12 Lead ECG Introduction / Refresher – 20th Dec 2023 *Virtual*
Available to all operational staff, including ECA's, nurses, technicians & paramedics - students welcome if space allows.
All GradesNorthEastWest
An introduction to the very basics of cardiac A&P and ECG principles, suitable as a refresher for those starting out in front-line work or as a refresher for more established staff. Delivered by an Education Lead, explore ACS pathways and the changes commonly encountered on 12 Lead ECGs, focusing but not limited to STEMI.
Delivered virtually.
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Sexual Assault Referral Centres – How can we help? – Oct & Nov 2023
patient-facing people trustwide.
WestAll GradesRegistered CliniciansWest
As ambulance professionals, we are likely to meet people that disclose sexual violence/ assault to us. It is important for both short and long-term management and recovery that we handle this well, and that we are aware of the referral pathways available to us. Many people don’t know what Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) can provide, don’t know how to refer to them and don’t know that the police don’t need to be involved in this process
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Virtual – 60 -90 mins – Managing Your Unconscious Bias 2023-24
Open to all staff and students
NorthEastWestDistance Learning
Examining the concept of unconscious bias from a practical perspective and how it can positively or negatively impact on individual behaviour towards others, this workshop uses a range of methods to engage you in a non-threatening and often fun way, highlighting the need for self-reflection and self-awareness to be truly inclusive.
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Virtual – 60-90 mins – Managing Teams Remotely 2023-24
Open to all staff and students
NorthEastWestDistance Learning
This masterclass has been designed to support mangers in keeping their teams engaged and healthy, as well as managing team and individual performance with the shift to more remote working. It is aimed at managers who manage remote working teams, whether geographically dispersed or because team members are working from home.
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Virtual – 60 – 90 mins – Maintaining Personal Resilience 2023-24
Open to all staff and students
NorthEastWestDistance Learning
Resilience – a phrase of the 21st century but what does it really mean in the context of work?
Resilience is the ability to quickly recover from obstacles and tackle current challenges head on. Resilient people have the energy, flexibility, mental agility and networks of support to consistently perform at their best.
In this masterclass, you will explore the tools you and your team need to manage stress at work, thrive through change, create productive work environments, and build strong support networks. You will be provided with a range of tips and strategies to maintain personal resilience and positive welfare.
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Virtual – 60-90 mins – Everyday Leadership 2023-24
Open to all staff and students
NorthEastWestDistance Learning
Inclusive leaders are inspirational individuals, not necessarily in leadership roles, and can be anywhere within a business. Developing your knowledge and understanding of being an inclusive leader and, as importantly, how this is practically applied back in the workplace, you will explore a range of techniques which will inspire, empower and provide you with practical skills to ‘make things happen’.
Professional ways of challenging instances of inappropriate behaviour can make a real difference to people’s working lives, health and wellbeing.
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Virtual – 60-90 mins – Managing Teams Back into the Workplace 2023-24
Open to all staff and students
NorthEastWestDistance Learning
In our safe learning environment, you will be given the opportunity to discuss, explore and develop your understanding of managing teams back into the workplace. You will explore a range of practical tips and strategies, through tutor facilitation and delegate engagement, creating interaction and participation at all times. You will discover the challenges that managers and teams encounter when returning to the workplace and receive practical tips and strategies to overcome them.
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Virtual – 60-90 mins – Let’s Talk About Race 2023-24
Open to all staff and students
NorthEastWestDistance Learning
There are many myths around the topical and potentially contentious issues such as #BlackLivesMatter. This masterclass provides clear and objective explanations behind the subject of Race and Ethnicity and allows you to make your objective assessment and decisions to inform your behaviours and actions.
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Virtual – 60 – 90 MINS – Helping People to Help Themselves 2023-24
Open to all staff and students
NorthEastWestDistance Learning
There is the age-old question “Am I helping in a way that helps?”.
During this masterclass, you will explore the role of inclusive leadership and emotional intelligence in gaining the support of others to enable greater empowerment and delegation. You will explore the concept of the Leadership Shadow, understand the importance of trust in a team and how you develop the aptitude of others to take responsibility for the success of the team.
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VIRTUAL – 60-90 MINS – Maintaining health & Wellbeing 2023-24
Open to all staff and students
NorthEastWestDistance Learning
Through the exploration of the meaning of health and wellbeing, you will begin to develop and identify individual, team and organisation pathways of support to build well-being habits. You will discover how to raise awareness of mental health issues, helping yourselves or others who are struggling at work whilst addressing the needs of the organisation.
