E-learning for health professionals

The Children, Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Learning Hub (a Moodle eLearning platform) hosts the following nine units providing an introduction to cancer in a child, teenager or young adult.

• Unit 1: An introduction to cancer in children, teenagers and young adults (TYA)
• Unit 2: An introduction to cancer services and the cancer Multi-Professional Team
• Unit 3: The diagnosis of childhood, teenage, or young adult cancers
• Unit 4: Cancer treatment modalities
• Unit 5: Treatment side effects and emergencies
• Unit 6: Holistic Cancer Care for Children, Teenagers and Young Adults and their families
• Unit 7: Nutrition in Children, Teenage and Young Adult cancer – what everyone needs to know
• Unit 8: The importance of Physical Activity in Children, Teenage and Young Adult cancer care
• Unit 9: Introduction to palliative and end-of-life care

To access the e-learning site, you will be prompted to set up a user account. Once you have logged in, you will be able to browse the available content.

• Target Audience:  All
• Level: All
• Type of Learning: E-learning
• Provider: CCLG
• Time to Complete: Variable
• Link: https://www.cclg.org.uk/elearning-for-health-professionals

Healthy Development for Young People

There are 7 modules. Work through the module at your own pace. When you have completed the module, you can return at any time to re-review any of the sections.

• Target Audience:  All
• Level: Essential
• Type of Learning: E-learning
• Provider: RCPCH
• Time to Complete: 2-2.5 hours per module
• Link: Healthy Development in Young People – RCPCH Learning

An introduction to cancer in a child, teenager or young adult

Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer (TYAC) and Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) have released the first in a series of eLearning units to aid the development of multiprofessionals in the early years of a career in children or teenage and young adult cancer services.

The full set of nine units form a foundation course called ‘An introduction to cancer in a child, teenager or young adult’, though they can be taken individually. The aim is to improve options and access to foundation level learning in a timely way, in a format where learners can choose their own schedule of learning.

Below is a list of the units to be released in the coming months, with the full set expected to be available by the end of spring 2024:

Unit 1: An introduction to cancer in children, teenagers and young adults (TYA)
Unit 2: An introduction to cancer services and the cancer multiprofessional team
Unit 3: The diagnosis of childhood, teenage, or young adult cancers
Unit 4: Cancer treatment modalities
Unit 5: Treatment side effects and emergencies
Unit 6: Holistic cancer care for children, teenagers and young adults and their families
Unit 7: Nutrition in children, teenage and young adult cancer – what everyone needs to know
Unit 8: The importance of physical activity in children, teenage and young adult cancer care
Unit 9: Introduction to palliative and end-of-life care

• Type of Learning: E-learning (9 modules)
• Provider: Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group
• Link to access Learning Hub: CCLG Moodle: Log in to the site

How good is our care for LGBTQ+ young people with cancer in the UK?

Reducing inequalities in cancer care for LGBTQ+ communities webinar series.

• Target Audience: All
• Level: Essential
• Type of Learning: E-learning
• Provider: Macmillan Cancer Support
• Time to Complete: 90 minutes
• Link: LGBTQ+ Webinar 2 – How good is our care for LGBTQ+ young people with cancer in the UK – Macmillan (fuseuniversal.com)

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