Institute of Life Course & Medical Sciences

Advanced Communication Skills Training (ACST) Course

Date: 19th-20th January 2026

Venue: University of Liverpool, William Henry Duncan Building, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L7 8TX

ACST is a two day course for senior Health Care Professionals, allowing you to explore the evidence base relating to effective communication within healthcare, and to examine and practice the application of specific communication skills strategies to complex healthcare relating interactions. 

Lunch and refreshments are included.

Advanced Communication Skills Training (ACST) Course

Date: 22nd-23rd June 2026

Venue: University of Liverpool, William Henry Duncan Building, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L7 8TX

ACST is a two day course for senior Health Care Professionals, allowing you to explore the evidence base relating to effective communication within healthcare, and to examine and practice the application of specific communication skills strategies to complex healthcare relating interactions. 

Lunch and refreshments are included.

Advanced Communication Skills Training (ACST) Course

Date: 16th-17th March 2026

Venue: University of Liverpool, William Henry Duncan Building, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L7 8TX

ACST is a two day course for senior Health Care Professionals, allowing you to explore the evidence base relating to effective communication within healthcare, and to examine and practice the application of specific communication skills strategies to complex healthcare relating interactions. 

Lunch and refreshments are included.

Advanced Communication Skills Training (ACST) Course

Date: 21st - 22nd September 2026

Venue: University of Liverpool, William Henry Duncan Building, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L7 8TX

ACST is a two day course for senior Health Care Professionals, allowing you to explore the evidence base relating to effective communication within healthcare, and to examine and practice the application of specific communication skills strategies to complex healthcare relating interactions. 

Lunch and refreshments are included.

VIRTUAL Advanced Communication Skills Training (ACST) Course

Date: 9th-10th March 2026

Venue: Online via Zoom

ACST is a two day course for senior Health Care Professionals, allowing you to explore the evidence base relating to effective communication within healthcare, and to examine and practice the application of specific communication skills strategies to complex healthcare relating interactions. 

VIRTUAL Advanced Communication Skills Training (ACST) Course

Date: 17th-18th September 2026

Venue: Online via Zoom

ACST is a two day course for senior Health Care Professionals, allowing you to explore the evidence base relating to effective communication within healthcare, and to examine and practice the application of specific communication skills strategies to complex healthcare relating interactions. 

Training for Facilitators 

Date: 13th-15th January 2026

Venue: University of Liverpool, William Henry Duncan Building, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L7 8TX

For senior healthcare professionals who have completed an Advanced Communication Skills Training programme.

A three day course that prepares facilitators to deliver high quality, evidence based Advanced Communication Skills Training. The main aim of the course is to enable participants to develop their knowledge and understanding of teaching and assessing communication skills at an advanced level. Delivered by expert trainers, participants will explore how to set up and facilitate role play, manage group dynamics and learn how to work with actors. 

Training for Facilitators 

Date: 10th - 12th June 2026

Venue: University of Liverpool, William Henry Duncan Building, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L7 8TX

For senior healthcare professionals who have completed an Advanced Communication Skills Training programme.

A three day course that prepares facilitators to deliver high quality, evidence based Advanced Communication Skills Training. The main aim of the course is to enable participants to develop their knowledge and understanding of teaching and assessing communication skills at an advanced level. Delivered by expert trainers, participants will explore how to set up and facilitate role play, manage group dynamics and learn how to work with actors. 

Training for Facilitators 

Date: 13th-15th October 2026

Venue: University of Liverpool, William Henry Duncan Building, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L7 8TX

For senior healthcare professionals who have completed an Advanced Communication Skills Training programme.

A three day course that prepares facilitators to deliver high quality, evidence based Advanced Communication Skills Training. The main aim of the course is to enable participants to develop their knowledge and understanding of teaching and assessing communication skills at an advanced level. Delivered by expert trainers, participants will explore how to set up and facilitate role play, manage group dynamics and learn how to work with actors. 

Tenth International Conference on Best Care for the Dying Person

_{Please note that events on 19 November are now sold out (Annual Symposium and Conference Dinner).}

_{Places are still available for the International Research Conference on Best Care for the Dying Person on 20 November, endorsed by the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain & Ireland}.

_{View the full programme at www.bestcareforthedying.org/annual-conference, where you can also find details of special hotel rates for delegates.}

Tenth International Conference on Best Care for the Dying Person

_{19 November 2025 International Collaborative Annual Symposium}

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_{View the full programme at www.bestcareforthedying.org/annual-conference, where you can also find details of the Conference Dinner and special hotel rates for delegates.}

VIRTUAL Advanced Communication Skills Training (ACST) Course

Date: 4th-5th December

Venue: Online via Zoom

ACST is a two day course for senior Health Care Professionals, allowing you to explore the evidence base relating to effective communication within healthcare, and to examine and practice the application of specific communication skills strategies to complex healthcare relating interactions. 

This well-established international short course is suitable for healthcare professionals who have more than two years' experience of working in palliative and end of life care and who are expected to provide education as part of their role.

Delivered over three days, the multidisciplinary course will focus on modern and effective ways of teaching in palliative and end of life care. The course places an emphasis on how to teach and not just what to teach, providing you with the opportunity to:

• Examine specific teaching formats and consider how they can be applied to teaching practice
• Explore a range of teaching methods and delivery skills
• Discover how the Kolb model can be adapted to enhance palliative care teaching
• Design learner-centred education aimed at specific groups

An optional dinner will take place at 7:30pm on Tuesday 7th July 2026 at a cost of £45.

Please note that accommodation is not included in the course cost; however, a reduced bed and breakfast rate is available at Leonardo Hotel Liverpool, which is also the venue for the course.  Please see the 'More Info' tab for details.

Serious Illness Care Programme - Clinician Training

The Serious Illness Care Programme (UK) promotes high quality conversations between clinicians, seriously ill patients, and their families. The intervention provides clinical tools, training, and workflow innovations to help clinicians initiate these conversations in the right way and at the right time. 

The training day includes an introduction and overview of the programme, as well as experiential learning with simulated patients. This event is a one-day interactive workshop designed for clinicians. The training will provide you with the tools, knowledge, and skills to start having these conversations with the patients for whom you think it is appropriate.

Following the training we will provide regular mentoring and support over a six-month period.

Accredation - You will be able to register for six internal CPD points for this training day.