Here is a comprehensive list of the education events and opportunities that will support your continuous professional development - from webinars to conferences.
Click on a drop down to get more information about a particular event and as well as how to book or take part.
Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any queries about our education offering for health and social care professionals.
Webinars
A focus on tube feeding in MND: current evidence, managing risks and exploring good practice – 26 November 2024
Time: 11.00am – 12.30pm
Aim: To develop increased understanding about the use of tube feeding for people with MND and the implications for provision of person-centred care.
Objectives:
- to develop understanding of how people with MND can be supported to make informed, patient centred decisions about gastrostomy placement
- to examine the role of tube feeding in the management of MND and its impact on people living with MND and their caregivers
- to develop an understanding of the enteral feeding methods and tube care
- to consider how the MDT can work together to improve outcomes and patient experience.
By the end of the session participants will have:
- an awareness of how to support people with MND with decision making regarding tube feeding
- an understanding of the role enteral feeding plays in the nutrition support of people with MND
- an understanding of the different feeding methods available and how these can be used to meet patient centred goals
- an appreciation of how the MDT can collaborate to ensure good patient outcomes from the use of tube feeding.
Speaker: Sean White, NIHR Clinical Doctoral research doctoral fellow, Shefield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This event is now full.
Information and Knowledge Exchanges
Information and Knowledge Exchange events are exclusively for members of the MND Professionals' Community of Practice, a peer led group of health and social care professionals encouraging and supporting the development of good care for people living with, or affected by, MND.
Our events for 2025 will be available soon.
Workshops
A workshop is a brief, intensive educational program focussing on techniques and skills delivered to a relatively small group of people. Workshops are usually delivered face to face, but with careful planning could be online. The features of a workshop are that they:
- pass on knowledge and instruction around a specific skill set
- provide significant real time opportunities for participants to practice the skills being taught
- wherever possible will have some form of formal accreditation for the skills being passed on.
We use our MND Association workshops support when a key skill deficit has been identified and it is appropriate for the Association to make a response. The aim, as with all of our education provision, is to supplement existing health and social care training with MND-specific content to enhance professionals’ understanding of the disease and how to provide the best possible support. In a workshop this enhancement is very practical with clear links to practice.
Posture Management and effective use of orthotics for people living with MND - 19 November 2024 (Salford)
Time: 09:30am – 3:45pm (registration and coffee from 09:00am)
Cost: £50.00 View Events Cancellation Policy
Aims: To introduce non specialist members of the MDT to principles of posture management, common problems experienced by people living with MND, and equipment and orthotic solutions.
By the end of the one-day session, participants will:
- be able to recognise and describe common presenting posture problems in MND that could benefit from intervention
- be able to recognise and describe common presenting muscular skeletal problems in MND that could benefit from intervention
- have been introduced to adaptations and equipment solutions which provide support, comfort and have potential to improve quality of life for
- identified postural issues in MND
- have been introduced to orthoses solutions which provide support, comfort and have potential to improve quality of life for identified limb issues in MND
- know where and how to access expertise to support with equipment/orthotic interventions
- have had an opportunity to explore case studies and through knowledge application and discussion identify the presenting problems and the appropriate action to take.
Competency sessions
A Competency Session provides tuition by an expert, or experts, delivered to an audience of health and social care professionals with a desire to build proficiency, knowledge and ability in a defined area of practice, to then implement and develop skills.
They may be delivered face to face or online depending on the subject matter. Wherever possible, they are accredited by the CPD Accreditation Service and a relevant professional organisation.
The features of a competency builder are that they:
- have a running time up to a full day, dependent upon the subject matter
- are taught by an expert that has achieved mastery of the competency
- may have a clearly defined practical element to them
- provide an opportunity for participants to interact with and learn from each other
- include the provision of a reference list of further reading and resources to support ongoing learning.
We use our MND Association Competency Sessionss to respond to significant expressed or identified needs. The aim, as with all our education provision, is to supplement existing health and social care training with MND-specific content to enhance professionals’ understanding of the disease and how to provide the best possible support. In a Competency Session, this enhancement is at an advanced level.
