Epilepsy Awareness - Training courses can help you!

"I have received very positive feedback from the staff who attended. It has certainly changed attitudes especially towards students who have epilepsy but do not have seizures at college. It has raised awareness about the different types of seizures and how it may impact on the students and their lives. The delivery and pace were just right."

"Sally’s experience of living with uncontrolled seizures has helped me to understand the condition."

"Absolutely brilliant course."

"Thoroughly enjoyed the course and have been enlightened."

"This course would benefit the parents of the people that we support."

"Very helpful should be made compulsory for all employees."

"The course has been great and gave me more insight and awareness of epilepsy."

"Very informative"

"Very well delivered"

"I enjoyed the course."

"Very comprehensive training"

"Overall the course was enlightening and confidence building."

"I learned so much more than I expected to and changed many of my previous thoughts and ideas on the subject."

"Plenty of discussion and interacting"

"The course has helped me to understand more about epilepsy and how it can be managed."

"It was generally informative and has enhanced my confidence in my job."

"A very good chance to re-fresh and update knowledge."

"Very educational"

"Good to have someone present the course that has been through the subject in every way."

"More interesting that I could have imagined."

"Extremely informative, covered all areas of definition causes and tests available; the effects it has on the individual psychologically, emotionally and socially. Sally’s willingness to share her personal experiences made the course real."

"Valuable addition to my knowledge base and will be more authoritative in my future dealings with my client group and be able to offer guidance, support and undertake risk assessment"

"The overall content of the course was extremely relevant, informative and interesting."

"An interesting and informative course"

"It was helpful to have a trainer who has personal experience of the condition."

"Sally Gomersall is a proficient facilitator, incredibly knowledgeable and keen to impact that knowledge."

"An excellent course, and useful in my work as a support worker. I certainly know more about certain types of epilepsy today than I did yesterday. Sally gave a very positive approach to epilepsy, perhaps due to the fact that she herself has had the condition."

"Very helpful and will assist me in areas of my role in supporting and caring for the service users in my work place."

"The course updated my knowledge and understanding of the epilepsies."
Sally continues to manage Epilepsy Bereaved Education and Awareness project. This part-time position at Epilepsy Bereaved is supported by the Community Fund. Sally is developing the Education and Awareness project and supports bereaved families in using their experiences to raise awareness of epilepsy related death, by influencing politicians, health care managers, clinicians and local communities. (See links page for further info on Epilepsy Bereaved).

Sally provides the Epilepsy & Employment module for the highly respected MSc in Epileptology at Kings College Hospital. This multidisciplinary programme covers topics related to all aspects of epilepsy, from underlying neurobiological mechanisms to clinical aspects and psycho-social consequences. It consists of four compulsory modules for diploma and one additional research module for the MSc degree.
This unique programme includes practical experience in clinical or research departments of the sponsoring institutions. For further information, please contact:

Dr Gonzalo Alarcon
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology
King's College Hospital

Telephone: +44 (0) 207 848 5161/5436/5565
Fax: +44 (0) 207 346 3725
email: msc.epileptology@iop.kcl.ac.uk