Managing Strong Emotions webinar
30 Jan 2025 13:00 - 14:30 Online attendance Free
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Healthcare workers work in an emotionally charged setting. Patients and their families often experience strong emotions such as anger, distress, shock, and sadness. This free interactive webinar will explore different strategies and skills to manage difficult conversations when someone is expressing strong emotions.
Open to all health care professionals who would like to improve their confidence and communication skills when having conversations with people who are expressing strong emotions.
Staff from all Scottish health boards are welcome to apply.
Learning Objectives
• Understand what causes strong emotions
• Understand different behaviour modes and how these impact emotions and behaviour
• Practice different strategies
• Observe & evaluate key communication skills
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Managing Strong Emotions webinar
Date: 30 Jan 2025
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Tutor team
Dr Belinda Hacking
EC4H Director & Lead Tutor
Dr Belinda Hacking set up EC4H in 2002 and has led the development of this national training network. She has worked with professionals in healthcare across the UK developing the EC4H coaching and training programmes in clinical communication. Until January 2025, Belinda worked for NHS Lothian as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and the Director of Psychology. Belinda has a special interest in shared decision-making in healthcare and has more than 40 publications focusing on psychological adjustment in palliative care, clinical communication and shared decision making. HCPC accredited. British Psychological Society membership: 33194
Joan MacKay
EC4H Tutor
Joan currently works as an Advanced Care Practitioner in Resuscitation and Clinical Risk within NHS Western Isles. She has been an adult trained nurse for 21yrs, more recently working in resuscitation. Joan has been an EC4H instructor since September 2021.
Donna Young
EC4H Tutor
Donna is a cancer and palliative clinical nurse specialist in the Western isles. She has been involved in promoting the importance of effective communication in advanced care planning and also the education of student nurses. More recently she completed her tutor training with EC4H in March 2022.