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| Organisation: | American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) |
| Comments: | The ASCO Cancer Education Slides are based on the Cancer.Net Guides to Cancer and provides reliable, oncologist-approved cancer information in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. These slide decks are intended for oncologists, oncology nurses, and other health-care team members with prepared presentations for patient and community group lectures. |
| Format: | Web-based Powerpoint presentation (downloadable) |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.cancer.net/patient/Publications+and+Resources/ASCO+Cancer+Education+Slides |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | BMJ |
| Comments: | Endgames is intended to help junior doctors with their postgraduate exam preparation and continuing professional development based on published picture quizzes and case based reports. Oncology specific cases are available.
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| Format: | Website - educational resource |
| Target audience: | Junior doctors |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | UK |
| URL: | http://www.bmj.com/education/endgames |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Comments: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Professional Oncology Education Web site, dedicated to sharing our experiences and best practices in preventing, diagnosing and treating breast cancer. Further topics in the breast cancer series of faculty lectures features information on inflammatory breast cancer and survivorship, with future modules coming soon regarding the identification of women at high risk, psychosocial support, palliative care, nursing management, diet and exercise. |
| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.mdanderson.org/education-and-research/resources-for-professionals/professional-educational-resources/professional-oncology-education/breast-cancer/index.html |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | BMJ Learning |
| Comments: | This free, peer reviewed module by Fred Kavalier, a GP, is designed to give GPs, practice nurses, hospital consultants, and doctors in training a basic understanding of cancer and genetics. After completing this module, you should:
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| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | All medical practitioners |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | UK |
| URL: | http://learning.bmj.com/learning/search-result.html?moduleId=10010136 |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | American Joint Committee on Cancer |
| Comments: | Staging is the process of determining how much cancer there is in the body and where it is located that describes the extent or severity of an individual‘s cancer based on the extent of the original (primary) tumor and the extent of spread in the body, assisting clinicians to plan treatment and determine a prognosis. Resources include:
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| Format: | Website - educational tool |
| Target audience: | Cancer data managers, pathologists, general practitioners |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | US |
| URL: | http://www.cancerstaging.org/staging/index.html |
| Updated date: | 2009 |
| Organisation: | cancereducation.com |
| Comments: | This website specialises in providing original multimedia programs about cancer and cancer-related topics. Featured activities include live teleconferences that participants can enter, videos, podcasts and professional development activities. A calendar of events is included. |
| Format: | Website - educational tool |
| Target audience: | Health professionals, consumers |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available, free registration is required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.cancereducation.com/ |
| Updated date: | 2009 |
| Organisation: | National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute |
| Comments: | Cell Biology and Cancer—developed with the National Cancer Institute (NCI)—is a creative, inquiry-based instruction program, designed to promote active learning and stimulate student interest in medical topics. This curriculum supplement will:
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| Format: | Multimedia toolkit |
| Target audience: | Educators |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/cancer/default.htm |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | CME LLC Oncology |
| Comments: | Each CME LLC Oncology program features renowned faculty presenters from leading universities. These experts provide healthcare professionals with the latest medical advances, treatment options and preventive healthcare methods. Formats have expanded from live meetings and publications to include online courses, PDA resources, podcasts, and more. Users can search by specialty topics including:
Each activity includes a needs assessment and learning objectives, and many include a post test to assess outcomes. |
| Format: | Website - educational |
| Target audience: | Health professionals |
| Accessibility: | Health professionals, free registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | US |
| URL: | http://www.cmellc.com/oncology/ |
| Updated date: | 2009 |
| Organisation: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Comments: | The Cyber Cancer Registry is an interactive tool developed by CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) to prepare people for a career in the cancer registry field. By working through the exercises and quizzes, you will gain practical experience in the functions of a cancer registrar in both hospitals and central registries.
