Understanding Cognition: A Workshop for Health and Social Care Professionals
Delivered by Dr Charlie Chung, PhD
Consultant Allied Health Professional in Stroke
Cognition is central to how people function in all aspects of their daily lives but is often disrupted by illness and injury. Health and social care professionals will benefit from an understanding of cognition, which can then be applied to strategies within their work. The course will be a half-day course covering the domains of cognition – attention, working memory, memory and executive function with opportunities for discussion around applications to delegates’ work. This will include strategies to support people optimise or adapt for challenges to their cognition. Programme plan:
The course will cover:
- Introduction to cognition
- The challenges that changes in cognition can have on everyday life
- A framework of cognition
- Understanding Attention
- Management of attention challenges – discussion and presentation
- Understanding Memory
- Management of memory challenges – discussion and presentation
- Understanding working memory
- Optimising working memory – discussion and presentation
- Understanding executive function
- Techniques for addressing executive function challenges
- Reflection and actions for applying to delegates’ workplace.
Course information
Course dates
Thursday 25 June 2026.
Wednesday 28 October 2026.
Course duration
1 half day on Teams (9AM – 12.30PM).
Pre-requisites
- Participants must have access to a device with internet connection, webcam and microphone, as well as a valid email address to register with the online learning platform in order to attend the course. Further details.
- All our short courses are delivered in English.
Target Learners
This course is aimed at health and social care professionals this may include:
Course Cost
£50 per delegate.
Please enquire to initiate group booking requests.
Course type
Certificate of Completion (non-credit bearing).
Teaching format
Online, remote, synchronous delivery.
The course will be interspaced with adequate open discussion sessions for participants to network and learn from the experiences of each other.
Learning outcomes
- Delegates will be able to apply their knowledge of cognition to their understanding of situations in their workplace
- Ability to apply knowledge of cognition to methods of information provision, optimising service users’ comprehension and retention
- Understanding the impact of working‑memory overload, with clear awareness of how to prevent overloading
- Ability to apply knowledge of executive function to support strategies that address challenges in understanding situations, planning, organisation, and problem‑solving
Course Leads
