About this course
The Bowel Care Train the Trainer course is designed for individuals who want to deliver their own bowel care training with confidence and accuracy. It strengthens your understanding of bowel health, constipation management, digital rectal examination (DRE) considerations, and the safe use of prescribed interventions, while building the teaching skills needed to deliver clear, practical, and person‑centred sessions. You’ll learn how to assess learners effectively, provide constructive feedback, and maintain professional boundaries — ensuring your training remains compliant, engaging, and aligned with current best practice.
What you will learn
- Bowel Care Refresher: Review key bowel care principles, procedures and responsibilities.
- Trainer Role and Responsibilities: Revisit your role and responsibilities as a trainer.
- Creating Effective Learning Spaces: Refresh ways to create safe, supportive learning environments.
- Updating Training Content: Review and update your bowel care training materials.
- Refreshing Delivery Skills: Strengthen your teaching, communication and presentation skills.
- Assessment and Feedback: Refresh effective assessment and feedback techniques.
- Trainer Relationships: Review effective relationships with learners and colleagues.
- Inclusive Teaching Approaches: Adapt training to support different learner needs.
- Current Guidance and Best Practice: Stay up to date with bowel care guidance and best practice.
- Micro-Teaching Practice: Deliver a 15–20-minute bowel care training session and receive peer feedback.