The Cyber Cancer Registry is an interactive virtual registry system for developing and assessing the skills of cancer registry personnel. This virtual registry provides new cancer registrars an opportunity to gain hands-on practice in core areas of cancer registry operations. The Cyber Cancer Registry gives immediate feedback to the user through practical exercises and assessments to evaluate the level of competency, track training scores, and provide a certificate of completion for each assessment. The Cyber Cancer Registry consists of modules pertaining to the core functions of cancer registration in hospital and central cancer registry settings. The first available module is Casefinding (cancer case identification). This module is a virtual hospital setting with casefinding sources that include pathology reports, medical record disease indices, medical discharge logs, radiation oncology logs, and medical oncology logs. Using real, de-identified medical records provided by registrars working in the field, the Cyber Cancer Registry provides users a simulated registry experience through a Web-based application. The medical records present varying degrees of difficulty and challenging situations in which coding rules and instructions must be applied. US focus but applicable to Australian cancer data management and registry training. |
| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | https://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dcpcccr/default/Login.aspx |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | Cyberounds |
| Comments: | Online, interactive conferences that support professional development by focusing on a particular area of oncology. Each Cyberounds® conference is moderated by a distinguished academic who each month posts new presentations and the learning objectives for the conference, allowing registered members the opportunity to pose questions and comments directly to the moderators. Previous conferences are archived and available for review. Interactive games provide a fun environment to learn about new that teach users about new treatments and management techniques for oncology patients: http://www.cyberounds.com/games/hema/index.html |
| Format: | Online learning activities |
| Target audience: | All medical practitioners |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.cyberounds.com/conf/hematologyoncology/ |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
| Comments: | In cooperation with various partners, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has developed a distance learning course to assist of radiation oncology students, aiming to address the shortage of qualified radiation oncologists for cancer treatment in the Asia and Pacific region. The distance learning material contains eight topics and 71 training modules covering specialist topics required by trainee radiation oncologists including:
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| Format: | Training modules |
| Target audience: | Health professionals, radiation therapists, oncologists |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available, free registration is required. Zip file must be uncompressed and burnt onto 2 CDs for the program to run. |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | Europe |
| URL: | http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/2010/aso.html |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
| Comments: | Patients often have misconceptions about clinical trials that could influence their decision to participate. Dana-Farber, in collaboration with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has produced an audiovisual program and PDF educational booklet (also available in Spanish) to dispel these misconceptions. Using their own words, patients and clinicians explain what clinical trials are and offer suggestions to help patients decide whether or not to enroll in a study. |
| Format: | Multimedia resource kit |
| Target audience: | Consumers, health care professionals |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.dana-farber.org/res/clinical/trials-info/default.html |
| Updated date: | 2004 |
| Organisation: | European School of Oncology |
| Comments: | ESO online grandrounds allow you to attend weekly online grandrounds live by logging into the website at the specified time each Thursday to hear discussions between international experts and discussants on a variety of cancer topics, or to view previously recorded sessions for up to 6 months following the event. |
| Format: | Online learning activities |
| Target audience: | All medical practitioners |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Europe |
| URL: | http://www.e-eso.net/home.do |
| Updated date: | 2009 |
| Organisation: | ASCO University |
| Comments: | The ASCO General Oncology MOC Module consists of 30 multiple-choice questions which include patient case information, educational links to ASCO-SEP™, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PubMed and answer rationales. This activity is a tool for self-assessment of medical knowledge as it relates to general oncology. Upon completion of this educational activity, participants will be able to:
Modules are also available for: |
| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://university.asco.org/ascouniv-MOC_modules#GenOncModule |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | Mechanisms in Medicine Inc |
| Comments: | GuidelineStat™ is the only Website of its kind – a wholly CME guideline resource dedicated to the needs of busy, practice-based physicians, spanning multiple therapeutic areas and linked to guideline-oriented patient cases. The Non-small cell lung cancer tool includes:
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| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.guidelinestatnsclungcancer.com/index.aspx |
| Updated date: | 2009 |
| Organisation: | Institute for Medical Education & Research, Inc. (IMER) |
| Comments: | The Institute for Medical Education & Research, Inc. (IMER) is a leading provider of continuing education for physicians, nurses, and other health professionals who specialize in oncology. IMER provides no-fee continuing education through a variety of live, online, and print programs highlighting current research in:
Courses target either physicians or nurses and are sorted by cancer type. Several modules include post-tests to assess learning outcomes. |
| Format: | Online modules |
| Target audience: | Health professionals |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available, free registration is required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://imeronline.com/gxpsites/hgxpp001.aspx?11,52,92,O,E,0,MNU;E;54;2;56;2;MNU |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | Macmillan Cancer Support |
| Comments: | Learn Zone is open to healthcare professionals and members of the public and provides free and easy access to a wide variety of online resources, e-learning programs, professional development tools and information about Macmillan's latest learning and development opportunities in cancer care. Access cancer specific e-programs and resources and explore professional development tools, including an extensive leadership and management toolbox. You can also get in touch with online learning advisers. |
| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Health Professionals |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | UK |
| URL: | http://learnzone.macmillan.org.uk/login/index.php |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in partnership with American Dental Education Association (ADEA) |
| Comments: | MedEdPORTAL is a free peer-reviewed publication service and repository for medical and oral health teaching materials, assessment tools, and faculty development resources. It was designed to promote educational collaboration by facilitating the open exchange of peer-reviewed teaching resources such as tutorials, virtual patients, simulation cases, lab guides, videos, podcasts, assessment tools, etc. While MedEdPORTAL's primary audiences include health educators and learners around the globe, it is open and available for free to the general public. Users can access quality, peer-reviewed teaching material and assessment tools in both the basic and clinical sciences in medicine and in oral health. Several oncology specific modules are available via the portal. |
| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://services.aamc.org/30/mededportal/servlet/segment/mededportal/information/ |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | Medical University of South Carolina |
| Comments: | A wide variety of multi-media video presentations, many with anatomical animations to be used in a variety of teaching and learning environments. Topics include tumour-specific information and treatments including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, tomotherapy and IMRT. Also available on the site are over 100 cancer audio podcasts on a variety of topics: http://www.muschealth.com/multimedia/Podcasts/index.aspx?type=topic&groupid=2 |
| Format: | Multimedia |
| Target audience: | Health professionals, consumers |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.muschealth.com/video/Default.aspx?cId=3 |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) |
| Comments: | MERLOT is a free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty, staff and students of higher education from around the world to share their learning materials and pedagogy. MERLOT is a leading edge, user-centered, collection of peer reviewed higher education, online learning materials, catalogued by registered members and a set of faculty development support services provideing access to a broad range of cancer specific learning activities and modules. MERLOT's strategic goal is to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning by increasing the quantity and quality of peer reviewed online learning materials that can be easily incorporated into faculty designed courses. |
| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?category=2702&& |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) |
| Comments: | Access free, online, interactive educational activities including presentation webcasts, streaming videos, podcasts, and an audio library of presentations from the NCCN Annual Conference, Annual Congress, and Regional Guidelines in Oncology Symposia regarding latest treatments and clinical practice guidelines including:
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| Format: | Web-based PDF |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.nccn.org/interactive/default.asp |
| Updated date: | 2009 |
| Organisation: | Division of Cancer Prevention and Control/National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
| Comments: | The NPCR Education and Training Series (NETS) is a series of educational tools for state trainers to support central cancer registries in their role of providing education to staff and reporters. Each module provides—
This series is an excellent source of training materials for state trainers and educators to train cancer registry employees (both hospital and central), Certified Tumor Registrars, and incidence reporters. NETS provides educational materials for trainers to use in either the central or hospital cancer registry. For more information about how you may use the NETS modules, please see Guidelines for Using the NETS Modules. Modules include:
US focus but applicable to Australian cancer data management and registry training. |
| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Data registry managers, educators |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/training/nets/index.htm |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | CMEcorner.com |
| Comments: | OncologyCorner.com is a specialty portal page on CMEcorner.com, a free multidisciplinary clearinghouse for continuing education and support tools that focus on the treatment of a variety of cancers. OncologyCorner.com provides clinicians with a one-stop shop for free CME activities, resources, news and upcoming events. Users can also subscribe to RSS feeds about the latest news and research, ask questions for answer by experts and receive information about the latest topics. |
| Format: | Website - educational resource |
| Target audience: | Health Professionals |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.cmecorner.com/portal/index.asp?id=oncologycorner.com |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | OncologyEducation.ca |
| Comments: | OncologyEducation.ca is a Canadian developed educational resource for medical oncology professionals. The site includes a set of key resources and updated information to support daily clinical practice and educational needs, including:
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| Format: | Website - information |
| Target audience: | Medical oncologists, cancer professionals |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Canada |
| URL: | http://www.oncologyeducation.ca/ |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | European Journal of Cancer Care |
| Comments: | An e-learning environment for readers of the European Journal of Cancer Care. This site is designed to provide continuing education for a wide range of cancer professionals practicing in different countries. The interactive format provides a more flexible approach to learning and is a response to the ever changing pressures on time and financial support available to professionals. |
| Format: | Website - educational tool |
| Target audience: | All medical practitioners |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | Europe |
| URL: | http://www.onlinecancereducationforum.com/ |
| Updated date: | 2009 |
| Organisation: | Texas Medical Association/Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas |
| Comments: | Founded in 1987 by TMA with a grant from the Texas Cancer Council (now the Cancer Prevention and Resource Institute of Texas), the Physician Oncology Education Program (POEP) strives to provide Texas physicians, physicians-in-training, and those in training to become physicians (e.g., medical and undergraduate students) with the knowledge and the skills necessary to reduce cancer morbidity and mortality through collaboration among the public, private, and volunteer sectors of the state. CME Opportunities include: Ovarian Cancer: Designed for the Primary Care Physician Primary Care Update: Cervical Cancer Tobacco Intervention and the Health Care Provider -- MODULE Pain Primer for Primary Physicians: Essential Concepts
This module is designed for primary care physicians and physician assistants for the purpose of enhancing the knowledge of the essential concepts of pain with a particular focus on identifying types of pain, outlining a systematic approach to assessment and evaluation, medications, therapy, physical and procedural interventions and more. iPhone app, CanSearch
Created for primary care physicians, this free app quickly and easily displays current recommended cancer screening guidelines for the top 25 cancers and includes their risk factors, nutrition and chemoprevention stats, and available imaging tests.
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| Format: | Website - educational resource |
| Target audience: | Specialist - Physician |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.texmed.org/POEP/ |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program |
| Comments: | SEER's online, self-study training web site was developed for cancer registry staff, cancer registrars, health professionals and others with an interested in basic information about types of cancer, its staging, and treatment. The Cancer Registration & Surveillance Modules include information about:
The Site-Specific Modules cover cancers of individual systems and organs in the human body. Each module covers basic information about cancer including:
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| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://training.seer.cancer.gov/ |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | B. Price Kerfoot MD EdM, Harvard Medical School |
| Comments: | This course was developed at Harvard Medical School to teach 4 core urology topics, including prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA); benign prostatic hyperplasia and erectile dysfunction to medical students. In five randomized trials to date, this spaced education course has been found to improve students' learning and retention of core urology concepts. Importantly, the course is also well-accepted by busy students on their clinical clerkships. In 2009, the course was incorporated as a resource in the American Urological Association's National Medical Student Core Curriculum.
