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Mindfulness in the Workplace

22 Sep 2018

A jointly presented conference by the Bon Secours Hospital Cork and The Catherine McAuley School of Nursing & Midwifery, University College Cork

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19th International Nursing Ethics Conference 4th International Ethics in Care Conference

01 Sep 2018

September 1-2, 2018 Brookfield, UCC, Cork, Ireland
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CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AND BEYOND “CHANGE” IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ...15 AND 16 NOVEMBER 2017

19 Oct 2017

A Two-Day Conference organised by the School of Applied Social Studies and the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, in association with the Critical Voices Network Ireland
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Chronic Disease Self-Management - A How to Workshop.

Masterclass on Chronic Disease Self-Management - A How to Workshop facilitated by Professor Kate Lorig of Stanford University

International expert on lay-led programmes.

Date; 7th November 2013 @15.30 - 17.00.

Professor Kate Lorig

Kate Lorig is the Director of the Stanford Patient Education Research Center and Professor of Medicine in the Stanford School of Medicine. She has a bachelors degree in nursing from Boston University, and her masters and doctorate of public health (Dr.P.H.) in health education at the University of California, Berkeley. She came to Stanford in 1979 to develop and research an educational program that emphasized self-help skills for people with arthritis. This program became the Arthritis Self-Help Course and was the prototype for the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, The Diabetes Self-Management Program, the Positive Self-Management Program for HIV/AIDS, the Cancer: Thriving and Surviving Program, the Building Better Caregiver's Program, Self-Management Program, and others. She has authored several books and many articles about arthritis, chronic disease in general, health education and behavioral science. She travels extensively at the invitation of organizations concerned with patient care and academic research.

Some additional highlights of Dr. Lorig’s work are:

Her community based self-management programs are being delivered through over 500 organizations worldwide including Arthritis Foundation in Ireland
Has worked as consultant and advisor on the roll out of her self-management programmes in the UK’s National Health Service and Expert Patient Programme
Using a public health approach, her peer led management of chronic illnesses are the core of her programmes
Extensive experience in randomized controlled trials
Self- management programmes are now available online.

Extensive publication record with over 10,000 citations

Showcase of Blended Learning MSc/PG Diploma Nursing

Showcase of Blended Learning MSc/PG Diploma Nursing (Gerontological )

Date; 9th December 2013 @14.00 - 15.00.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery shared its experiences and learning regarding the development of an online/blended learning MSc/PG Diploma Nursing (Gerontological ) programme to their colleagues within UCC yesterday. The presentation outlined how the e-learning project was developed and managed, the role of the learning technologist and an update of current developments with the programme was presented. In addition, 2 current postgraduate students who are currently undertaking the programme shared their experiences of undertaking the blended learning programme.‌‌

To view the showcase presentation, click here.

Pictured L-R are the Blended Learning team for Gerontological; Michelle Murphy, Breda O'Donovan, Teresa Wills, Damien Drohan, Alice Coffey, Nicola Cornally, Eileen Savage.