Courses and Study days taking place at the Education Centre are designed to meet the needs of professionals working in a changing health care environment.

Medical and Nursing students from the Glasgow Universities access the facilities as part of their education programme. Education within the Hospice provides opportunity for staff development and training, such as our own Nursing Auxiliary Education Programme, in addition to accredited courses for registered nursing staff.

We welcome staff from a wide variety of areas - community, hospitals and nursing homes. Some of the courses available are listed below and will be updated as required. If you would like further information on any of our courses, please contact the Education Centre by telephone on 0141 435 7017 or by email - education@smh.org.uk. Alternatively, download our Spring Education Programme for dates of courses.

The Personal Cost of Caring
This 2 part evening course will provide the opportunity to explore:
 

• The stressful effects of working in a caring role
• Our coping mechanisms
• How we affirm ourselves and value our role
• Stress and our personal stress drivers
• Ways of working effectively with our stress

Myers Briggs
This 2 part afternoon course will provide the opportunity to explore:
 

• Teamwork - how to work better
• The differences in personalities and work styles
• Personality preferences, strengths and weaknesses
• Communciation patterns with family, friends and co-workers

Enneagram
This 2 part afternoon course will provide the opportunity to explore:
 

• A new way of self-understanding
• The Nine Enneagram personality types
• Your own personality type
• How other people see the world differently
• Personal Growth and Development

Introduction to Counselling
This 30 hour course will include:
 

• Use of counselling skills ethically and safely
• Managing interactions
• Empathetic understanding
• Managing active listening space
• Self awareness and the facilitation of helping
• Coherent use of counselling skills
• Study skills and learning

How We Grieve - How to Help
This full day course will provide the opportunity to explore the current theories of:
 

• What grief is
• How it affects us
• Support - Identifying what is required and how to provide it

Palliative Care Courses
Module One—Foundations in Palliative Care 20 SHE Credits
This 8 day module focuses on the impact of disease on the patient and family in relation to Quality of Life. This module includes:
 

• Symptom Assessment
• Symptom Management
• Pharmokinetics and Pharmodynamics of Analgesia
• Ethical Considerations/Ethical Decision Making Frameworks

Module Two—Dying, An Holistic Approach 20 SHE Credits
This 8 day module focuses on the finer issues that influence the delivery of whole person and family care in the final phase of life and will explore the essence of:
 

• Spirituality - Hope - Suffering
• Communication Skills
• The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) of the Dying Person
• Grief and Bereavement

Palliative Care in Care Homes
Registered General Nurses
This 4 part afternoon course will provide an overview of:
 

• The Philosophy of Palliative Care
• Pain and Symptom Management
• Communication Skills
• Care of the Dying Person (Liverpool Care Pathway)
• Loss, Grief and Bereavement

Auxiliary Nurses/Healthcare Assistants
This 4 part afternoon course will provide an overview of:
 

• The Meaning of Holistic Care
• Communication Skills
• Care of the Dying Patient and their Family
• Loss, Grief and Bereavement

The Liverpool Care Pathway
This 3 hour session will provide an overview of:
 

• The Principles of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the care of the Dying Person
• The Liverpool Care Pathway Documentation