Contacts
Contact:
Jill Banks Howe
Senior Lecturer
Organisation:
University of TeessideSchool of Health & Social Care
Room H2.33, Centuria Building Borough Road Middlesbrough TS1 3BA United Kingdom
Tel:
01642 384180
Fax:
01642 384989
Email:
Case study:
11 May 2010
Implementing an education and training programme at Teesside University
Key points
- Tailored palliative care courses in the community proved popular with care home staff and quickly became over-subscribed
Teesside University in Middlesborough has helped improve palliative care skills and knowledge among care home staff by taking its courses into the community rather than running them at the university.
Working with specialist palliative care teams and other NHS colleagues, a group of cancer specialists from the local Cancer Care Alliance delivered palliative care training to all care homes in the area.
The initiative followed calls from care home staff for more training and reports from both the Macmillan Nursing Service and the community district nursing service about gaps in staff’s knowledge and skills.
The courses, which were tailored to staff needs, proved very popular and quickly became over-subscribed.
They have helped raise aspirations, encourage self-directed learning and given staff the skills and knowledge they previously lacked.
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