Details of the latest training opportunities for HSE staff.
On this page you will find training programmes on the following topics:
- Health and Wellbeing
- Microsoft 365: Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Planner and Copilot
- Delivering Change in Health Services
- SAP HR/Payroll
- HSE Library
- Health Promotion and Improvement
- Quality and Patient Safety
- Leadership, Learning and Talent Management - Webinars
- Leadership, Learning and Talent Management - Induction
- Leadership, Learning and Talent Management - People management
- Leadership, Learning and Talent Management - Personal effectiveness
- Leadership, Learning and Talent Management - Retirement
- Leadership, Learning and Talent Management - Podcast
Health and Wellbeing
HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast, episode 129 - Global Health
Listen to the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast, episode 129 - Global Health
Watch the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast, episode 129 - Global Health
Episode details
In this episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast, host Fergal Fox is joined by Dr David Weakliam, Director of the HSE Global Health Programme, to discuss global health and the importance of international partnerships. They explore Ireland’s collaborations with countries including Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Sudan, highlighting training initiatives, equipment support and long-term cooperation.
The episode emphasises mutual learning, trust and the interdependence of health systems, and shows how global collaboration benefits both partner countries and Ireland’s own health service.
To find out more about our podcast series or the work of HSE Health and Wellbeing email Healthandwellbeing.communications@hse.ie
Minding Your Wellbeing Programme
Date and time
This is a one-day workshop taking place in the Regional Education Centre (REC), St Brigid’s Campus, Ardee, Co. Louth.
Register for the 'Mind Your Wellbeing' workshop on Thursday 26 February, 9.30am to 4.30pm
Register for the 'Mind Your Wellbeing' workshop on Thursday 26 March, 9.30am to 4.30pm
Training details
This is a one-day workshop offered by Health Promotion & Improvement, Health and Wellbeing, to support staff to care for their own mental health and wellbeing and to build good self-care practices for every day.
For more information contact mindingyourwellbeing.meathlouth@hse.ie
Foundation Programme in Sexual Health Promotion (FPSHP)
Date and time
This is a 6-day face-to-face training in Springfield Centre, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
- Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 March
- Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 April
- Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 May
Training details
This requires an application and telephone interview. The new revised Format 6-day Foundation Programme in Sexual Health Promotion (FPSHP) is a comprehensive capacity building training programme for service providers who want to develop their confidence, skill and knowledge in the area of sexual health promotion and incorporate sexual health promotion into their work.
To request an application form email fiona.gallagher@hse.ie
Microsoft 365: Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Planner and Copilot
Microsoft Teams
Date and time
All training sessions take place from 11am to 12pm
Join the Teams training on Thursday 12 February
Join the Teams training on Thursday 26 February
Join the Teams training on Thursday 12 March
Join the Teams training on Thursday 26 March
Training details
All HSE staff now have Teams.
Teams allows you collaborate with your colleagues, create your own workspace where you can manage documents, send messages and hold meetings.
To learn more about collaborating with Teams, choose a training date that’s right for you. Each session starts at 11am and lasts 1 hour with time for Q+A and comments.
No need to register for a session – simply ‘turn up’ by clicking on the meeting link 5 minutes before the scheduled time.
SharePoint
Date and time
All training sessions take place from 12pm to 1pm.
Join the SharePoint training on Thursday 12 February
Join the SharePoint training on Thursday 26 February
Join the SharePoint training on Thursday 12 March
Join the SharePoint training on Thursday 26 March
Training details
All Microsoft 365 users now have access to SharePoint.
SharePoint is a shared workspace providing a secure space to store, share, and organise information.
To learn more about managing files in SharePoint, choose a training date that’s right for you. Each session starts at 12pm and lasts 1 hour with time for Q+A and comments.
No need to register for a session – simply ‘turn up’ by clicking on the meeting link 5 minutes before the scheduled time.
OneDrive
Date and time
All training sessions take place from 12pm to 1pm.