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Volunteer to be a patient for an OSCE with UoC – Bridgewater – multiple dates
Student or SWASFT staff
NorthEastWestAll GradesRegistered CliniciansNorthEastWestStudents
OSCE stands for Objective Structured Clinical Examination. SWAST Students on the BSc paramedic degree apprenticeship programme with the University of Cumbria (UoC) need to complete a level 5 system assessment OSCE and a level 6 patient assessment OSCE.
Volunteering to play the role of a patient is a fantastic opportunity to see an OSCE without being assessed and meet the team! You do not need any prior knowledge or acting experience.
This is a great opportunity for all, but particularly for those who are aspiring to be on the programme and current students. You will also receive a UoC CPD certificate for your participation.
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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.
NorthEastWestDistance LearningAll Grades
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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UoP – General Application for Funding
Registered staff members (prospective students will need to check individual module eligibility criteria before enrolling).
WestRegistered Clinicians
University of Plymouth
Students will be applying for funding on a module of their choice (where available) at University of Plymouth. Funding is available for a for a variety of health related modules for registered staff and is the equivalent of up to 1 x Level 6 or Level 7 20 or 40 Credit Module within the 2023/24 academic year.
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UoC – General Application for Funding
Registered staff members (prospective students will need to check individual module eligibility criteria before enrolling).
NorthEastWestDistance LearningRegistered Clinicians
University of Cumbria
Students will be applying for funding on a module of their choice (where available) at University of Cumbria. Funding is available for a for a variety of health related modules for registered staff and is the equivalent of up to 1 x Level 6 or Level 7 Credit Module within the 2023/24 academic year.
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BU – Paediatric Presenting Conditions in Urgent & Primary Care – Nov 23, Apr 24
Applicants must be registered healthcare professionals working in urgent or primary care settings with at least one year’s post registration experience. All applicants must have identified a practice assessor upon application.
EastRegistered Clinicians
This unit has been designed for registered healthcare professionals in primary care and urgent care services caring for both adults and children. It will help practitioners to develop their knowledge and skills in the assessment, planning and treatment of a range of minor ailments commonly presenting in children.
Level 7 | Credits 20
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BSc Top Up – University of Cumbria – More Spaces Now Available!
HCPC registered Paramedics with 120 Level 4 and 120 Level 5 credits or Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) portfolio
NorthEastWestDistance LearningRegistered Clinicians
BSc Top Up / BSc (Hons) Paramedic: Practice Development programme is designed to meet the educational needs of paramedics looking to continue their professional development.
The University of Cumbria offers a flexible, modular programme of study that provides a coherent scheme and progression route within paramedic practice, recognising and valuing prior experience and learning and building on it.
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ParaPass & ParaFolio App
Available to registered clinicians (+AP's and AT's & students).
NorthEastWestDistance LearningRegistered CliniciansDistance Learning
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
Distance LearningAll GradesStudents
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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Jan & May 24 starts -SWASFT Practice Educator Course – 30 credits L7 – In Partnership with UoG
All staff - All depts
NorthEastWestDistance LearningNorthEastWestDistance LearningAll Grades
Jan & May 2024 starts - This interactive e-learning module has been created in partnership with the University of Gloucestershire with registered healthcare professionals (primarily Paramedics) in mind, and the language may at times refer to ambulance placements or paramedics specifically.
It is however also suitable for non-registered staff as it deals with the basics of practice education.
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*VIRTUAL* AET Award in Education & Training 2023 – Multiple Cohorts
Distance LearningAll Grades
AET provides the minimum statutory standard for those entering the teaching profession. The main objective of the qualification is to equip the individual with the skills and knowledge to begin a teaching career within the learning sector.
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*VIRTUAL* UoP – Clinical Supervision L6 Module 2023/24 – Multiple Cohorts
L6 - 20 Credits - Open to all staff - non-registered & registered.
WestRegistered Clinicians
These six study units have been produced to help healthcare professionals to understand the principles of clinical supervision and how it works in practice. This can be used in place of a Mentorship qualification.
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*VIRTUAL* UoP – (Accredited) Mentorship Module 2023/24 – Multiple Cohorts
L6 - 20 Credits. Suitable for registered clinicians only
Distance LearningRegistered Clinicians
This HE Mentorship module (HEAB370) is accredited at L6 (20 credits) by UoP & taught in-house. It requires HE assessment submission & mandatory 4 day attendance. It is fully funded.
