Our clinical education team
Our team are committed to delivering excellent clinical education and training for health and social care professionals in our community.
At present our training is delivered virtually, please see our virtual events below.
Clinical student placements
We are able to offer a range of clinical student placements across our specialist care services and host students from a wide variety of disciplines, including pre-registration adult and children's nursing, paramedic science and social work.
For more information or to discuss your individual requirements please contact our clinical education team on clinicaleducation@keech.org.uk.
Virtual education events - sign up today:
Essential End of Life Care Rolling Programme 2021 - for registered health and social care professionals
2021 - EOL Programme
This is a free 10 week rolling programme.
This is a weekly rolling programme, giving you the flexibility to choose dates and times that suit you. You can book onto individual sessions or sign up for a whole programme.
What can I gain from attending?
An in-depth overview of the key areas associated with palliative and end of life care (EoLC). Opportunity for Q&A and discussion are included within each session along with principles of how to look after yourself as a healthcare professional.
Who can attend?
Any registered health and social care professional (such as nurses, doctors, paramedics, social workers etc) wishing to gain more confidence for the care of patients with a palliative and end of life care diagnosis.
Programme 1 - Register for whole programme now
Runs from Tuesday 5 January - Tuesday 9 March 2021
2-3pm
Programme 2 - Register for whole programme now
Runs from Tuesday 13 April - Tuesday 15 June 2021 10.30-11.30am
Programme 3 - Register for whole programme now
Runs from Tuesday 6 July - Tuesday 7 September 2021 2-3pm
Programme 4 - Register for whole programme now
Runs from Tuesday 28 September - Tuesday 30 November 2021 10.30-11.30am
Click on the links below to book individual sessions
Essential Conversations
Exploring conversations face to face, via video link and telephone. Gives a structure and builds confidence in communication.
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Essential Advanced Care Planning
What does Advanced Care Planning entail? When should it be done? How should it be approached? Who should commence these conversations?
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Essential Recognition of the Dying Patient
This session explores the complexity of the topic and gives helpful insight into the dying process and what to look for.
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Essential End of Life Care Anticipatory Medication
What are the essential drugs used, and why? What are the principles involved? Includes setting up a Syringe Driver and it’s maintenance.
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Essential Pain Management
How should pain be assessed in a palliative/EOLC context? What about types of pain we do not always consider – spiritual pain for example? Can all pain be alleviated? Includes pharmacological/non-pharmacological approaches.
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Essential Nausea and Vomiting Management
How to assess patients with increasing symptoms, how receptors work in recognising nausea and vomiting, pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to management.
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Essential Breathlessness & Secretion Management
Explores the range of conditions that may experience breathlessness, pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of breathlessness and secretions, alleviation methods for breathlessness and secretions.
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Essential Agitation and Delirium Symptom Control
Explores techniques to recognise agitation and delirium in end of life patients, traditional and alternative methods of symptom management.
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Essential Nutrition, Hydration and Mouth Care
How to be aware of the need for nutrition and hydration management in palliative care, ethics surrounding hydration in the dying patient, pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of mouth care.
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Essential Loss and Bereavement
An understanding of loss and bereavement, how to manage approaches to loss, strategies of recognising complexities of grief. How to look after yourself.
Principles of End of Life Care Rolling Programme 2021 - for unregistered health care professionals
2021 - EOL Programme
This is a free 5 session rolling programme.
This is a fortnightly rolling programme, giving you the flexibility to choose dates and times that suit you. You can book onto individual sessions or sign up for a whole programme.
What can I again from attending?
An overview of the key areas associated with palliative and end of life care (EoLC). Opportunity for Q&A and discussion are included wihtin each session along with principles of how to look after yourself as someone looking after a dying patient.
Wha can attend?
Any unregistered health care professional (such as health care assistants, carer, support worker etc.) wishing to gain more confidence for the care of patients with a palliative and end of life care diagnosis.
