Two-day online course running via Microsoft Teams
Funded by Kidney Care UK
The Shared Haemodialysis Care Virtual Course is for pre-booked teams from haemodialysis units wishing to initiate or rejuvenate their shared haemodialysis care programmes.
The course takes place via Microsoft Teams over two days.
The Shared Haemodialysis Course is RCN accredited and provides a certificate with 15 CPD points for attendance.
Individuals will not be accepted onto this course. Your team will form a cohort with 2 or 3 other teams during this highly interactive training interspersed with self-directed learning.
While this course is free and funded by Kidney Care UK, a donation to the charity is appreciated to continue to improve access to all patients requiring in-centre haemodialysis care through this initiative. Information on how to do this is included on the registration form that will be sent to you when your team has been accepted.
RCN accredited course
All RCN accredited programmes are subject to a rigorous quality assessment process to ensure the learning and development initiatives meet the RCN's standards of excellence. As a delegate on an RCN accredited programme, you can guarantee that the content will promote best practice and lead to improved patient care.
Shared Haemodialysis Care Course: course objectives
Day 1 objectives
- Assess where your unit is in relation to shared care
- Understand the essential elements that form the foundations of shared care
- Utilise each other’s experience and expertise within own team and network
- Challenge current perspective of care and what we can do to improve the HD experience for patients
- Increase awareness of the patient's perspective
- Have a clear plan of ideas to test
Day 2 objectives
- Share progress and analyse what worked or didn’t work and why
- Highlight sources of other information to support shared care to increase knowledge and understanding of the bigger picture
- Collaborate to improve within own network using experience of others
- Understand importance of measurement and know how to evidence improvement
- Raise awareness of patient partnership opportunities
- Know what your goal is in terms of the shared care roadmap for progress
To maintain momentum and sustain your progress you will be invited to attend future Shared Care network forum events.
Expectations of teams attending
- The team lead will discuss expectations and seek advice regarding their team members with the training lead before booking the course.
- Teams will be made up of four attendees which will include one or two patients (this can be negotiated in discussion with Tania Barnes, Course lead). All grades are welcome but there must be a senior role within the group, ideally in a managerial post.
- Each team member will complete the staff or patient questionnaire to inform the course lead of the bespoke support required.
- Team members will be familiar with the use of Microsoft Teams and have a camera for visual attendance.
- Team members will arrange how they communicate with each other during the study days if not located together.
- Team members will complete the homework between the two days and be prepared for day two with their presentation of plan.
- All team members are expected to fully participate as they would on a face to face course attending from 9.30am to 4.30pm on both days and to remain fully engaged throughout. (Exceptions are for patient attendees who are attending voluntarily.)
- Time is allocated for completion of post course evaluation. Team members will submit theirs before the end of the session to receive a certificate of attendance and CPD points.
- The virtual training will consist of PowerPoint presentations, discussions to reflect on learning, interview style discussions with guest speakers and patients experienced in shared care and exercises for the team away from the screen during the study days.
- To maintain momentum and sustain progress, staff members will be invited to attend future shared haemodialysis care network forum events. These are staff events providing a discussion forum and presentations related to patient involvement. Join us for an inclusive and ongoing community of support designed to keep shared care on the agenda.
- Patients will be invited to patient focus groups to work together on projects related to shared care collaborating with staff to improve involvement opportunities and experience of patient empowerment within haemodialysis units.
Next available dates
- Course 23: 11 September 2024 and 9 October 2024
- Course 24: 6 November 2024 and 4 December 2024
For further information or to discuss organising your team attending the course, please complete the form below.
Please note: This form does not book you onto the course. Our training lead will contact you to discuss your needs before any organised training can be confirmed.