EPIC COURSE - THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 

EPIC is the Effective Peri-Procedural Communication interest group within SPANZA.  EPIC aims to provide language, communication and imaginative techniques for every child, every time they have a medical procedure.  The EPIC workshops teach these techniques to help health professionals engage with children and their families and enhance their ability to manage medical procedures.

The learning on the course is interactive and experiential. Background knowledge is provided prior to the course in an e-learning format which covers the basic principles and provides examples of techniques used. These techniques will then be taught experientially on the course. Access to the e-learning course will be opened 2 weeks prior to the workshops. 

In the first session we’ll reinforce the GREAT LAURS - structured approach to communication and language techniques. In the second and third sessions we’ll learn techniques to manage anxiety and specific imaginative techniques to use during hospital procedures and in the peri-operative setting. Our goal is to provide useful understandings about communication which can assist with reducing a child's anxiety when facing procedural care, and simple practical skills you can begin to use at your next day caring for children.

The course will run from 8:30am - 4:00pm.

You can register for the EPIC day during the online registration process. Spaces are limited!