Introduction to Cancer and its treatments

This essential level course will introduce you to what cancer is, including routes to diagnosis, risk factors and common signs and symptoms. You will also explore the main treatments for cancer and what happens after treatment ends. This course contains 8 modules:
1.Getting started
2.The impact of cancer
3. What is cancer
4. Prevention and early detection
5. Cancer pathways and routes to diagnosis
6. Treatment of cancer
7. After treatment
8. Summary

• Target Audience: All
• Level: Essential
• Type of Learning: E-learning
• Provider: Macmillan Cancer Support
• Time to Complete: 3 hours
• Link: LearnZone – Learning from Macmillan Cancer Support

Demystifying targeted cancer treatments

Discover the science of targeted cancer treatments and immunotherapies on this course designed for clinical cancer research nurses.

• Target Audience: Clinical cancer research nurses
• Type of Learning: E-learning
• Provider: FutureLearn
• Link: Demystifying Targeted Cancer Treatments – Online Course (futurelearn.com)

Cancer in the community – Module 3

A four part series, complete in full or as stand alone modules. To increase knowledge for community-based workers on the key aspects of cancer and its treatment. To improve knowledge to support clients before, during and after cancer is diagnosed.
Modules:
1. Cancer Prevention and Screening
2. Cancer Diagnosis and Staging
3. Cancer Treatments
4. Living With and Beyond Cancer

• Target Audience: Community based workers
• Level: Essential
• Type of Learning: E-learning
• Provider: E-Learning for Health
• Time to Complete: Allow up to an hour per module
• Link: elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk)

CINV Academy (chemotherapy induced nausea & vomiting)

The CINV academy educational programme is a series of e-learning modules created in collaboration with expert nurses and pharmacists and has been initiated and developed by Chugai for healthcare professionals. The CINV academy will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of CINV physiology, treatments (including promotional content relating to anti- emetic products promoted by Chugai) and patient related risk factors. It will assist you making key decisions in the management of CINV across the patient pathway.

The course contains 4 modules:

• Physiology and treatment of CINV
• Personalisation of CINV prevention in adults
• International antiemetic guidelines
• Assessment of CINV treatment regimens

• Target Audience: SACT clinicians
• Type of Learning: E-learning
• Provider: Chugai-Pharma UK Ltd
• Time to Complete: 8 hours
• Link: CINV Academy – Registration – CINV Academy (by clicking this link you will leave the WCA website and enter the third party website)

Webinar series for the radiotherapy workforce

Welcome to RTUK Talks resources – recordings and links from our series of webinars for the radiotherapy workforce. Our theme for 2024 is ‘Enhancing Patient Experience.’

Topics include:

• The Whole Picture: preparing and caring for radiotherapy patients and professionals
• MR-Guided Radiotherapy
• Adopting Adaptive – Concepts, Workflows, and initial experience of Advanced Cone-beam CT Technologies
• Rebalancing Radiotherapy Skin Reaction Assessments
• Radiotherapy and upright patient positioning
• A Vision for Radiotherapy in UK: What could 2033 look like?

Target Audience: This series has been developed for the radiotherapy workforce, and welcomes patients and professionals from the wider oncology community.

Type of Learning: Webinar series

Link: RTUK TALKS resources • Radiotherapy UK

Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) Nurse Training

Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) treatments can be complex and put patients at risk of significant and potentially fatal toxicities. There are also risks to those who handle SACT from occupational exposure if control measures are inadequate (HSE 2017). It is essential that staff are trained and assessed as competent to safely administer SACT (HSE 2017). Supporting patients and their carers during SACT is as important as safe drug delivery. Patients are often fearful of a cancer diagnosis and of SACT treatments. Many struggle to manage the physical and psychological consequences of SACT and the associated disruption to normality (home and work lives).

There are 3 steps to competency attainment:

• Completion of the relevant theoretical sections, which serves as “The Passport”. This does not need to be repeated
• Completion of the relevant clinical practice competency sections
• Completion of the annual reaccreditation certificate

Core knowledge components to be covered on the training:

• What is cancer?
• How SACT drugs work
• Routes of administration
• Patient assessment
• Toxicities of SACT
• Safe handling & administration
• Legal & professional issues
• Prophylactic/supportive/rescue interventions
• The psychosocial impact of SACT treatment
• Patient education and self-care advice
• Advancing SACT Practice – next steps?

Target Audience: SACT clinicians

Type of Learning: Face to face or Virtual study Day. Completion of the SACT passport is currently changing to a digital format utilising the Compassly App. Please discuss with you SACT Practice Educator who will be able to advise of current practice at your NHS Trust.

Time to Complete: Up to 8 hours taught (normally 1 day) and up to 50 hours personal study to complete the passport. Clinically supervised time for SACT administration and assessment in practice

Link: Registration form