Spaced Education was originally developed at Harvard Medical School and takes advantage of the psychological finding that educational encounters which are spaced and repeated over time result in more efficient learning and improved learning retention. Programs that use Spaced Education are built around participants answering small numbers of case-based multiple choice questions that are emailed to participants over a number of weeks. Upon answering a question, participants are given succinct feedback and links to further resources. Questions are repeated using an evidence-based adaptive algorithm which personalizes the spacing of a course to the demonstrated knowledge level of each participant. The program is completed once the participant has retired all the questions by answering them correctly twice. |
| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Medical students |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.spaceded.com/pricekerfoot/courses/22-Core-Urology-for-Medical-Students |
| Updated date: | 2009 |
| Organisation: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
| Comments: | This animated tutorial for health professionals provides an overview of an emerging approach to cancer treatment called targeted therapies. The tutorial includes representative examples of the main types of targeted therapies and describes their mechanisms of action. It also explains how advanced research techniques, such as whole-genome profiling, contribute to the development of targeted therapies. Available to be viewed as: Animated/Flash Version (Flash - 1:00 hr.) |
| Format: | Video/DVD |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer/targetedtherapies |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | Royal College of Radiologists |
| Comments: | A resource that assists non-cancer specialists to familiarise themselves with cancer specific departments, treatments, tests and equipment, the Virtual Departments of Clinical Oncology and Clinical Radiology guide you through the experience of visiting these areas of a hospital by providing information and case studies to explain procedures including chemotherapy, mammograms and angiography performed in these departments. Click on a hospital staff member to find out more about their responsibilities; click on the patient to find out more about their experience and click on a piece of equipment to find out what it does. |
| Format: | Website - information |
| Target audience: | Allied health, consumers |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | UK |
| URL: | http://www.goingfora.com/oncology/chemotherapy.html |
| Updated date: | 2003 |
| Organisation: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
| Comments: | Graphic-rich tutorials regarding various cancer issues for educational use by science teachers, medical professionals, and the interested public.
Topics covered include: Each tutorial is also available in PDF and PowerPoint formats. |
| Format: | Website - educational tool |
| Target audience: | All medical practitioners |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer |
| Updated date: | 2009 |
| Organisation: | Anatomedia Pty. Ltd. |
| Comments: | Anatomedia provides anatomy & multimedia learning resources, of global application, benefit and adoption; incorporating the latest advances in radiology and advancing the discipline of anatomy.
Information about ordering the program is available here. |
| Format: | Website - educational resource |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.anatomedia.com/ |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| Comments: | Developed by the CCORE (Collaboration for Cancer Outcomes Research & Evaluation) of the South Western Sydney Area Health Service, this distance learning material contains 8 topics and 80 modules covering:
The full course can be downloaded for free from IAEA website and burned to 2 CDs. |
| Format: | Website - educational program |
| Target audience: | Health professionals |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Training/Aso/register.html |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | Clinical Education and Training Institute (CETI) and Cancer Institute NSW (CINSW) |
| Comments: | Now co-hosted by Clinical Education and Training Institute (CETI) and the Cancer Institute NSW (CINSW), and conducted in partnership with the Faculty of Radiation Oncology, RANZCR, and the Medical Oncology Group, RACP, the popular Basic Sciences in Oncology course is a multidisciplinary program that provides an excellent opportunity to gain an overview of key issues in oncology. The course is designed to support best practice and provide core skills and competencies. Participants who successfully meet the course requirements will receive a Certificate of Participation at the end of the course. Topics covered by the course include:
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| Format: | Education course |
| Target audience: | Multidisicplinary |
| Accessibility: | Enrolment required |
| Cost: | Payment required |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.ceti.nsw.gov.au/oncology-training/w1/i1003574/ |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | Professional Development Unit (PDU), Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University |
| Comments: | The Professional Development Unit (PDU) within the Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences at Deakin University offers high quality educational learning packages that provide nurses with the opportunity to update their professional skills, support their current practice, take another career direction or seek an alternative entry pathway into Higher Education. Learning packages are available in either full (with assessment) or audit (without assessment) form. In the Cancer Care for Health Professionals suite of learning packages, participants are encouraged to reflect on their experiences, incorporating theoretical concepts while developing skills and strategies for application in practice. There are currently two (2) learning packages available. Two additional packages will be available in late 2011. PDU401 Learning package one: Cancer Care Body Systems and Assessment Assisting the health professional workforce to enhance the quality of cancer care for individuals and their families, this learning package provides an introduction to body systems, diagnosis of specific types of cancer and assessment of needs and includes:
PDU402 Learning package 2: Cancer Care: Psychosocial Perspectives (available from Trimester 2, 2010) Exploring the psychosocial, cultural and spiritual dimensions of cancer care from the perspectives of the patient and strategies to be addressed by the professional and the team when caring for the patient with cancer, this learning package includes:
For further information, please contact hmnbs-support@deakin.edu.au or visit the website: www.deakin.edu.au/hmnbs/pdu |
| Format: | Distance learning |
| Target audience: | Allied Health - Nursing |
| Accessibility: | Registered and enrolled nurses with hospital certificate or undergraduate diploma or degree. Other health professionals will be assessed on an individual basis. |
| Cost: | Payment required |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.deakin.edu.au/hmnbs/pdu/modules/brochures/cancer-care-for-health-professionals.pdf |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | Australian General Practice Network, Royal College of Nursing Australia and Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education |