Join the OneDrive training on Thursday 19 February
Join the OneDrive training on Thursday 5 March
Join the OneDrive training on Thursday 19 March
Training details
All Microsoft 365 users now have access to OneDrive.
OneDrive is for your own personal HSE files. Learn how to save your files and how to share them when you need to.
To learn more about managing files in OneDrive, choose a training date that’s right for you. Each session starts at 12pm and lasts 1 hour with time for Q+A and comments.
No need to register for a session – simply ‘turn up’ by clicking on the meeting link 5 minutes before the scheduled time.
Microsoft Planner
Date and time
All training sessions take place from 11am to 11.30am
Join the Microsoft Planner training on Thursday 19 February
Join the Microsoft Planner training on Thursday 5 March
Join the Microsoft Planner training on Thursday 19 March
Training details
All HSE staff now have Planner. Planner helps you create plans, assign tasks and easily chart project progress.
To learn more about Planner, choose a training date that’s right for you. Each session starts at 11am, and lasts for 30 minutes hour with time for Q+A and comments. This is a basic introductory session to Planner which assumes no prior knowledge.
No need to register for a session – simply ‘turn up’ by clicking on the meeting link 5 minutes before the scheduled time.
Microsoft Copilot Chat
Date and time
All sessions from 9.30am to 10.30am, 1pm to 2pm and 2.30pm to 3.30pm:
- Thursday 5 March
- Friday 6 March
- Monday 9 March
- Friday 13 March
- Tuesday 24 March
- Thursday 26 March
- Friday 27 March
Training details
Discover how Copilot Chat can transform your work day.
If you’re spending too much time writing emails, preparing documents, or searching for information, Copilot Chat can help you get your time back. This live webinar shows you practical, everyday ways to reduce admin, simplify communication and boost productivity - using tools you already have access to.
Whether you’re completely new to AI or you’ve tried Copilot Chat before, you’ll leave with clear, actionable skills you can use immediately in your role.
Delivering Change in Health Services
Change Consultation Clinic
Have you a specific ‘change challenge’ you would value support with?
The Change Consultation Clinic is facilitated by experienced HSE Organisation Development Practitioners, Organisation and Development and Design team in Kells, Co Meath.
How to register
How to register for a Change Consultation Clinic:
- Email changeguide@hse.ie with subject line: Change Consultation Clinic to register.
- We will send you a short questionnaire to enable the Organisation Development practitioners to better understand your service and your specific change challenge.
- When we receive the completed questionnaire, we will confirm your place and time for a one-to-one session.
Please note there are limited places so early registration is advised.
Date and time
Clinics will run from 10am to 1pm. Your appointment time (up to 1 hour in duration) will be agreed directly with you by the Organisation Development and Change Practitioner assigned to your application and clinics are held virtually.
Schedule for Change Consultation Clinics (second Thursday of each month)
- 12 February
- 12 March
- 9 April
- 14 May
- 11 June
- 9 July
- 13 August
- 10 September
- 8 October
- 12 November
- 10 December
Please note, this date may be subject to change depending on Organisation Development practitioner availability.
Contact details
Organisation Development and Design, Kells. Co Meath.
Email: changeguide@hse.ie
Phone: 046 925 1461
Change Guide eLearning programme
Training details
The Delivering Change in Health Services eLearning Programme takes you through all the elements of the Health Service Change Guide. It aims to build your capacity, skills and confidence for delivering good change in a complex environment and can be used at all levels to support managers and staff. The eLearning programme features helpful and practical guidance and presents many useful, downloadable templates and extracts from the Change Guide.
How to register
Find the course on HSeLanD
It will take approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes to complete. The programme is intended for staff of all grades across health and social care services.
Change Guide in Action Workshops
Training details
This interactive virtual workshop on the Change Guide in Action features your Health and Social Care colleagues shared experiences of delivering effective and sustainable change. In 2026, the workshops will focus on three main themes:
- Engaging Stakeholders – Communicate, Collaborate, and Connect
- Leading Change for Integration
- Planning for Change - Creating Readiness
Learning outcomes include:
- Provide participants with real case examples of a co-design people and culture change approach, from staff who have used the Change Guide in practice.
