The Maguire portfolio of courses

Advanced Communications Skills Training - 2 Day Workshop (13 CPD Points)

Using a blended learning approach, we offer SPIKES ‘plus’, an evidence-based consultation framework along with other key communication skills and behaviours and test these on real examples drawn from your practice, in a safe and supportive learning environment.

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Train the Trainer: Advance Facilitation for Communication Skills Trainers

This blended learning programme aims to develop and support trainers and educators in health care with knowledge and skills for delivering advanced communication and other soft skills training using evidence-based experiential teaching methods.

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Communicating with Colleagues – 1 Day Workshop

The workshop draws from conflict management, assertiveness and emotional intelligence literature as well as a comprehensive communication skills evidence base.

Challenging Conversations – 3 hour workshop

We don’t always realise it but as health professionals most of us give potentially significant and distressing information several times a day.

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Intermediate Enhanced Communication Skills Training - 3 Hour Workshop

The aim of this workshop is to explore evidence-based principles, skills and strategies that enhance compassionate and effective communication with patients, relatives, carers and colleagues and to experience and practice these in a safe and supportive learning environment.

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Essential Communication Skills - Half-Day Workshop

A half-day workshop for medical secretaries, ward clerks, pharmacy technicians and any frontline health and social care staff.

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Communicate to be Heard: a half-day workshop

A half-day workshop for all health and social care professionals who wish to make themselves heard, with confidence and conviction.

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Advanced Communication Refresher Course - 1 Day Workshop

Designed by the Maguire unit, this course will act as a refresher to help you improve your communication style, become more aware of your communication habits, and learn how to communicate more effective.

Bespoke programmes and workshops

At the Maguire Communication Skills Training Unit, we recognise that communication is an integral part of every interaction and that only you know what you, or your organisation would benefit from