| Comments: | In partnership with Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA) and Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, the Australian General Practice Network have released a new professional development elearning module for practice nurses and registered Aboriginal Health Workers on the RCNA professional development site, 3LP, the e-Learning Training Package for Medicare Item 10997. Medicare Item 10997 relates to the provision of monitoring and support to people with a chronic disease care plan, by a practice nurse or registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker on behalf of a general practitioner. The elearning package is designed to enhance the role of practice nurses and Aboriginal Health Workers providing this service to patients with a chronic disease, including cancer, to support GPs to provide quality care to patients and to assist general practitioners to feel confident that practice nurses and registered Aboriginal Health Workers who successfully undertake the e-learning package are appropriately qualified and trained to provide monitoring and support for patients with a chronic disease care plan. |
| Format: | Website - education |
| Target audience: | Practice nurses, registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.3lp.rcna.org.au/10997/ |
| Updated date: | 2009 |
| Organisation: | NSW Psychosocial Support Project, Gynaecological Oncology |
| Comments: | Information presented as elearning modules (generally Powerpoint/voice over format) that support health professionals to increase their knowledge and understanding about the various issues of patients diagnosed with gynaecological cancer. T he modules include:
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| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Health Professionals |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.gynaecancersupport.org.au/professionals/index.php |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) |
| Comments: | The Management of secondary lymphoedema: workshop module for health professionals aims to provide health professionals with an understanding of best practice relating to the management of secondary lymphoedema. The module has been accredited by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) as a QA & CPD Category 2 activity. It is intended that the module be delivered by a GP and lymphoedema practitioner. The CD-ROMs for the workshop include:
Order: If your organisation is interested in running a lymphoedema educational training program for health professionals or Indigenous health workers, please contact 1800 624 973 to order a copy of the relevant module. |
| Format: | Workshop (one off) |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://canceraustralia.nbocc.org.au/health-professionals/education/lymphoedema-education |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) |
| Comments: | The Management of secondary lymphoedema: workshop module for Indigenous health workers aims to provide Indigenous health workers with an understanding of the management of secondary lymphoedema, and is designed to be delivered as part of a comprehensive cancer training module for Indigenous health workers. It is intended that the module be delivered by an Indigenous health worker or educator and lymphoedema practitioner. The presenters’ notes include tips for planning, promoting and delivering the workshop. The CD-ROMs for the workshop include:
Order: If your organisation is interested in running a lymphoedema educational training program for health professionals or Indigenous health workers, please contact 1800 624 973 to order a copy of the relevant module. |
| Format: | Workshop (one off) |
| Target audience: | Indigenous health workers |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://canceraustralia.nbocc.org.au/health-professionals/education/lymphoedema-education |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | PriMed |
| Comments: | PrimEd offers high quality educational experiences that engage a professional audience with the knowledge, skills, and ability to immediately implement learning. PriMed also hosts other educational portals including UQ Health Insitu; PriMed GP and PriMed pharmacy. Courses can be tailored to suit your educational needs. Contact PriMed for further information here. |
| Format: | Education course |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Health professionals only |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.primed.com.au/index.cfm |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RANZCOG) |
| Comments: | Gynaecological Oncologists are specialists in obstetrics and gynaecology, awarded the FRANZCOG, who have completed a formal three year training program in gynaecological cancer care and have passed the examination for the CGO. The CGO Handbook contains essential information about the RANZCOG CGO training program and should be read in conjunction with the Subspecialty Policies and Procedures Manual which contains essential information about the RANZCOG Subspecialties training programs. |
| Format: | Education course |
| Target audience: | Medical specialists in obstetrics and gynaecology |
| Accessibility: | Professional organisations/organisation members only |
| Cost: | Payment required |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.ranzcog.edu.au/fellows/sub_cgo.shtml |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | WEDG Collaborations |
| Comments: | This course targets Basic and Advanced Trainees in Medical Oncology. It is to be used by those new to prescribing, or soon to be prescribing chemotherapy. The key objective is for learners to have a strong knowledge and understanding of commonly used chemotherapy protocols, and to be able to use this knowledge in real patient situations. This course is based on a review of the core curriculum for Basic Physician Training, the draft curriculum for Advanced Training in Medical Oncology and the COSA guidelines for prescribing chemotherapy. For each commonly used protocol, learners should be able to: 1. Look up incidence of side effects on eviQ This course is a collaboration between the Cancer Institute of NSW, Cancer Australia and the Workforce Education and Development Group, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney. Spaced Education was originally developed at Harvard Medical School and takes advantage of the psychological finding that educational encounters which are spaced and repeated over time result in more efficient learning and improved learning retention. Programs that use Spaced Education are built around participants answering small numbers of case-based multiple choice questions that are emailed to participants over a number of weeks. Upon answering a question, participants are given succinct feedback and links to further resources. Questions are repeated using an evidence-based adaptive algorithm which personalizes the spacing of a course to the demonstrated knowledge level of each participant. The program is completed once the participant has retired all the questions by answering them correctly twice. |
| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Specialist - Medical Oncology |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://wedg.spaceded.com/wedgcollaboration/courses/283-Knowledge-of-Common-Chemotherapy-Protocols |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | The Cancer Council NSW |
| Comments: | The Cancer Council NSW has a range of resources available for health professionals and educators including:
All resources can be purchased or downloaded through The Cancer Council NSW website. To order Cancer Council education resources contact Tmne Blair on 02 9334 1457. |