- Focus is on an examination of the Change Guide in action and the application of the core concepts, tools and templates to a specific shared experience.
- Signpost other resources about the Change Guide to further participant’s use of the Guide as a practical tool for change.
- Highlighting key resources for the following themes:
- Engaging Stakeholders – Communicate, Collaborate and Connect. Understanding stakeholders, enabling partnerships, integrating care.
- Leading Change for Integration - Building change skills for delivering integrated care.
- Planning for change – Creating Readiness. Supporting new ways of working to achieve integration.
Workshop times
Each workshop will run from 10.30am to 1pm
How to register
Register for Leading Change for Integration on Wednesday 25 February
Register for Planning for Change – Creating Readiness on Wednesday 25 March
Register for Engaging Stakeholders – Communicate, Collaborate and Connect on Wednesday 22 April
Register for Leading Change for Integration on Wednesday 27 May
Register for Planning for Change – Creating Readiness on Wednesday 24 June
Register for Engaging Stakeholders – Communicate, Collaborate and Connect on Wednesday 22 July
Register for Leading Change for Integration on Wednesday 23 September
Register for Planning for Change – Creating Readiness on Wednesday 28 October
Register for Engaging Stakeholders – Communicate, Collaborate and Connect on Wednesday 25 November
Register for Leading Change for Integration on Wednesday 9 December
SAP HR/Payroll
SAP HR/Payroll Prospectus
Time Webinar
Training details
The SAP CoE training team is presenting a Time Administration (PTMW) live webinar.
The webinar will cover the following topics:
- role of a time returning officer or time administrator
- time managers workplace
- time management integration
- time errors report and time entered report
- time errors and query management
- how to find additional training resources and support
This webinar is open to everyone interested in the time module of SAP. However please note that no SAP Access is allocated on completion of this webinar and users who require access must apply via the Security Access and Training Form for our formal training courses.
Date and time
All webinars from 10am to 1pm:
- Register for the Time Webinar Thursday 5 March
- Register for the Time Webinar Tuesday 14 April
- Register for the Time Webinar Wednesday 27 May
- Register for the Time Webinar Thursday 9 July
- Register for the Time Webinar Tuesday 1 September
- Register for the Time Webinar Wednesday 14 October
- Register for the Time Webinar Thursday 3 December
Personnel Administration Best Practice Guidelines Webinar
Training details
The Personnel Administration Best Practice Guidelines Webinar are for those who utilise PA40 Personnel Actions as part of their role. It is recommended that a PA user attends these Webinars after their formal tutor led training.
The Webinar covers the following topics;
- Best Practice
- When Performing Actions/Maintaining Data
- Skipping Infotypes as part of an Action
- Stopping & Restarting an Action
- When Correcting IT0001 Organisational Assignment
- Changing the Start Date of an Action
- Using the Changing Entry/Leaving Date
- Deleting an Action
- When performing Retrospective Actions
- Recommended PA Reports
- Common Issues & Queries
- Latest Updates
- Where you will find support and training
- Q&A Session with SAP CoE Personnel Administration Business Analyst
Date and time
All webinars from 10am to 1pm:
- Register for Personnel Administration Best Practice Webinar Wednesday 15 April
- Register for Personnel Administration Best Practice Webinar Wednesday 10 June
- Register for Personnel Administration Best Practice Webinar Thursday 10 September
- Register for Personnel Administration Best Practice Webinar Tuesday 8 December
HSE Library
Introduction to the HSE Library
Date and time
Training details
The aim of this event is to create awareness of the HSE Library services and facilities.