Programme 1 - Register for whole programme now
Runs from Thursday 7 January - Thursday 4 March 2021 2-3pm
Programme 2 - Register for whole programme now
Runs from Thursday 15 April - Thursday 10 June 2021 10.30-11.30am
Programme 3 - Register for whole programme now
Runs from Thursday 8 July - Thursday 2 September 2021 2-3pm
Programme 4 - Register for whole programme now
Runs from Thursday 30 September - Thursday 25 November 2021 10.30-11.30am
Click on the links below to book individual sessions
Principles of Palliative Care
What is Palliative Care? How does it differ from EOLC or other types of care? How should I interact with these patients? What do these patients want from me? Are there principles that can help me?
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Principles of Essential Communication
Conversations with palliative/Dying patients are often perceived as ‘difficult’. Is this true? What do I need to consider? Are there principles that can help me engage effectively with this patient group? This session will build your confidence in your communication skills.
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Principles of Advance Care Planning
What is Advanced Care Planning? Is it important? When should it be done? How should it be approached? Who should commence these conversations?
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Principles of care in the last days
How to recognise the dying patient, what care in the last days looks like, principles of managing the patient at end of life, recognition of aftercare.
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Principles of Loss & Bereavement
How to recognise loss and bereavement and gaining understanding of helping those affected during their loss.
Stepping Back from the Edge: Managing Stress and Building Resilience
Friday 14 May 2021 at 2pm
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What can I gain from attending?
Learn strategies and ways of managing yourself and how to cope in difficult situations.
Who can attend?
Any health care professional or member of the public who wishes to learn ways of coping with difficulties.
Is there an elephant in the room?
One hour workshop
21st April 2021 at 10am
4th August 2021 at 7pm
15th December 2021 at 2pm
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What can I gain from attending?
More understanding around history and the taboo of death. Confidence to explore conversations around death and dying and preparation for future uncertainties.
Who can attend?
Any member of the public who wishes to learn more about death and dying
Masterclass No. 5 - 'Midwifing Dying: preparation and companionship at the end of life?'
Thursday 4 March 2021
Guest speaker
Dr Kathryn Mannix
Register your free place now!
Overview
Kathryn Mannix spent 30 years as a palliative physician, and she feels passionate that we must restore a public understanding of dying if people are to plan how to live the end of their lives with confidence and comfort. She took early retirement with that mission, and her book about the way people live while they are dying, 'With The End In Mind', became a Sunday Times best-seller.
Come and join her for a discussion of the lost wisdom of ordinary dying, and how we might all be better midwives to our dying patients.
Verification of Expected Death
Friday 12 March 2021 - 10-11.30am
Monday 26 April 2021 - 2-3.30pm
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What can I gain from attending?
The course is aimed at staff who wish to develop knowledge and skills in recognising death and the process of verifying an expected death.
Who can attend?
This verification of expected death training is suitable for registered and unregistered health care staff who are interested in taking on the extended role of verification of expected death.
Intermediate Communication skills
Tuesday 18 May 2021 - 8.45am - 4pm
Wednesday 15 September 2021 - 8.45am - 4pm
Wednesday 8 December 2021 - 8.45am - 4pm
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What can I gain from attending?
This Intermediate Communication Skills training will enable you to enhance communication skills in difficult or challenging situations.
The training explores barriers to communication, strategies to manage conversations in difficult scenarios, how to explore conversations in ceilings of treatment or end of life care as wells as tools and skills to help you develop confidence.
Who can attend?
If you are from the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes area and are either:
- A specialist palliative and end of life care practitioner
- Any NHS, allied health or social care professionals who regularly work with life-limiting illness of uncertain prognosis
- Social worker, care home manager or social care manager
- Registered professionals wishing to explore more challenging conversations and communication skills.
Don't leave me now - a play written by Brian Daniels and directed by Jeni Draper
Wednesday 12 May 2021 - 7-8.45pm
Tickets only £10 - Book now
Where does love end and duty begin?
Inspired by two real stories, it explores with insight and humour the impact of early-onset dementia on family life.
“The play is subtly powerful, sympathetic and sharp, sad and funny… where dementia is the villain, words are priceless.” Howard Jacobson, Booker Prize-winning author (New Statesman 2016)
Endorsed by all major dementia charities including Dementia UK, The Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia Pathfinders, Cruse Bereavement Care, Hospice UK.
