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Programs/Courses

Academic Programs
Diploma in Practical Nursing Program

Overview

Requirements

Duration

This is a full-time, two-year study programme that is designed and developed by King Hamad University Hospital (KHUH) and Healthcare Academy, approved by the Higher Educational Council (HEC).

It aims to produce a sustainable and dynamic Practical Nursing Programme curriculum, delivered in KHUH as a response to the impetus of having a supplementary nursing workforce while facing the inevitable shortage of nursing staff globally.

Bahraini Graduates with:

  • High School Certificate or equivalent (Science or Commercial stream)
  • GPA of 70% or more.

2 years

Advanced Certificate in Central Sterile Services Technician

Overview

Requirements

Duration

This Programme is designed to provide entry-level training to function in the sterile supply processing and distribution areas of healthcare facilities. The Programme is based on theory and clinical instruction that will apply scientific principles to the specific work area. Training commences with fundamentals of healthcare practice then proceeds with CSS technology Programme. Theory and laboratory participatory classes will prepare students for clinical application of skills and knowledge in healthcare facilities through consolidated practice in semester 4.

The aim of the programme is to provide knowledge, skills and attitude to the students to effectively perform critical functions in the Central Sterile Supply Unit.

Bahraini nationals:

  • High School Certificate with GPA 60% or more
  • Diploma in Nursing
  • Not more than 5 years post high school

6 months:

 

Didactics/Theory – 80 hours (2 weeks)

 

Supervised Practice – 880 hours (22 weeks)

 

Total duration : 960 hours (24 weeks)

Advanced Certificate in Central Sterile Services Aide

Overview

Requirements

Duration

This programme is designed to provide training for the students to function in the sterile supply processing and distribution areas of healthcare facilities. The programme is based on theory and clinical instruction that will apply scientific principles to the specific work area. Theory classes integrated with CSSD participatory classes will prepare students for clinical application of skills and knowledge in healthcare facilities.

It aims to provide knowledge, skills and attitude to the students to effectively perform critical functions in the Central Sterile Supply Unit.

Bahraini nationals:

  • High School Certificate with GPA 60% or more
  • Not more than 5 years post high school

6 months:

 

Didactics/Theory – 80 hours (2 weeks)

 

Supervised Practice – 880 hours (22 weeks)

 

Total duration : 960 hours (24 weeks)

Advanced Certificate in Phlebotomy

Overview

Requirements

Duration

The certificate programme provides a variety of learning opportunities for participants in phlebotomy. The programme prepares entry-level students in the required cognitive, psychomotor and affective learning domains to be eligible for Phlebotomist License under NHRA professional qualifications.

Bahraini nationals:

  • High School Certificate with GPA 60% or more

6 months:

 

2 months (Didactic)

 

4 months (Clinical)

Post-Graduate Certificate/ Post-Graduate Diploma in Adult Critical Care Nursing

Overview

Requirements

Duration

Post Graduate Certificate will prepare Registered Nurses with in-depth knowledge and advanced critical and technical skills required for practice in Intensive/Adult Critical Care Nursing.

Post Graduate Diploma will enhance and enable the Registered Nurses with more advanced adult critical care nursing management, research methodology, leadership and management.

Registered Nurses, who possess 2 years' post-registration experience with at least 1 year in the discipline of study.

Post Graduate Certificate:

 

1 Semester: 16 weeks

 

Post Graduate Diploma:

 

2 Semesters: 32 weeks

Post Graduate Diploma in Care of Older Adults

Overview

Requirements

Duration

The training gives nurses who care for the elderly a holistic approach. The information on elderly care contained in these modules is intended to be incorporated into nurses' daily clinical practice. It will be beneficial for both knowledge and skill enhancement for nurses. The training is expected to improve the approach to issues of old age and act as a catalyst for holistic care, ultimately improving the quality of life for older people.

Registered nurse with 2 years’ experience post-licensure

12 months

Internships and Clinical Attachments
Biomedical Engineering

Overview

Target Group

Duration

An internship programme that is aimed at providing basic clinical knowledge associated with the use of specific equipment in clinical areas, as well as demonstrating best practices for managing medical devices. It will concentrate on the development of professional character, professional skills, administrative and scholarly abilities.

