families
Module 3, Day 2 – Ethical Practice and Safeguarding
Module 3, Day 2 – Tree of Life
Module 3, Day 2 – Managing Risk
Module 3, Day 3 – Emotion Regulation
Module 3, Day 3 – Psychological Approaches
To discuss details of our Bespoke Courses, please contact education@rowanshospice.co.uk