| Format: | Learning activities |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - - registration required for health professionals |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/editorial.asp?pageid=671 |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | The Cancer Council VIC |
| Comments: | The Cancer Council Victoria provides a range of education course, programs, workshops and seminars including: Cancer Nursing Practice (including breast, lung and prostate nursing)
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| Format: | Workshop (one off) |
| Target audience: | Health Professionals |
| Accessibility: | Health professionals only |
| Cost: | Payment required |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.cancervic.org.au/for-health-professionals/training_courses_and_education |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | The Cancer Council WA |
| Comments: | Cancer Council WA provides comprehensive information and events relevant to health professionals, including:
Further information regarding events and information is available: www.cancerwa.asn.au or education@cancerwa.asn.au. |
| Format: | seminars |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - registration required for health professionals |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.cancerwa.asn.au/professionals/ |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | Notre Dame University |
| Comments: | The graduate courses in nursing are aimed at enabling the registered nurse to develop knowledge and consolidate skills to function as specialists within their chosen discipline. They are also aimed at providing currently specialised nurses with opportunities to advance their own sphere of professional practice. The course flyer can be downloaded from the website. For information regarding application procedures, see: http://www.nd.edu.au/fremantle/future%20students/domesticStudents/howToApply/auadmissions.shtml |
| Format: | Tertiary qualification |
| Target audience: | University nursing graduates, experienced nurses without a degree |
| Accessibility: | Health professionals only |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.nd.edu.au/fremantle/courses/postgraduate/nursing/gcON.shtml |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | University of Adelaide |
| Comments: | The Graduate Diploma in Nursing Science (Oncology) is an academic plan designed to provide the registered nurse caring for people with cancer and their families the opportunity to develop further advanced theoretical knowledge and specialist skills in oncology nursing. This program is designed to improve the student‘s knowledge of cancer disease processes treatments used and the possible out comes of these treatments improve the student‘s clinical skills necessary for practice in an area where technology is continually changing. This will facilitate safe and competent practice; build on knowledge already acquired through working in the speciality. Encouraging the student to research and examine the literature in the area of cancer nursing will enhance this, which supports the care provided to the person with cancer, their families and friends. |
| Format: | Tertiary qualification |
| Target audience: | Allied Health - Nursing |
| Accessibility: | Health professionals only |
| Cost: | Payment required |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.adelaide.edu.au/degree-finder/gdnsc_gdnsoncol.html |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | La Trobe University |
| Comments: | The Master of Nursing (Breast Care) is a 1.5 year, full-time or 2-3 year, part-time award with exit options available at either the Graduate Certificate (one year, part-time, 60 credit points) or the Postgraduate Diploma (one year, full-time or two years part-time, 120 credit points). The course is designed to prepare qualified nurses to care for people with breast cancer from the time of screening to diagnosis, and throughout the disease trajectory.The latest developments in research, treatments and psychosocial support are incorporated. This area of study is only available via flexi-mode delivery. |
| Format: | Tertiary qualification |
| Target audience: | Applicants seeking entry into the Master of Nursing (Breast Care) must be a Division 1 Registered Nurse and hold a current practising certificate with the Nurses Board of Victoria, or its equivalent. |
| Accessibility: | Registered nurses only. Application required. |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.latrobe.edu.au/coursefinder/local/2012/Master-of-Nursing-%28Cancer_Palliative-Care%29.7427.html |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | The University of Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Nursing |
| Comments: | The Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Practice (PDNP) Cancer and Palliative Care provides you with the opportunity to extend your nursing knowledge in an area of specialty nursing and to develop a level of clinical competence consistent with proficient specialty practice. You will develop a depth and complexity of knowledge regarding Cancer and Palliative Care that enhances your specialty nursing practice in a variety of contexts and nursing roles. |
| Format: | Graduate Diploma course |
| Target audience: | Allied Health - Nursing |
| Accessibility: | Health professionals only |
| Cost: | Payment required |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.nursing.unimelb.edu.au/future_students/specialty_and_advanced_practice/postgraduate_diploma_in_nursing_practice#cancer_and_palliative_care |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | University of Melbourne |
| Comments: | Clinical research in oncology is an enormous field that integrates the efforts of a broad multi-disciplinary team; including medical, nursing, allied health, laboratory and other professionals. The Specialist Certificate in Clinical Research (Oncology) has been designed to bring together this multi-disciplinary group to give them a better understanding of all types of research conducted in oncology as well as provide an understanding of the essential components and features of successful research activities and research careers. Students will gain an understanding of the breath of research in oncology and the range of career opportunities. They will be presented with some of the ethical and legal considerations relevant to clinical research in oncology. They will learn of the many different outcomes assessed by oncology clinical trials, including how and why these might differ from other disciplines. Students will gain an appreciation of how to develop a research proposal/study protocol and will develop skills in critically appraising presentations and publications concerning oncology research. Students will also be exposed to many of the current active areas of research in clinical oncology research. |
| Format: | Training course - face to face and online components |
| Target audience: | Health Professionals |
| Accessibility: | Health professionals only |
| Cost: | Payment required |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.mccp.unimelb.edu.au/courses/award-courses/specialist-certificate/oncology |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | Royal College of Nursing Australia |
| Comments: | A wide variety of web-based online courses to assist nurses to accrue CNE points to develop and maintain the highest standards of professional excellence. The site also includes an personal electronic portfolio for members of RCNA and subscribers to track their professional development activity and points, an individual professional journal and certificates that can be printed on completion of a course. |
