Wednesday July 01, 12:30 – 13:30
Cost: From £55
Location: Online (Watch live or on catch up)
Content overview:
Health practices, and good health, look different around the world. For schools with international communities, navigating cultural and familial expectations of health, care and medicines, can present challenges. This webinar, delivered by a lead nurse in a busy international boarding community, will provide insights on how and where schools should manage these differences, including review and confiscation of non-UK prescribed medications, whilst maintaining cultural sympathy and understanding.
Using example cases and referencing the more common requests and international medications seen, this webinar will support health teams, pastoral teams and even admissions to understand the school’s responsibilities.
Training topics will include:
- Common differences in medication, treatments, and health standards
- Introducing the school’s medical processes and policy, and why
- Communication with parents and processing medical information before arrival to identify health needs
- Removing and returning international medication, including communication and next steps.
- Navigating health and care differences respectfully.
Learning outcomes:
- Improved understanding of cultural differences in health, care and medication standards and expectations
- Suggestions to navigate engagement and process differences respectfully
- Understanding of what is acceptable practice in managing international medications.
- Best practice on implementing your policy on healthcare and medication in school
Speaker:
Skyler Moulder, Senior Nurse Advisor
Skyler completed her Adult Nursing BSc at King’s College London in 2011 and began her career in community nursing. After her first son’s birth, she moved into community school nursing across Cambridgeshire, working in primary and secondary schools. She completed CAMHS, Sexual Health and Contraception, and Safeguarding Children Level 3 training. In 2016 she gained a PG Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing, later topping this up to an MSc in 2023, including Nurse Prescriber qualification. Skyler co-led the 0–19 Duty Desk and ChatHealth service, became a Team Manager during the pandemic, and since 2020 has been Lead Nurse at The Leys, overseeing 24-hour care for 575 pupils.