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Making Every Contact Count (MECC) 2023 – *Aimed at Staff Operating in Wiltshire*
Available to all Wiltshire staff
All GradesNorth
Making Every Contact Count ( is about making the most of contacts we have with the people we meet every day MECC is a reflective skills based training opportunity that encourages a different way of interacting to address health and wellbeing issues.
This free online course involves 1 x 3hr online session and 3 optional MECC e-learning modules.
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VIRTUAL 5hr – Practice Educator Update Days 2023
Available to all Paramedics
Registered CliniciansDistance Learning
Virtual PE Update days are now available for qualified, Practice Educators (Mentors) across the Trust that support our future Paramedic workforce. These sessions will be offered an incentive payment and will all be delivered virtually. If you are not yet qualified as a Practice Educator, IDEALLY please go to the Student & PE development page to book a course BEFORE booking for an update day. However, this is no longer a requirement.
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Palliative & End-of-life Care Training Programme
All staff & students - most beneficial to patient focused roles
NorthEastWestDistance LearningAll GradesRegistered CliniciansDistance LearningStudents
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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*NOW CLOSED* – Uni of Cumbria (UoC) – Acute & Critical Care: Foundations for Practice – Jan ’23
You must be working in an acute care environment & have >6 months experience in the speciality.
Distance LearningRegistered Clinicians
University of Cumbria 20 credit module available at level 6 or 7. Acute and Critical Care: Foundations for Practice. Distance Learning.
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SWASFT Practice Educator – (non-accredited) e-learning module – CoP endorsed
All staff - All depts
Distance LearningAll Grades
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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The Science of Happiness – OCT / NOV 2022 – Dates TBC
All staff - All depts
NorthEastWestAll Grades
June 22nd start - 4 weeks drop in sessions & optional (recommended) live lecture every Wed evening.
This course is not like most others we have advertised on SWASTCPD.
This course is not a wellbeing or self help course to improve your mental health and happiness; it is a course to explore the understand the what, how and why of happiness based on rigorous evidence based and peer reviewed science. But, when people complete this course, there has been a clear and measurable significant positive effect on student's mental well-being.
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UK Sepsis Trust Videos & e-Learning Modules
Available to all staff and Students
Distance Learning
A series of short films and e-Learning modules to help you understand, identify, and manage sepsis. Whether you are a clinician, careworker, or simply a concerned parent, son/daughter or friend, these modules will help you understand more about sepsis and how you can help save lives.
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Pre-Hospital PROMPT Online Learning Platform
Suitable for registered clinicians only
Distance LearningRegistered Clinicians
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.
*This course is pre-requisite for the face-to-face teaching which is returning in 2023 (dates TBC)*
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Protected: DRAFT ONLY – Commander CPD Development Days 2023 – Multiple Locations & Dates
Available to Command trained only
All GradesRegistered CliniciansNorthEastWest
Attendance at a Command CPD day is a mandatory requirement for all Trust commanders as outlined within the Trust Command Policy. Following completion of the Trust Command Training you are now required to attend yearly Continual Professional Development Days and also a new additional Operational Commander HTC day
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Protected: L&D change & welfare survey
Open to all L&D staff
NorthEastWestDistance Learning
L&D departmental change & welfare survey
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Virtual Pre-Hospital Burns 2023 – Multiple Dates
Available to all staff, students and volunteers
All GradesDistance Learning
The ever popular Pre-Hospital burns course is back virtually. Specialist Burns Nurse Nicola Beavan presenting on - all types of burns that can be encountered, what they can be caused by and how to control and even stop them from occurring.
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Autism E-Learning- Glos Staff only
Available to all staff
NorthDistance LearningAll Grades
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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Zero Suicide Alliance- Suicide Prevention e-Learning
Available to all staff
All GradesDistance Learning
A free online educational resource from the Zero Suicide Alliance.
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ELfH- Suicide Prevention e-Learning
Available to all staff
All GradesDistance Learning
A free online educational resource from ELfH that will be recorded on ESR for your CPD.
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Diabetes Injection Technique and Safety: Online Learning
Available to all staff
Distance LearningAll Grades
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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ECG Online Resources
Available to all staff
All GradesDistance Learning
A collection of ECG Distance Learning resources available online.
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Typing Courses
Available to all staff
All GradesDistance Learning
Free online typing lessons and games.
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NHS IT Skills -Digital Learning Solutions
Available to all staff
Distance LearningAll Grades
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
Distance LearningAll Grades
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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