#HC-04-28 Cancer Survivorship for Primary Care Practitioners
About Course
The University of MelbourneDescription
Understand the physical, psychosocial, financial effects of cancer
Cancer is a major burden of disease across the globe. Every year, millions of people are diagnosed with the illness.
This course will explore the importance of cancer survivorship, and show you how to develop an effective care plan for your patients.
You’ll learn about the psychosocial and emotional impact of having cancer, and the possible side effects of treatment.
You’ll find out about new and emerging cancer therapies, and the results on cancer survivors of various age groups.
You’ll understand the strain cancer puts on patients, healthcare systems, and primary care practitioners.
What topics will you cover?
- Communication and coordination of care
- Supportive care
- Surveillance, late and long term effects, and palliative care
- New cancer therapies
Who will you learn with?
Hi,
I am a GP and Palliative Care Physician from Melbourne, Australia. My main foci are integrating specialist and primary care services in cancer, and improving GP education in this area.
Senior Manager, Education Development
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre. I am an educator with over 10 years experience in health care.
Who developed the course?
The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. We are Australia’s number one university and world leader in education, teaching and research excellence.
What Will I Learn?
- Assess cancer as a chronic disease and its burden on the patient, health system, society and the role of the Primary Care Practitioner
- Apply the models of care, optimal care pathways and clinical guidelines that guide survivorship care
- Evaluate the psychosocial impacts of cancer and its treatments
- Identify the risk(s) of new primary, local or metastatic recurrences and their temporal pattern
- Explain the consequences of cancer treatment on cancer survivors and the opportunities new therapies provide
Topics for this course
What is cancer survivorship?
Your definition of cancer survivorship
Course orientation
Cancer and Cancer Survivorship
Cancer Fundamentals and Communication and Coordination of Care00:06:53
Getting to know one another
Transitioning patients from active treatment
The course analyzes new and emerging cancer therapies, as well as outcomes for cancer survivors of different ages. It is of great help to our medicine. Very good course.
Cancer is not only a physical treatment, but also a psychological one. This course gives us an understanding of the psychosocial and emotional effects of cancer and the possible side effects of treatment. It's worth a doctor's learning.
This course explores the importance of cancer survival and shows us how to develop effective care plans for our patients. It's a great course for treating cancer. Good.
Since my uncle died of terminal cancer, I began to pay attention to all the information about cancer, because cancer always happens without your knowing, and I learned more details about cancer after this course. Very good.
Material Includes
- Official Certificate
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Target Audience
- This course has been designed for primary healthcare providers including general practitioners, nurses and allied health professionals.