Cancer Care Professional Development Framework

The purpose of this framework is to guide cancer care providers and networks in planning, developing and implementing professional development activities and programs.

The Framework is based on:

• The stages and needs of people with cancer as they move along the "patient pathway."
• The "optimal service outcomes" stemming from those needs and described in the National Service Improvement Framework for Cancer Services and recent state and territory cancer plans.
• The priority service areas identified by the needs analysis conducted in phase I of the PD project.
• Current evidence based guidelines for areas of professional practice.

It is presented as a matrix which describes: the needs of people with cancer; the optimal services to meet those needs; and the organisational support required for health professionals to acquire the knowledge and skills to provide the optimum service.

The Framework will be validated by national and international experts and is currently in DRAFT form.

EdCaN Curriculum Framework

The EdCaN curriculum framework aims to provide:

• A framework and guiding principles for curriculum design and evaluation
• Guidance to teachers in academic and clinical settings in ways to facilitate desired learning outcomes in relation to cancer nursing
• A tool including criteria for use by those involved in evaluating or accrediting curricula when determining the adequacy with which curricula address cancer care
• Guidance for students regarding the capabilities required of them in practice and methods for achieving these capabilities
• Guidance for employers as to the expected capabilities of nurses at various levels with respect to cancer care
• Guidance for administrators and policy makers with respect to curriculum design and required resources for achieving desired graduate outcomes
• Information for consumers as to expected standards of nursing care.

A series of learning resources incorporating case based learning activities is under development for delivery by CD-Rom and web based and text based formats.

A set of 5 modules, each based around a theme integral to developing the desired graduate capabilities, and supported by a case study will also be developed:

Professional Practice
Supportive Care and Information Provision
Collaborative Practice
Disease and treatment related care
Coordinated Care

The modules and associated learning objectives will be developed at different levels: generalist; specialist; and advanced. The resources and supporting teaching materials will be designed to be integrated into in a variety of curriculum contexts, and delivered via a variety of flexible modes of delivery.

Teachers and learners will be able to use the whole or parts of the resources developed. A detailed facilitator"s guide will be developed to accompany each module.

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