Protected: Creating Positive Relationships – Programme for Practice Educators

Suitable for anyone in a Practice Educator role

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Work-related relationships can be challenging, and it's common to underestimate the difficulties that can often be encountered when trying to navigate through the work environment and the complex nature of human interaction.

This workshop encourages personal accountability and fosters the skills necessary for building healthier, more respectful, and inclusive workplace relationships. By reflecting on past behaviours and embracing a commitment to growth, participants can transform their conduct and contribute to a more positive and productive work environment.

Face-to-face & virtual options available.

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SWAST Cardiology CPD session – Somerset

Registered clinicians and student paramedics

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Join us for another masterclass, providing a unique insight into what we really need to know as clinicians, and what we need to act on when managing patients with cardiac presentations.

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Protected: Microsoft 365: Video Resources

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Protected: Microsoft 365: Teams

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Protected: Microsoft 365: Word

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Protected: Microsoft 365: General Training

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Protected: Microsoft 365: Excel

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Protected: Microsoft 365: PowerPoint

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UoG – Practice Education: Supervising & Assessing Paramedic Learners in Practice (Level 7) 2024/25

Registered staff - All depts [ECAs not eligible]

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March & July 2025 starts.

30 credit, Level 7 distance learning module with optional drop-in sessions, created in partnership with the University of Gloucestershire.

Ideal for staff who need to complete an approved Practice Educator course but are also keen to challenge themselves academically at Masters Level (Level 7).

Created with registered healthcare professionals (primarily Paramedics) in mind & the language may at times refer to ambulance placements or paramedics specifically.

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Emergency and Critical Care Conference 2025

Available to registered staff. Not currently available for students at this stage, but we may open out more widely if we have availability at a later date.

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Join us for the inaugural ‘Emergency and Critical Care Conference' taking place on Wednesday 15th January 2025 at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre. Hosted by the College of Paramedics, this dynamic event is designed to elevate your skills and understanding of high-pressure scenarios in pre-hospital care.

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International Critical Care Paramedic Symposium 2025

Available to all staff & students

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The ICCP 2025 symposium will consist of presentations from critical care paramedics across the world, with a primary theme on “A Day in the Life of a Critical Care Paramedic”.

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Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support

Registered staff only.

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Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) provides comprehensive training for emergency and healthcare professionals in the UK who need to deliver advance trauma care in pre-hospital settings. Based on globally recognised principles and evidence based trauma management, this intensive course equips participants with the essential skills to respond effectively to trauma incidents, ensuring the highest possible standard of care or trauma patients before they reach the hospital.

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Employee Research Opportunity – Coming Soon!

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Working for the ambulance service can be stressful and we know from a systematic review of the evidence that employees want more time at work to look after themselves and their colleagues.

To build on this evidence we invite all SWASFT employees (from all roles) to express interest in joining a focus group (or one to one interview if preferred) where you can share your opinion and thoughts about why some colleagues are happy to ask for help from organisational support services and why some are not. This information will be used to help minimise any barriers and to enhance any facilitators to ambulance staff accessing support when needed.

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Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC)

Suitable for all staff and students. May be most applicable for staff who have contact with patients.

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This pre-recorded session offers information and guidance if someone discloses to a professional that they have been raped or sexually assaulted. Delivered by Duncan from The Bridge, which is a Sexual Assault Referral Centre.

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eLifesaver

All staff welcome to sign up, but this training is predominantly aimed at staff who don't necessarily have any clinical training.

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Predominantly aimed at staff who don't necessarily have any clinical training, eLifesaver is your opportunity to learn what an emergency looks like and how you should respond to it. By learning essential lifesaving skills, you have the power to help increase the number of people who could survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the South West.

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ParaPass & ParaFolio App

Available to registered clinicians (+AP's and AT's & students).

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The ParaPass App is a vast, user friendly, digital platform that includes tools and information to support paramedic learning and development, developed by the same people who produced JRCALCPlus.
N.B. Everyone who needs access to PGD's via ParaPass Lite will continue to have access via the usual processes. However, you will need to sign up below to gain full access to the ParaPass App.

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Embracing Neurodiversity (E-Learning) via Do It 23/24

Available to all staff & students

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Embracing Neurodiversity is an online accessibly designed e-learning course for employees aiming to support, retain and attract a truly neurodiverse workforce.

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Palliative & End-of-life Care Training Programme

All staff & students - most beneficial to patient focused roles

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Open to all All staff & students. A three-step course aiming to deliver practical, focused, frontline palliative care skills and knowledge to all ambulance clinicians across the whole Southwest. The first step will be a focused handbook on palliative care, sent out before the course start date.
The second step is a virtual, interactive teaching day on July 12th. (*This is now a recorded session for those that couldn't attend*). During this day we will build on the concepts in the handbook. .
The final step will be to attend a 1-hour Q&A session. This will allow you to ask any specific questions to a palliative care specialist.

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SWASFT Practice Educator – (non-accredited) e-learning module – CoP endorsed

All staff - All depts

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This e-learning course has been written by SWASFT to align with the CoP practice education guidance and has been written primarily with clinicians in mind. It is endorsed by the CoP and suitable for the NQP portfolio.
However, this non-accredited course is suitable for any staff who is involved in practice education or mentorship of other staff, and the learning outcomes and content are universal.

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Pre-Hospital PROMPT Online Learning Platform

Suitable for registered clinicians only

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An online learning platform which will allow SWAST clinicians the ability to update themselves on maternity care remotely at their own pace (you will have access for 1 month). Available to paramedics, ambulance nurses, ECA to Para students and clinicians above this level.

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Autism E-Learning- Glos Staff only

Available to all staff

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You can now access e-learning modules, produced by the National Autistic Society (NAS), to develop your knowledge of autism. These e-learning modules are fully funded, and therefore free to access, for anyone living or working in Gloucestershire.

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Diabetes Injection Technique and Safety: Online Learning

Available to all staff

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This free online learning programme aims to support healthcare professionals in their management and care of people with diabetes who use injectable therapies.

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NHS IT Skills -Digital Learning Solutions

Available to all staff

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Customisable IT training for all staff on Microsoft Office products, from basic through to advanced.
Access outside of work.
Outlook- Excel- Word- Power Point and more. Bite sized, no time limits. Free yourself from frustration.

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NCFE Level 2 Distance Learning

Available to all staff

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Distance learning courses in a wide range of different topics. These courses are externally funded, provided & managed. SWAST provide signposting to this FREE education & support enrolling only. Eliglibilty criteria are not set by SWAST.

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