Events: detail
Distraction Therapy & Guided Imagery
- Hosted by:
- Institute of Child Health
- Speaker:
- None listed
- Starts:
- November 08, 2007 at 09:00 am
- Ends:
- November 21, 2007 at 05:00 pm
- Location:
- Great Ormond Street Hospital, Weston House, , Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3HZ United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
Learn the skills to enable you to use distraction therapy & guided imagery as a way of reducing the pain & anxiety associated with painful & frightening procedures for children within your clinical practice.
8th, 9th and 21st November 2007
Why you should attend
It is a three day course – two consecutive dates to begin with. These are followed by a third day later in the month for delegates to reflect on and discuss the techniques they have learnt and put into practice.
Who should attend?
>Staff Nurses
> Play Specialists
> Anyone involved in the management of children’s pain who would like to develop their knowledge and skills in pain management and distraction therapy techniques.
Programme
Day 1
Definitions of Pain
Neurophysiology
Cognitive Development & Pain
Assessing & Measuring Pain
Case Studies
Concept Mapping
Day 2
Distraction Therapy & Guided Imagery – Theory, Demonstration, Practice
Developing your Clinical Skills
Preparing your Practice
Day 3
Case Report Analysis
Overview of Entonox
Use of TENS
Speakers
Dr Bernie Whitaker
Members of the GOSH Pain Control Service
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- No
Additional information
£225
This includes tea and coffee refreshments on each of the three days.
We currently accept cheque, payable to ‘GOSH’
Or: You may attach to your application form a letter with your organisation’s logo, instructing us where to send an invoice to. This must be signed by the authorised budget-holder who agrees to pay for the course.
If you have any queries, please contact Rita Suubi, Education & Training Coordinator 020 7405 9200 ext.8546
Please note GOSH has a separate cancellation policy to that of ICH. This is detailed on the course application form.
For more information
- Contact person:
- ICH Courses and Conferences Office
- Email:
- courses [ at ] ich.ucl.ac.uk
- Website:
- Distraction Therapy & Guided Imagery