Biomedical Engineers

1 year

Physiotherapist Internship

Overview

Target Group

Duration

This internship programme aims to promote exemplary standards of practice using clinical reasoning that enables the physiotherapists to integrate unique knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide high-quality care, thereby enhancing the health and wellbeing of their clients.

Physiotherapists

16 weeks

Nutritionist and Dietitians Clinical Attachment Programme

Overview

Target Group

Duration

The clinical attachment programme aims to promote exemplary standards of practice, conduct and performance in the provision of medical nutrition therapy patients.

Nutritionist and Dietitians

10 months

Respiratory Therapist Internship

Overview

Target Group

Duration

This internship programme aims to promote exemplary standards of practice, conduct and performance in the provision of respiratory care.

Respiratory Therapists

3 months

Podiatrist Internship

Overview

Target Group

Duration

This internship programme aims to promote exemplary standards of practice, conduct and performance in the provision of podiatric medicine and related surgery.

Podiatrists

1 year

Professional Development
Faculty Development
Facilitating Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Clinical Practice

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

This course examines learning, teaching, assessment and strategies for professional development in clinical practice.

The course consists of 9 study days, delivered one per week for nine weeks, with the remaining days of the week assigned to apply the learning objectives into practice. (the second sentence is already placed under duration- check whether this is required twice)

Clinical Educators

9 study days, delivered one per week for nine weeks with the remaining days of the week assigned to apply the learning objectives in practice

Faculty Development Training

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

The programme is designed to enrich academic and professional expertise of educators to equip them to impart highest level of learning experience to all healthcare providers.

Healthcare Academy Educators

1 hour per week , every Tuesday

Train the Trainer

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

This is a condensed programme that aims to develop the trainer’s knowledge, skills and attitude in facilitating learning, teaching, assessment and supervision in clinical education through a trainee -centered approach.

Clinical Trainers

2 days, 4 hours per session

Clinical Leadership Courses
Clinical Leadership Course

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

The course is designed to improve clinical leadership practice and support offered. It includes how to lead nursing-practice change processes and enhance Clinical Nursing Leadership effectiveness.

Clinical Leaders

4 study days; delivered in 1 study day per week for 4 weeks

Preceptor Workshop

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

The workshop highlights core concepts of facilitating assessment of learning needs, setting learning objectives, planning and facilitating learning opportunities during preceptorship.

Clinical Preceptors

7 hours

Team Leader Workshop

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

This workshop highlights core concepts of leadership to prepare nurse team leaders in managing patient care units successfully.

Charge Nurses

7 hours

Administrative Leadership Course
Administrative Leadership Course

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

A 15-hour programme, delivered in 3 sessions that aims to develop leadership skills/practices and facilitate change management processes among administrative leaders.

Administrative Leadership

3 study days; delivered in 1 study day per week for 3 weeks

Communication
Work-Smart Communication Workshop

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

The 8-hour communication workshop is designed for allied, medical and non-medical staff who wish to sharpen their communication skills and understand how to professionally navigate healthcare environment.

All hospital staff

2 half-day sessions ( 4 hours each)

Assertiveness Workshop

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

The workshop motivates assertive communication, engagement and empowerment in the delivery of safe and effective care.

Hospital clinical staff

7 hours

Wellness Workshops
Reduce Stress with Effective Time & Task Management Workshop

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

As part of Wellness Programmes, a workshop is designed and delivered to hospital front liners, whereby it will add knowledge, attitudes and practices while serving and caring for their patients and clients In a stress-free and time efficient manner.

Healthcare professionals

6 hours

Stress Management

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

This workshop focuses on stress concepts, identifying burnout symptoms, stress coping techniques, and resolving a variety of specific problems associated with stressful situations.

Healthcare professionals

7 hours

Well-being for Healthcare Providers course

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

As part of Wellness Programme, this course aims to raise healthcare workers' awareness of their own well-being in light of their own experiences with physical and psychological stress at work. The literature reports increased levels of anxiety, depression, anger, insomnia, and unexplained emotional outbursts. Protecting psychological health and assisting healthcare providers in developing strategies to manage and improve their well-being is a priority.

Healthcare professionals

5 hours

Customer Service Workshops
Guestology: Customer Service

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

The workshop aims to strengthen and enhance the knowledge and practice in providing guest-centric service in the hospital among healthcare providers.

