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  • Stronger Communication. Better Care. More Confident Teams.

    Evidence-based training that helps healthcare professionals navigate Irish culture, communicate clearly and represent their organisation with confidence.

    Benefits for Your Organisation:

    Jacqueline can bring the best out of your team, creating:

    • Clearer, more confident communication
      across patient and team interactions
    • Improved patient experience and satisfaction
      through calm, respectful engagement
    • Stronger team cohesion and reduced workplace conflict
      for smoother day-to-day working
    • Greater cultural understanding and inclusive practice
      in diverse healthcare settings
    • Fewer communication-related errors
      supporting patient safety and quality care
    • Staff who represent your organisation with professionalism and empathy
      in every patient-facing setting
    • Measurable outcomes you can justify
      supporting service quality, morale and staff retention
    Jacqueline King training a group of medical professionals

    Course Overview

    A practical, supportive programme designed for busy healthcare environments. Modules can be delivered individually or as a complete programme.

    Module 1 — Social & Professional Etiquette
    Clinical & Professional Settings

    This module strengthens professional presence, helping healthcare professionals engage with patients, families and colleagues with clarity, calmness and respect. It focuses on the everyday interpersonal behaviours that shape trust in busy clinical environments.

    • Create strong first impressions with patients and colleagues
    • Use confident and compassionate body language
    • Communicate with clarity, warmth and professionalism
    • Demonstrate respectful boundaries and inclusive behaviour
    • Manage sensitive or awkward moments with confidence
    • Use tone, eye contact and posture to build trust
    • Represent self and service with calm authority
    • Build rapport quickly in busy or stressful environments

    Outcome:
    Participants feel more confident engaging with patients and colleagues, creating trust, ease and connection in clinical and organisational settings.

    Module 2 — Irish Culture, Values, Attitudes & Behaviour

    For International Healthcare Staff

    This module supports healthcare professionals who are new to Ireland or working within Ireland’s increasingly diverse healthcare system. It builds confidence when communicating with Irish patients, families and colleagues, while respecting each participant’s own cultural identity.

    Module Listing
    • Understand core features of Irish communication style
    • Recognise conversational rhythm, tone and indirectness
    • Explore regional differences and Ireland’s multicultural identity
    • Understand the role of humour, storytelling and light conversation
    • Navigate family dynamics in healthcare decision-making
    • Understand cultural expectations around courtesy and professionalism
    • Balance personal cultural identity with Irish workplace norms
    • Apply key do’s and don’ts in multicultural clinical environments

    Outcome:
    Participants feel comfortable communicating in Ireland’s diverse healthcare system, connecting naturally with patients, families and colleagues while remaining authentic to their own culture.

    Module 3 — Business Etiquette, Netiquette & Interview Skills

    This module strengthens professional behaviour in organisational, digital and interview settings. It helps clinicians communicate clearly and confidently across all levels of hierarchy.

    • Demonstrate professional behaviour in clinical and organisational environments
    • Communicate clearly in email, messaging and digital platforms
    • Use appropriate tone, clarity and structure in written communication
    • Navigate hierarchy respectfully and confidently
    • Prepare for interviews, meetings and professional discussions
    • Use voice, tone and body language to project credibility
    • Represent clinical roles with professionalism

    Outcome:
    Participants communicate with clarity and professionalism, present confidently in interviews and maintain strong standards in digital and organisational interactions.

    Module 4 — Presentation Skills

    This module strengthens confidence in speaking during case discussions, MDT meetings, presentations and public settings. Participants learn how to communicate complex information with clarity and presence.

    • Speak confidently in clinical or organisational groups
    • Present structured updates clearly and calmly
    • Use pace, pause, pitch, power and poise effectively
    • Communicate complex information in a grounded way
    • Use body language intentionally when presenting
    • Represent self and service professionally

    Outcome:
    Participants speak with clarity and confidence, delivering information effectively to colleagues, teams and wider audiences.

    Module 5 — Cultural Agility

    This module helps healthcare professionals adapt confidently to diverse patient groups and workplace cultures, strengthening empathy, humility and self-awareness.

    • Reflect on reactions to unfamiliar cultural situations
    • Manage stress and adaptation in new environments
    • Approach difference with curiosity and humility
    • Communicate respectfully across cultures and generations
    • Build empathy and perspective-taking in patient care
    • Apply the six cultural agility competencies
    • Strengthen resilience and emotional steadiness

    Outcome:
    Participants confidently navigate cultural differences, improving patient rapport and team collaboration.

    Module 6 — Self-Care, Wellbeing & Personal Resilience

    This module supports healthcare professionals in managing pressure, maintaining balance and protecting wellbeing in demanding environments.

    • Develop holistic self-awareness across life domains
    • Apply practical stress-management strategies
    • Use emotional regulation and grounding techniques
    • Build lifestyle habits that support mental and physical health
    • Strengthen personal presentation and confidence
    • Apply the Five Ways to Wellbeing

    Outcome:
    Participants feel more balanced, resilient and confident in managing the pressures of healthcare work.

    Module 7 — Dining Etiquette
    Professional & Social Settings

    This practical, interactive module builds confidence in professional and social dining settings, including workplace meals, networking events, interviews and formal occasions.

    • Navigate table settings, courses and dining sequences
    • Use cutlery and etiquette naturally and correctly
    • Demonstrate polished behaviour during professional meals
    • Manage conversation and social interaction at the table
    • Feel comfortable with different personalities in dining settings
    • Participate confidently in formal and informal meals
    • Practise etiquette with real table settings and real food

    Outcome:
    Participants dine confidently and professionally, feeling at ease in workplace, social, interview and formal dining environments.

    Delivery Options

    • Format:
      1:1, small group, department, or organisation-wide
    • Location:
      On-site, online, or hybrid
    • Duration:
      Single session, half-day, full-day, or multi-week programme
    • Customisation:
      Tailored to your setting, patient population and staff needs

    Talk to Us About Your Team

    Tell us your setting, team size and goals — we’ll recommend the best format and next steps.

    No hard sell. Just a helpful conversation.