January 2021
Introduction to Palliative Care January – December 2021
This is an E-learning course and can be taken at a time convenient to the attendee. Eligible to attend: All levels of Healthcare Professionals Fee: €25.00 Aim: The aim of this online programme is to enable participants to understand the principles of palliative care and their application to practice, thereby improving the standard of care…
Find out more »Formal Family Meetings: A Structured Approach to Communication in Palliative Care 2021
This is an E-learning course and can be taken at a time convenient to the attendee. Eligible to attend: Healthcare Professionals Fee: €45.00 Aim: The aim of this education programme is to foster and support sound clinical practice in the participation or holding of Family Meetings with a patient who has a life limiting illness.…
Find out more »February 2021
Searching the Literature Virtual Workshop 9th Feb 2021
Eligible to attend: Participants who are interested in learning to use Cinahl and PubMed. Time:  10.00 – 13.00 Aim: The aim of this 3 hour workshop is to enable participants to use different features of Cinahl and PubMed when searching and to enhance their ability to find information more effectively. CINAHL® provides indexing for 2,928…
Find out more »Intravenous Medication Administration for Registered Nurses: Blended Learning Programme 10th February 2021
Eligible to attend:   Registered Nurses Time:  09:30 – 12:30 Aim: This aim of this blended learning programme is to provide Registered Nurses with the necessary theoretical and practical components of intravenous drug administration. The format of this programme involves completion of online component (approx. 2.5 hours) completed in students own time, prior…
Find out more »Five Reflective Virtual Workshops Offering Practice & Accessible Ways to Build Resilience 11th February
Eligible to Attend: It is open to all staff working in healthcare who with to actively engage in self care and build resilience. Time:  1.00 -2.00 pm Aims: Recognising the importance of a resilient workforce we have designed 5 workshops. Offering healthcare workers a reflective place to look at their everyday stresses, facilitate the creation…
Find out more »Male Catheterisation and Suprapubic Re-Catheterisation Study Day: A Blended Learning Programme 17th February 2021
Eligible to attend:  Registered Nurses Time:   09.30 – 15:30 (Time slots will be allocated individually). Aim: The aim of this blended learning course is to equip nurses with the appropriate knowledge and skills for best practice in male catheterisation and suprapubic re-catheterisation thus enhancing patient care. This blended course is aimed at nurses from a…
Find out more »General Wound Management 22nd February 2021
Eligible to attend: Registered Nurses Time:  08.30 – 13.30 Aim: This blended programme provides an overview of the assessment, treatment and management of wounds including Pressure ulcers, leg ulcers and fungating wounds. The blended course comprising of two parts: 2 x online presentations listed below accessed through our Moodle site www.e-life.ie . Access will…
Find out more »Introduction to Reminiscence Workshop 25th February 2021
Eligible to attend: People working in a caring profession (mainly, but not restricted to, Care of the Older Person & Palliative Care) –Nurses, Activity Co-Ordinators, Carers,Facilitators Time: 9.30am – 1.00pm Aim: The aim of this 1/2 day workshop is to encourage and enable people working in caring professions to engage in reminiscence with their clients.…
Find out more »Introduction to Dementia Care & Understanding of Behavioural Expressions in Dementia Virtual 26th February/ 5th March 2021
Eligible to attend:    Health Care Professionals Time:    9.30a.m. – 12.30p.m. Aim:     This aim of this 2-day course is to provide healthcare professionals with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of holistic care and relevant issues when caring for an older person with a challenging behaviour. All behaviours, no matter how bizarre or self-defeating they may…
Find out more »March 2021
An Introduction to Clinical Audit Virtual Workshop- 4th March & 15th April 2021
Eligible to attend:Â Health Care Professionals/Managers Time:Â 9.30Â to 13.30 Aim: The aim of this workshop is to deliver a half day programme to clinicians in methods, theory, and practices of the Clinical Audit process. The workshop on the second day involves presentation of audits by the candidates that they have completed in their workplace.…
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