FREE Community Oncology CPD course

26 October 2018

We are pleased to announce that a brand new FREE Community Oncology course is taking place in March 2019.

This course is a response to the need for increasing the awareness of community healthcare practitioners about cancer: recognition, diagnosis and referral.

Suitable for all community healthcare practitioners, the course will help you to recognise the early signs of cancer and manage referrals quickly and effectively.

Topics

Some of the topics covered on the course include:

What's important to patients
Why primary care teams matter
The patient journey
Treatments, side effects and impact on the patient
Supporting patients and their families
Communication skills - the Cardiff 6 point plan.

Benefits

You will benefit from discussion and interaction with others working in oncology and palliative care.

Sessions will be included with delegates contributing:

Individual impact statements on areas they wish to develop
Individual statements on how they intend to develop their team knowledge (shared practice).

When is it on?

20 March 2019. Venue and timings to be confirmed.

Free course

Kindly funded by Macmillan Cancer Support, this course is completely free to attend. You can register your interest here. Please note that at present, the course is open to register your interest. Please sign up and as soon as we are able to accept bookings, we will contact you.