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Minute Taking – Hints and Tips

Course overview

The course is designed to help delegates understand the purpose of recording meetings and the roles of the various people at the meeting. Delegates will be given hints and tips on recording minutes with an emphasis on acquiring skills that will improve their confidence in recording minutes.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course you will be able to:

  • Recognise the roles and responsibilities of participants at a meeting
  • Discuss planning and organising meetings
  • Identify approaches for recording minutes
  • Practice taking minutes at a meeting
  • Consider actions following the meeting
  • Develop a personal action plan

Course provider

  • Learning and Education Team

Who should attend

  • All staff

Pre-requisites

  • Sections within course workbook to be completed prior to attendance

Duration

  • 1 Day Face to Face Session (6 hours)
  • C1 – Communication
  • C2 – Personal and People Development
  • G5 – Service and Project Management

To book a place on the course, please use the  eESS Login (scot.nhs.uk) Learner self-service facility. From the Learner Home page, enter the course name in the box at the top of the page to see all available dates. You can also use keywords to search for courses. Remember to have your eESS user ID and password available to access the system.

  • 31st October 2024- 9.30am- 4pm, New Victoria ACH, Room 16b
  • 11th December 2024- 9.30am-4pm- RAH, Classroom 3
  • 06th February 2025- 9.30am – 4pm – Stobhill seminar room 6
  • 09th April 2025- 9.30am – 4pm- RAH Classroom 3
  • 24th June 2025- 9.30am – 4pm- Stobhill seminar rooms 4 and 5

You will receive detailed joining instructions a week before the course date which will also include a workbook to be completed prior to attendance.

Please note, booking for each session will close 1 week before the course date to allow time for joining instructions to be sent to delegates.

Guidance on how to search for Learning and Development on eESS OLM can be found here.

Full access to all Standard Operating Procedures and e-learning videos is available via eESS Login (scot.nhs.uk)

If you need any information  please do not hesitate to contact Learning and Education Support Team on 0141 278 2700 (Option 3).

e-Learning

  • An e-Learning option is not available for this topic via LearnPro 
  • CPD: Managing Effective Meetings