The students will also be required to complete a two-hour training course on cultural sensitivity, the school said.

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Dr Dobbin and Ms Ross have formed a charity to promote the programme and a one-day training course which GPs need to complete in order to prescribe the self-help CDs.

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Some have argued the move to degree-level training for nurses - from next year all nurses entering training will have to complete a three-year course - has meant they have lost some of the ability to empathise and show compassion.

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They complete 64 hours of training over an eight-day course and have to pass a written and practical exam before receiving volunteer status.

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