The Christie Charity
Thursday 12 January, 19 January, 26 January and 2 February 2023, 10am to 12pm - virtual via Zoom
Course tutors: Tim Jackson and Dr Peter Mackereth
If you are a therapist or health care professional working in a cancer care setting, this course will be invaluable to you to help you gain the understanding and knowledge you need.
The learnings gained during this course will help you to feel more confident amongst other work colleagues and around patients and carers, especially when they feel the need to share with you their diagnosis, treatment and how they feel.
During the course we will cover:
- possible causes of cancer and the methods used to identify health outcomes,
- the biology of cancer,
- principles of mainstream cancer treatments and side effects, how advances in scientific and medical research have the potential to personalise patient treatments, and
- psycho-social and emotional impact of diagnosis for both patients and families.
Students will be required to complete directed tasks and reflective feedback (this will take approximately 4.5 hours).
Suitable for: Anyone working with patients, carers and family members affected by cancer in a health care setting, charity or private practice.