| Format: | Website - educational tool |
| Target audience: | Nurses |
| Accessibility: | Available to members of RCNA and non member subscribers |
| Cost: | Payment required |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.3lp.rcna.org.au/ |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | Cancer Pharmacists Group of Australia |
| Comments: | Following the success of last year‘s course the CPG are pleased to offer this course again in 2010. Designed to assist pharmacists in developing their clinical skills in cancer pharmacy practice, the 2-day course combines informative lectures with interactive workshops to assist practioners in developing their skills and abilities in the many processes involved in providing cancer treatment to patients. The course is aimed at pharmacists who are already working in the area of cancer but have less than 2 years experience. A background knowledge of cancer therapy is essential to enable participation in workshops and discussions. A report regarding the 2009 course and a brochure can be downloaded here. |
| Format: | Workshop |
| Target audience: | Pharmacists |
| Accessibility: | Pharmacists |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.cosa.org.au/groups/cancer-pharmacists.html |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | CancerNursing.org |
| Comments: | Free online courses that include a range of resources and activities including informational web pages that provide text, pictures and diagrams related to the course subject, including case studies and scenarios; self-assessment exercises to test your knowledge and understanding of each topic of the course; and further resources, covering books, journal articles and websites that have been selected by the course development team as being particularly relevant to those interested in the field. Navigate through the course at your own pace, choosing your own route, and you can re-read any of the text and undertake any of the self-assessment exercises as often as you want. Topics include:
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| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Allied Health - Nursing |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | UK |
| URL: | http://www.cancernursing.org/courses/currentcourses/index.asp |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council |
| Comments: | Training Packages are a key feature of vocational education and training in Australia. They are part of the National Training Framework that aims to make training and regulatory arrangements simple, flexible and relevant to the needs of industry. Skill Sets in Training Packages are units of competency (one or more) grouped by industry as reflecting skills that meet a defined industry need or in some instances are required for a licence or regulatory requirement. Skill Sets can build on qualifications to provide specific work based skills and knowledge that enhance the work readiness of academically qualified workers. Skill sets can provide ‘parcels’ of skills and knowledge to workers to expand their ability without having to do another full qualification. The CHCO8 Community Services Training package offers several skill sets relevant to the cancer health care comunity, including the Palliative Approach, Pastoral Care, Case Management, Chronic Disease Management and Working With Families. The HLT07 Health Training package also has several relevant skill sets, including those targetted to allied health assistance, including nutrition and dietetics, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech pathology. Implementation packages and resources are available on the website, together with other skill sets and training packages. Population Health and Indigenous Health Resource Kits are also available on the site. |
| Format: | PDF file on website |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | https://www.cshisc.com.au/index.php |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | The National Cancer Nursing Education Project (EdCaN) and Cancer Australia |
| Comments: | These supporting modules assist with the development of specialist cancer nursing competencies in conjunction with the EdCaN learning resources. Provision and coordination of care relates to the coordination, organisation and provision of nursing care. It includes the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for people affected by cancer. Supporting modules include:
- Fundamentals of cancer surgery Educator resources are also included. |
| Format: | Online learning resource containing videos |
| Target audience: | Allied health - nursing, multidisciplinary |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.cancerlearning.gov.au/edcan_resources/ |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | Educata Physical Therapy Continuing Education Courses |
| Comments: | This course presents the foundational knowledge that physiotherapists need to know in order to perform an initial evaluation of a cancer patient to develop an appropriate care plan. The basic principles of cancer development, general diagnostic procedures and general medical intervention strategies are presented, with a case scenario related to each of the foundational principles included and discussed. The course is approved for continuing professional development (CPD) or education units (CEUs) in most countries and in most states in the USA. |
| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Allied Health - Physiotherapy |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Payment required |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.educata.com/courseprofile.aspx?g=16 |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | Cancer Institute NSW |
| Comments: | Details of currently available educational opportunities in gynaecological oncology developed by a number of providers for non specialist health professionals. Some activities have been approved for CME points with various professional bodies. Information regarding course convenors, contacts, course dates, costs and further details are available on this webpage. Available course include:
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| Format: | Website - information only |
| Target audience: | Health Professionals |
| Accessibility: | Registration may be required |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.cancerinstitute.org.au/supporting-best-practice/professional-development/gynaecological-oncology-educational-opportunities |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | Helping Oncology Pharmacists through E-learning (HOPE) |
| Comments: | HOPE CINV has been developed to assist pharmacists with the supportive care of oncology patients who experience chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). This innovative e-learning initiative is designed to update knowledge on the clinical practice guidelines and recent advances in the prevention and management of CINV. The purpose of the program is to:
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| Format: | Website - education |
| Target audience: | Pharmacists |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | Canada |
| URL: | http://hope.zclass.ca/index.php?access=yes |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC) |