Hospital staff

7 hours

Professional Skills Magnifier

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

The programme focuses on professional core administrative management skills. Organizational Culture, Operating Skills, Leadership, Supervision, and Guestology are some of the topics covered.

Administrative staff

10 study days, delivered in 2-hour study day per week for 5 weeks

Hospital Ward Clerks Training Workshop

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

The workshop aims at providing the training required to improve and update basic and advanced related skills required to be an effective hospital ward clerk.

Clinical unit clerks

7 hours

Security Development Workshop

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

This workshop focuses on communication, professionalism, critical thinking, customer excellence, mobilization, conflict resolution and stress management in order to improve hospital security personnel.

Security personnel

7 hours

English Language Support Series
English Language Course for Physicians

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

The course is designed for physicians working in King Hamad University Hospital. The course aims to develop comprehension skills, thinking skills and application skills in terms of English for Medical purpose in a professional context. The course comprises of three modules, listening, speaking and writing.

Physicians

25 hours- 3 hours per week over 8 weeks (Classroom teaching)

Healthcare English Language Programme (Level 1 &2)

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

The course aims to enable the participants to communicate effectively in different professional situations. The course would be helpful for those who work with multicultural/ multinational patients and colleagues. Upon completion of this course, the learner will feel more confident to use professional language skills appropriate in a healthcare setting.

Physicians, Nurses and Practical Nurses

 

Level 1: 20 hours- 2 hours per week over 10 weeks (Classroom teaching)

 

Level 2: 20 hours- 2 hours per week over 10 weeks (Classroom teaching)

General English Language Programme (Level 1,2 &3)

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

This is a programme that embarks on achieving primary learning outcome of improving general English language competence and interactive skills of all employees of King Hamad University Hospital for delivering quality care to the patients and other clients.

Hospital staff

Level 1: 20 hours- 2 hours per week over 10 weeks

 

Level 2: 20 hours- 2 hours per week over 10 weeks (Classroom teaching)

 

Level 3: 20 hours- 2 hours per week over 10 weeks

English Course for Nurse Navigators

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

This course enables the nurse navigators/ leaders to enhance English language ability to help them communicate professionally and proficiently as a leader.

Nurse managers

10 hours- 2 hours per week over 5 weeks

Administrative Support English Course

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

This is a 20-hour course that aims to enhance the skills and behaviors required to enable the participant to be the focal point of communication between the patient and healthcare providers by communicating clearly, precisely and without conceptual errors.

Administrative Clerks

25 hours- 4 hours per week over 5 weeks

Understanding Medical English

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

The workshop has been designed for making medical English easier for healthcare professionals who are from non-English speaking backgrounds. You may be a dependent or an independent user of English language to best utilize this course. A background in nursing, medicine, or any allied health profession would be desirable.

Doctors, nurses and technicians

4 hours - 09.00-12.00

Cross-cultural Competence and Communication

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

This course aims to enhance mutual understanding in an intercultural workplace to meet challenges of having diverse workforce and customers, from a language point of view as well as from a cultural point of view.

Hospital staff

3 hours

Preparatory Courses
Licensure Preparation Training

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

This training is designed for nurses who are preparing or scheduled for their licensure examination. The nurse will learn and apply strategies for answering multiple choice questions during this training.

Nurses

3 hours

Lean
Lean Focused Training

Overview

Target Audiance

Duration

The workshop aims to provide participants the core concepts of Lean management, tools, techniques and metrics.

Hospital Staff

5 hours

Continuing Education
Maternal and Child
Nursing Care of Patient with Antenatal Emergencies

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course aims to train nurses to be able to perform nursing care required for patients with antepartum emergencies.

Nurses

7 hours

Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Training Course

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course will be delivered in 20 hours over a three-day period focusing on educating staff on successfully assisting mothers in breastfeeding. It aims to provide healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to helps mothers acquire necessary skills to exclusively breastfeed for six months and continue breastfeeding for two years or beyond.

This course is suitable for staff and healthcare workers who have contact with pregnant women, mothers and their newborn infants. The staff may include doctors, midwives, nurses, patient-care assistants, nutritionists and peer supporters.

