Introduction to Healthcare Pastoral Visitation Course

9 Week, Training Course, 2 hour sessions, Edgehill House, Belfast, THURSDAY 29th January at 7pm Week 1 Thursday 20th January: Introductions/Learning Objectives/Group Contract. Why care? (Rev Derek Johnston) Reasons for hospital visitation. Week 2 Thursday 27th January: Communication; Opening & closing; Empathy and Silence (Mrs Grace McGurk) Week 3 Thursday...

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A session with the Healthcare Library for NIHCA members – 7th September

Tuesday 7th September 2.30 pm – 3.30pm No RSVP required. Please see the live link below. https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MzI2MzdmYTktOWUzOS00Y2M2LTlmMDYtMzk1MDcwNzliNzE2%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eaab77ea-b4a5-49e3-a1e8-d6dd23a1f286%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22650701fe-6cec-4159-a6a6-18ba3fd451b1%22%7d A 1 hour session with the Healthcare Library, specifically for the NIHCA. Tuesday 7th September @ 2.30pm. Likely to be over zoom. They will provide the zoom link which we will forward if...

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Multidisciplinary Training Day – Rev Steve Nolan NEW VENUE – MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL CHURCH.

25th November/Belfast Trust, Knockbracken Hall NEW VENUE due to renovations, NOW MEETING IN MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL CHURCH. 27th January/Western Trust, Omagh venue to be arranged. HOPEFUL PRESENCE AT THE END OF LIFE Revd Dr Steve Nolan PhD, MA, MSc, BA, MBACP (Accred.) Steve Nolan has been chaplain at Princess Alice...

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Art Pack – Quality Improvement Initiative – Rev Norman Harrison, chaplain at Belfast Trust.

ART-pack: A report from Rev Norman Harrison, chaplain at Belfast Trust This is a Quality Improvement initiative designed to help alleviate bed-side boredom and to provide a therapeutic tool. Funding for an initial trial was awarded by the Trust, and a journal produced encouraging patients to write prose or poetry,...

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