We are pleased to announce our new course on trauma-informed care. Working in palliative and end-of-life care, you will encounter people affected by trauma - whether your patients, their families and friends, your colleagues, or even yourself. Dying is an intense experience, both physically and emotionally, and as such, our workplaces can be settings where trauma resurfaces.
Recognising and addressing past and ongoing traumatic experiences requires knowledge and skills which are grounded in trauma-informed care. This face-to-face course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and practical skills needed to fully support patients, including those with a history of trauma, in end-of-life care settings.
Suitable for all health and social care practitioners.
Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at [email protected]
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Location: Face-to-Face (Oxford)
CPD Credits:
+ Venue
Osler House, Osler Road, Headington, Oxfordshire, OX3 9BL.
+ Speakers
Chairs:
Dr Mary Miller - Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Sobell House, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, University of Oxford, Director OxCERPC (Oxford Centre for education and research in palliative care) and Clinical Lead for NACEL
Dr Miller qualified from University College Cork, Ireland in 1988. She trained and worked in palliative medicine in Ireland, Sweden and the UK and has been a consultant in palliative medicine in Oxford since 1998. Dr Miller has a strong interest in education; completing a Diploma in Learning and Teaching at Oxford University 2005, was Training Programme Director and Regional Specialty Advisor (2002 – 2008) and has led the Oxford Advanced Courses in Pain and Symptom Management since 2005. She is an elected member of the Education Committee of the Association of Palliative Medicine and joint lead of the postgraduate education special interest forum. Since the inception of OxCERPC in 2017, Dr Miller and the team are focusing on building an exciting portfolio of courses, building research readiness and reaching out to practitioners across the globe.
Kate Butcher - Education Lead at OxCERPC, Nurse Specialist
Kate is the Education Lead at OxCERPC and a nurse specialist within the hospice. She brings extensive experience in district nursing and community practice development, working with staff across care homes, primary care, and acute settings. In addition to facilitating learning across a wide range of palliative care topics, Kate has been delivering communication skills training for over 14 years at all levels of competence—foundation, intermediate, and advanced. Kate has an MSc in Clinical Leadership and a Post-graduate Certificate in Psychospiritual Care.
Speakers:
Kate Binnie has been an HCPC registered music therapist, yoga and mindfulness teacher for 20 years. She has an MSc in palliative care and is in the final year of her UKRI-funded PhD at the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School. Her work explores the use of embodied skills to support people living with complex trauma in end of life care.
Dr Shaun Peter Qureshi is a palliative medicine physician and researcher. He was awarded the degree of MD at the University of Edinburgh in 2020 after successful completion of a research thesis focusing on medical education and hospital palliative care. In his clinical career, Shaun has served some of the UK's most disadvantaged communities, and his experiences have motivated him to work towards improved access to and equity of care of patients who are under-served by our current systems. Shaun was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2023, through which he is developing improved palliative and end-of-life care for people living at society's margins in the UK by learning from good practice elsewhere in the world.
Rebecca Salama has an MA in Social Work and a long-standing interest in complex mental health needs at the end-of-life. In 2022 she became a Palliative Care Social Worker at Princess Alice Hospice in Esher, where she realised the need for a stronger trauma-informed approach. She drew up a proposal which was implemented for a series of Psychologically Informed Consultation Training (PICT) sessions as part of the Hospice’s Diversion and Inclusion programme to better support people experiencing structural vulnerabilities.
In October 2023 she was awarded a PhD studentship to study Trauma-Informed Palliative Care at Lancaster University. The project was developed in collaboration with the Trauma-Informed Palliative Care Community of Practice, which is sponsored by the Association of Palliative Care Social Workers. Outside of her PhD, she travelled to Taiwan in October 2024 on a Churchill Fellowship to research new approaches to palliative care in the community.
Before entering social work, Rebecca worked in healthcare communications and education. She has a BA in Maths and Philosophy from The University of Oxford and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Nottingham.
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PROGRAMME
09.45 Coffee & registration
10.00 Welcome & introductions
10.15 Learning from the evidence (Rebecca Salama)
11.15 Coffee break
11.30 Realities: Lived Experience
12.00 Practising in a Trauma Informed way (Rebecca Salama & Dr Shaun Peter Qureshi)
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Breathwork (Kate Binnie)
15.00 Break
15.15 Trauma-informed approaches to palliative and end-of-life care for people experiencing marginalisation (Dr Shaun Peter Qureshi)
16.10 Taking it into practice: An initiative in Oxfordshire (Lynn Erskine)
16.20 Summary
16.30 End of Day
+ Course Aims
Understand the concept of trauma-informed care.
Become familiar with the current evidence base in palliative care.
Gain practical tips and skills to apply in your practice.
