About Education
Our education department is a major provider of palliative
care education across Gloucestershire and beyond. It is dedicated
to providing a high quality education service designed to meet a
range of individual learning needs, within a supportive and learning
environment. The service is for hospice staff and volunteers as
well as other health and social care professionals across the county
and beyond. Those able to access the service include community hospitals,
care homes, social services, hospices and community nursing teams
including GPs and Allied Health Professionals.
We offer a variety of educational study days in palliative care
and disease specific courses often in collaboration with specialist
clinicians and practitioners from hospital and hospice teams.
Our aim is to continue to promote excellence in palliative care
for both patients and professional carers by;
- Enhancing knowledge, skills and competencies
- Encouraging best practise through improving confidence
- Enabling all professionals use of our palliative care library
- Providing access to the Internet and palliative care journals
- Working in partnership with other providers of palliative care
education
- Teaching the palliative approach to all care staff with health
and social service sectors – statutory, private and voluntary
- Enhancing communication and listening skills of all practitioners
The education provision includes courses aimed at both local and
national audience and targeted at different academic levels and
includes opportunities through;
- An annual programme of courses and workshops
- Workplace teaching
- Training and development of staff and volunteers
- Debriefs and reflective practice sessions
- Room hire
Library facilities;
- Books
- Palliative Care Journals
- Videos
- Tapes
- I T Facilities
External users are welcome to make use of the library within office
hours. Please book in advance.
- Education suite for hire
- Lecture room for up to 30 delegates
- Refreshment room
- Volunteer support
- Free parking
“The three-day training course
gave me an excellent insight into the principles of palliative care”
Volunteer
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