20 hours (3 days)

High Dependency Cross Training for Gynaecology Nurses

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

This programme consists of 1-day didactic and 4-weeks clinical placement hours in Medical and Surgical Wards. This course is designed to develop the knowledge and skills of nurses in the maternity division in providing care for patients require high dependency GYN surgical care. The course is based on adult learning processes with simulation practice and clinical placement that will apply scientific principles to the specific knowledge and skills.

Nurses in the maternity division.

 

1 Day Didactic

 

2 weeks (80 hours)

 

Medical Ward

 

2 weeks (80 hours)

 

Surgical Ward

Privileging Programme for Midwifery Skills

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The programme aims at providing necessary education and training to achieve the competencies required for the application for advanced midwifery privileges, as well as to ensure that OB/GYN patients receive accurate and effective intrapartum care.

Nurses

28 hours ( 4 days)

Ergonomics
Ergonomic Training for Paramedics

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

This workshop provides training to paramedics to improve their knowledge, related skills, and practice related to proper moving and handling during transporting and transferring patients in accordance with current best practices.

Bahraini Graduates with:

  • Paramedics,
  • Ambulance Drivers

7 hours

Moving and Handling Workshop

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The workshop trains nursing staff on the guidelines and application of proper moving and handling for safe and efficient service delivery.

Nurses, Practical Nurses

7 hours

Pharmacology
Basic Medication Safety Workshop

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

This workshop focuses on providing practices that promote medication safety based on concepts of prevention of errors, patient and family education and LASA.

Nurses and Pharmacists

7 hours

Care of Patient Receiving Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The workshop aims to provide training in the efficient, safe and effective nursing management for patients on fluid and electrolyte therapy.

Nurses

7 hours

Critical
Procedural Sedation Workshop

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

This workshop is designed to improve nurses' ability to care for sedated patients. It focuses on the levels of sedation/analgesia, medications, and pre and post-procedural nursing care provided to patients receiving conscious sedation/analgesia.

Nurses

2 hours

Advance Hemodynamic Monitoring Course

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course is designed to enhance the healthcare provider's knowledge and practice in leading and providing care to patients who require advanced hemodynamic monitoring. Physiological principles of hemodynamic parameters and monitoring, therapeutic managements, common invasive and noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring devices, pulmonary artery catheter, arterial line and central venous pressure monitoring are some of the topics covered.

Nurses

7 hours

Adult Critical Care Level 1 & 2 Course

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course aims to provide competency training in the care of level 1 and level 2 patients in Intensive Care Units. It focuses on critical patient assessment, invasive and noninvasive ventilation, intubation and extubation of patients, central line management, parenteral nutrition administration, and interpretation of common ECG variations.

Nurses

4 days Theory (7 hours each)

 

20 days Clinical ( 8 hours each)

Recognition and Rapid Response Training

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The training aims to provide knowledge, skills and attitude in the recognition, prevention, early intervention and stabilization of a clinically deteriorating individual using of defined set of early warning criteria.

Members of Rapid Response Team

2 days (7 Hours each)

Respiratory
Caring for Patient Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course aims to provide training for safe and effective care of patients on ventilators. It highlights conceptual differences between negative and positive pressure ventilation, ABGs values for each category of acid base, lung volumes and lung capacities, alveolar gas equation and minute ventilation and ventilator modes.

Nurses

7 hours

Care of a Patient Requiring Airway Management

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course aims to equip the healthcare professionals with the required knowledge and skills while caring for a patient requiring airway management interventions.

Doctors and nurses

7 hours

Nursing Care of Patient with Tracheostomy Training Programme

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

This programme has been developed to provide the opportunity for nurses to enhance their knowledge and clinical skills in the care of patient with tracheostomy tube.

This Programme has 2 components:

• Focused Learning Classroom-based

• Clinical Supervise Practice

The aim of the programme is to train nurses to be independent and efficient in providing high quality nursing care to the patients with tracheostomy tube and its supplementary devices.

Nurses

10 days

 

2 days didactic (7 hours each)

 

8 days clinical ( 8 hours each)

Cardiac
Coronary Care Nursing Course

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The aim of the Coronary Care Nursing Course is to prepare professional nurses who are to function as competent safe practitioners in providing care for the patients with cardiac care needs. The nurses will be prepared to practice their skills in a variety of cardiac care settings.

Nurses caring for patients with cardiac needs.

