General Duty Assistants (GDA)

General Duty Assistant (GDA), a short-term training program, focuses on providing patient care in a safe, suitable environment. Some of the key responsibilities of a GDA are to help a patient perform basic activities of daily living (ADLs) emphasizing on patient’s daily personal care, comfort, safety, and health needs. A GDA also helps patients in ensuring optimal nutrition and plays a key role in the overall recovery of the patient.

Course Highlights

• Training: 420 hours of interactive classroom and practical sessions

• Multimedia content: Highly standardized multimedia-driven content ensuring high-quality training

• Industry Exposure: Visits to hospitals/nursing homes for research and knowledge application

• Interaction Session: Guest lectures and interactive sessions with healthcare domain experts to gain first-hand information about prospects, ideas, tips, and other information not openly available

• On-the-Job Training: OJT to acquaint participants with actual work scenarios and skills needed in the healthcare industry

• Certification: Get Certification of General Duty Assistant (GDA) from Healthcare

Sector Skills Council (HSSC)

• Placement: 100% placement support post successful completion of the course

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