- Understand the role of the HSE Library, including services such as literature searches, interlibrary loans, document delivery and information skills training
- Learn how to locate and access clinical databases such as PubMed, CINAHL, Clinical Key, UpToDate and how to source full text journal articles
- Learn how Library resources can support your ongoing professional development and support for patient care
Introduction to PubMed
Date and time
Register for the 'Introduction to PubMed' training on Tuesday 17 February from 2.30pm to 3.30pm
Training details
Why you should attend:
- Develop familiarity with accessing Pubmed
- Learn the differences between Pubmed and Medline
- Learn how to conduct a literature search in PubMed using MeSH terms, keywords and limiters
- Learn about useful search techniques such as truncation and phrase searching
- Learn how to create an account on PubMed to manage searches and references.
Searching the CINAHL database
Date and time
Register for the 'Searching the CINAHL database' training on Wednesday 25 February from 11am to 12pm
Training details
Why you should attend:
- Develop familiarity with CINAHL on the Ebsco platform
- Learn how to conduct a literature search in CINAHL using keywords, subject terms and search techniques, including truncation and proximity operators and how to refine your search results
- Learn how to use folders to save results and search strategies and how to manage your search results
Health Promotion and Improvement
Engage - Connecting with men
Date and time
Thursday 12 March, 9.30am to 4.30pm
Venue
Room 2, Scott Building, Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, Offaly R35NY51
Workshop details
The workshop aims to help you develop ways to engage with men about their health and wellbeing. It focuses on why and how to build relationships with men, rather than what to offer them.
The objectives of the workshop are to:
- Reflect upon how to create a ‘safe space’ for working with men.
- Gain a common understanding of what men’s health is and why it is important.
- Explore how gender influences the values and attitudes that men develop in relation to their health. Explore how this influences health behaviours.
- Identify some of the determinants that shape health outcomes for men.
- Reflect on your value base, experience, skills, attitudes towards and expectations of men.
- Explore what a ‘male friendly’ health programme or service looks like in practice.
- Signpost participants to further sources of help, advice, guidance and support.
How to apply
To apply for a place on this workshop or for further information you can contact Caroline on 0874484728 or email healthpromotion.midlands@hse.ie
Quality and Patient Safety
Quality and Patient Safety Education and Learning Prospectus
The 2026 Quality and Patient Safety (QPS) Prospectus of Education and Learning Programmes will help you to select the appropriate learning programmes to develop your quality and patient safety knowledge and skills.
The six core topics are:
- safety, risk and incident management
- partnering with people
- quality and patient safety culture
- sustainability
- communications, teaming and systems
- quality improvement and clinical audit
Leadership, Learning and Talent Management - Webinars
Performance conversations for managers
About the webinar
Leadership, Learning, and Talent Management (LLTM) are pleased to announce our 90-minute “Performance Conversations for Managers” webinar series, hosted live via Webex. Enrolment is now open via HSELanD.
The webinar will explore the Performance Review and Performance Achievement processes and the key responsibilities of line managers in supporting staff development and organisational performance.
There will be a 15-minute questions and answers session.
How to register
Log in to your HSeLanD account. Type 'performance conversations for managers' in the search bar to find the registration information.