| Comments: | The major objective of the new ISNCC webinar program is to offer ISNCC members and non-members the opportunity to engage in nursing educational opportunities on a range of cancer and cancer nursing topics at a reasonable cost and in the convenience of their own office or home. Participants and speakers only require internet and phone access; therefore, webinars provide informative, timely and cost-effective international education. Multiple participants at one institution can benefit from the same webinar by using a speakerphone and communal monitor/projector. The application typically lasts 1 hour and can consist of more than one speaker. Questions from the audience are usually addressed at the end of the presentations thus providing a fully interactive learning medium. |
| Format: | Webinar |
| Target audience: | Allied Health - Nursing |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Canada |
| URL: | http://www.isncc.org/resources/Webinar/ |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | Lippincott’s NursingCenter.com |
| Comments: | Lippincott’s NursingCenter.com develops credible, current, authoritative, evidence-based online resources and courses based on articles from more than 50 leading peer-reviewed nursing journals, including the American Journal of Nursing, Nursing2009, Nursing Management, The Nurse Practitioner, Nursing2009 Critical Care. Select Oncology as your specialty for a list of multimedia education options on a wide variety of cancer topics, based on recent, peer reviewed, published articles. The relevant, referenced article is available for free download to PDF and registered members can pay a fee to undertake a knowledge test to determine their comprehension of the issues presented. |
| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Allied Health - Nursing |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Payment required |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.nursingcenter.com/home/index.asp |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | Myeloma Foundation UK |
| Comments: | The Myeloma Nurse Learning Programme© is an innovative online learning course specifically designed for haematology and oncology nurses with a particular interest in myeloma. Whilst UK based, it is also extremely relevant to Australian nurses. It has been designed to inform and challenge nurses over a series of ten self-learning modules, which include reflective activities, 3D animations and video clips from myeloma specialists and patients. At the end of each module there is a self assessment quiz, and the programme is assessed by four formal examination assessments which should be completed at the end of the programme. The Myeloma Nurse Learning Programme© is:
The program can be ordered from Myeloma Foundation of Australia: http://www.myeloma.org.au/ or Myeloma Foundation of UK: http://www.magicfornurses.co.uk/ |
| Format: | Website - educational tool |
| Target audience: | Multidisciplinary, consumers |
| Accessibility: | Health professionals only |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | UK |
| URL: | http://www.magicfornurses.co.uk/ |
| Updated date: | 2011 |
| Organisation: | Western Schools |
| Comments: | Western Schools is a well recognized, nationally accredited (US) provider of online continuing health education. A wide range of short courses for cancer nurses are available including:
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| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Allied Health - Nursing |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Payment required |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.westernschools.com/Courses/Gallery.aspx?did=13 |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre |
| Comments: | The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre runs a number of face-to-face workshops on oncology. Courses include:
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| Format: | Education course |
| Target audience: | Allied health - nursing |
| Accessibility: | Health professionals only |
| Cost: | Payment required |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.petermac.org/ShortCourseProgramNursingEducation |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | WEDG Collaboration |
| Comments: | This course targets Nurses who are involved in handling cytotoxic drugs in their work. The learning objectives for this course are based on the Oral and Intravenous Chemotherapy Nurse Training Program. The competency criterions for this program are:
The program references the Safe Handling and Waste Management of Antineoplastic Drugs protocol in eviQ, which should be used in conjunction with the WorkCover Cytotoxic Drugs and related Waste Guide 2008. Further information on The National Cancer Nursing Education (EdCaN) project the learning resources developed are availabel via this link. Spaced Education was originally developed at Harvard Medical School and takes advantage of the psychological finding that educational encounters which are spaced and repeated over time result in more efficient learning and improved learning retention. Programs that use Spaced Education are built around participants answering small numbers of case-based multiple choice questions that are emailed to participants over a number of weeks. Upon answering a question, participants are given succinct feedback and links to further resources. Questions are repeated using an evidence-based adaptive algorithm which personalizes the spacing of a course to the demonstrated knowledge level of each participant. The program is completed once the participant has retired all the questions by answering them correctly twice. |
| Format: | Training resource (modular) |
| Target audience: | Allied Health - Nursing |
| Accessibility: | Free - registration required |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://wedg.spaceded.com/wedgcollaboration/courses/549-Safe-Handling-of-Cytotoxic-Drugs-and-Related-Waste |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | The College of Nursing (incorporating the NSW College of Nursing) |
| Comments: | These workshops, distance education and Graduate Certificate courses have been designed on a range of topics. These include:
Information about available courses and details are avaiable for download on the site. |
| Format: | Online training course |
| Target audience: | Nurses who care for cancer patients in a variety of practice settings such as general wards, outpatient departments, acute care, palliative care and community as well as specialist oncology, haematology and paediatric units |
| Accessibility: | Registered nurses only, registration details for the courses offered are available at the College of Nursing website. |
| Cost: | |
| Country of Origin: | Australia |
| URL: | http://www.nursing.edu.au/DistanceEd/ |
| Updated date: | 2010 |
| Organisation: | Veins for Life |
| Comments: | The VEINS FOR LIFE* awareness program is designed to help you weigh the advantages and disadvantages of implanted ports and other vascular access devices (VAD) over peripheral intravenous devices (PIV) and educate patients about implanted ports as a viable vascular access option. A range of information and education materials are avialable on the site to assist health professionals to select the most appropriate vascular access device that meets their patients' immediate and long-term needs. |
| Format: | Website - educational resource |
| Target audience: | Health Professionals |
| Accessibility: | Publicly available - no restrictions |
| Cost: | Free of charge |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| URL: | http://www.veins4life.com/providers.php |
| Updated date: | 2010 |