2 days (7 Hours each)

Cardiac Rhythm Interpretation Workshop

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The programme is designed to provide skills in identifying normal and abnormal cardiac rhythms using the systematic approach.

Nurses

7 hours

Caring for Patient Requiring Continuous Cardiac Monitoring

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The Coronary Care Nursing Course has been formulated to provide the opportunity for nurses to enhance their knowledge and clinical skills in the field of coronary nursing. The course is comprised of didactic and clinical practice components in relation to the concepts and principles of coronary care nursing.

Nurses

2 days Theory (7 hours each)

 

2 weeks Clinical ( 8 hours each)

Oncology
Fundamentals of Oncology Nursing Core Competency

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

Caring for patients with cancer can be challenging, especially for new oncology nurses or those working outside of cancer care. This introductory course provides a foundation for providing care to patients experiencing a cancer diagnosis, treatment complications, or trouble coping. A range of basic topics from cancer biology, treatments, symptom management and patient and family care. This course is also a great refresher for experienced cancer nurses.

Nurses

10 hours

Caring for Patient with Bone Marrow Transplant

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course aims to educate nurses on the effective care principles of patient with bone marrow transplantation.

Nurses

7 hours

Pediatric
Pediatric Nursing Course

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

This course designed for registered nurses working in the pediatric unit, will be delivered in 40 hours over a 5-day period and will focus on child care.

Nurses

5 days Theory (7 hours each)

 

15 days Clinical ( 8 hours each)

Peripheral Phlebotomy & Cannulation for Pediatric Patients

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course aims to ensure safe practice related to phlebotomy and intravenous cannulation for pediatric physicians.

Nurses and Doctors

2 hours

Pediatric ICU
Pediatric Critical Care Course

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course aims to enhance participants’ advanced knowledge, attitude and skills in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the Maternal & Child Clinical Area.

Nurses

5 days Theory (7 hours each)

 

20 days Clinical ( 8 hours each)

Pediatric Emergency Nursing Course

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course aims to provide nurse with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes in the care of an acutely ill child in the emergency.

Nurses

5 days Theory (7 hours each)

 

20 days Clinical (8 hours each)

Renal
Nursing Care for Patient Require Hemodialysis

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The workshop aims to educate nursing staff on the concepts, principles, and best practices of hemodialysis. It covers criteria for starting hemodialysis in AKI patients, hemodialysis modalities, heparin and heparin-free dialysis, and nursing implications, as well as machine setup and priming prior to starting hemodialysis.

Nurses

1 day Theory (7 hours each)

 

20 days Clinical ( 8 hours each)

Nursing Care for Patient Requiring CRRT

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The workshop aims to educate nurses the principles of continuous renal replacement therapy.

Nurses

1 day Theory (7 hours each)

 

20 days Clinical (8 hours each)

Neurology
Caring for Patient with External Ventricular Drainage

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course aims at developing the knowledge, attitude and practice in order to lead and deliver the care of patients with External Ventricular Drainage.

Nurses

7 hours each

Communication
Communicating with Children with Learning Disability

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

This course has been formulated to provide an understanding of the extent of learning disability among school-aged children and to prepare medical interns to effectively communicate with the target group.

Medical Interns

3 hours

Active Listening Workshop

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

This course aims to develop structured form of listening and responding that focuses the attention on the speaker toward achieving the goal of Improving health care outcomes through active listening.

Open to all staff

2 hours

Intensive Academic Reading Workshop

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

This course aims to enhance academic reading skills of professionals working in a tertiary teaching hospital, and intends to facilitate continuing education for the target learners by providing English language skills required for achieving academic expertise.

Regular and prospective readers of academic texts which includes academic essays, journal articles and research papers

4 hours- 09.00-13.00

General
Intravenous Therapy and Phlebotomy

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course provides training in safe and effective establishment of intravenous access and blood sampling.

Nurses

7 hours

Home Carer Course

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course aims to develop the required knowledge and skills while providing care to members of the community in their own home.

Home Carers

7 hours

Ambulance Drivers Workshop

Overview

Target Audience

Duration

The course aims to provide an overview with basic required knowledge and skills of verbal and written communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, stress management, infection, prevention and control and moving and handling patients.

Ambulance drivers

7 hours

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