Date and time
- Wednesday 18 February, 3pm to 4.30pm
Contact details
Leadership, Learning and Talent Management - Induction
Corporate Induction Programme
Date and time
Half-day programme, 9am to 1pm:
- Wednesday 4 March
Read more about the Corporate Induction programme
Contact details
Email: alex.ennis@hse.ie
Leadership, Learning and Talent Management - People management
Managing Employee Performance Effectively
Date and time
Half-day programme, 9am to 1.30pm:
Read about the Managing Employee Performance Effectively programme
Contact details
Email: alex.ennis@hse.ie
People Management the Legal Framework
Date and time
4 half days, with a 1-hour introduction to the programme:
Read about the People Management the Legal Framework programme
Contact details
Email: Betty.Carolan@hse.ie
First Time Managers Programme
Date and time
4 full days from 9am to 5pm:
Read about the First Time Managers Programme
Contact details
Email: grainne.kerrigan@hse.ie
Coaching Skills for Managers
Date and time
2 day programme, 9am to 5pm:
Read about the Coaching Skills for Managers programme
Contact details
Email: Magdalena.wojcik@hse.ie
Managing Attendance Programme
Date and time
One half day, 9am to 1.15pm:
- Thursday 19 February
Read about the Managing Attendance Programme
Contact details
Managing Conflict Effectively
Date and time
1-day programme:
Read about the Managing Conflict Effectively programme
Contact details
Email: grainne.kerrigan@hse.ie
Managing Grievances Effectively
Date and time
Half-day programme, 9am to 1.30pm:
- Thursday 12 February
- Tuesday 3 March
Read about the Managing Grievances Effectively programme
Contact details
Email: Magdalena.wojcik@hse.ie
Engaging with Empathy – Enhancing Relationships at Work
This 45-minute module is available to all staff on HSeLanD. It has been designed to help learners to:
- Explore the concept of empathy.
- Recognise its value in the workplace.
- Enhance skills to promote positive behaviours in line with the HSE’s Dignity at Work Policy.
This module is for any staff members interested in improving workplace relationships and creating a more compassionate and inclusive work environment across the HSE.
Contact details
Dignity at Work for Line Managers Programme
Date and time
Half day from 9am to 1.30pm:
- Friday 13 March
Read about the Dignity at Work for Line Managers Programme
Contact details
Email: Deirdre.Caffrey@hse.ie
Leadership, Learning and Talent Management - Personal effectiveness
Clerical Administration Development Programme
Date and time
3-day programme, 9am to 5pm on:
- 10, 12 February and 11 March
Read more about the Clerical Administration Development Programme
Contact details
Email: Deirdre.Caffrey@hse.ie
Effective Meetings
Date and time:
Half day programme, 9am to 1pm:
Read about the Effective Meetings programme
Contact details
Email: keith.halpin@hse.ie
Presentation Skills
Date and time
Half-day programme:
- Tuesday 31 March
Read about the Presentation Skills Programme
Contact details
Email: Keith.Halpin@hse.ie
Minute Taking
Date and time
One half-day programme, 9am to 1pm:
- Wednesday 4 March
- Tuesday 24 March
Read more about the Minute Taking programme
Contact details
Email: keith.halpin@hse.ie
Effective Feedback
Date and time
One half-day programme, 9am to 1pm:
- Tuesday 17 February
Read more about the Effective Feedback programme
Contact details
Email: Keith.Halpin@hse.ie
Facilitation Skills
Date and time
One day programme, 9am to 5pm:
- Thursday 5 March
Read more about the Facilitation Skills programme
Contact details
Email: Deirdre.Caffrey@hse.ie
Managing Your Time Effectively
Date and time
A half day virtual workshop:
Read more about the Managing your Time Effectively programme
Contact details
Email: Deirdre.Caffrey@hse.ie
Mid-Career Planning Programme
Date and time
Half day programme from 9am to 1pm.
Read more about the Mid-Career Planning Programme
Contact details
Email: Betty.Carolan@hse.ie
Leadership, Learning and Talent Management - Retirement
Retirement Planning
Date and time
1-day programme from 9am to 5pm:
- Wednesday 25 February
- Wednesday 11 March
Read about the Retirement Planning programme
Contact details
Email: joan.balfe@hse.ie
Leadership, Learning and Talent Management - Podcast
Learning Talks Podcast - Episode 8: Leading with Empathy – an Evolutionary Perspective
Listen to the Learning Talks Podcast - Episode 8: Leading with Empathy – an Evolutionary Perspective on HSeLanD
In this episode, we look at some of the ways in which Leading with Empathy is important from an evolutionary and scientific perspective. Dr. Ruth Freeman, Director of Research for Society at Research Ireland joins us for an engaging conversation about how leading with empathy can help us to overcome and work around some of the ways our brains have developed through evolution so that we can make better decisions and respond to change more effectively.