There are a range of Cancer related educational resources available including:
GM Cancer Academy
The Cancer Academy provide:
- A comprehensive cancer education and resources platform for healthcare professionals to register and access online
- A repository for cancer related guidance e.g. The latest primary care information, PCN DES, QOF, Suspected Cancer Pathways
To access these courses, please follow this link. There is also a GM Cancer Academy CPD Course Directory is available here.
Cancer – C
As part of the Cancer Vanguard, a really exciting, on-line education and information platform, Gateway-C, has now been launched and is open for registration. This has several interactive, educational modules for clinicians, as well as a repository of local support services and training and education events for patients, carers and clinicians.
This has been trialled in a number of practices and received excellent feedback. The modules are CPD accredited. This can be accessed at – www.gatewayc.org.uk
Behaviour Change and Cancer Prevention from CRUK and RCGP
In 2016/17 Cancer Research UK supported the development of a Behaviour Change and Cancer Prevention e-learning module in partnership with the Royal College of General Practice, aimed at healthcare professionals who would like to promote behaviour change in their patients to reduce their cancer risk. The module is now live and can be accessed here: http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/behaviourchange
Cancer in Teenagers and Young People
Cancers in children and young people are rare but potentially fatal. GPs may have a key role in assisting timely diagnosis and in supporting the families of affected children and young people. This course will support GPs, GP trainees, nurse practitioners and allied health care professionals in being able to identify symptoms and signs which could indicate a malignancy in a child or young person. This course was developed in partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust and CLIC Sargent.
http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/search.php?search=teenage+cancer
Blood Cancer
Primary care health professionals play a crucial role in diagnosing blood cancer early. We know that patient presentation delays and the nature of acute conditions contributes to emergency diagnosis rates. But, the fact that you may only see one case of blood cancer every two years, adds challenges, especially as the symptoms are notoriously vague and non-specific. As a result, blood cancers have a higher rate of emergency diagnosis than other cancer types. Emergency presentation rates account for 30% of blood cancers diagnosed, compared to 22% across all cancers. The highest emergency presentation rates for any cancer type occur in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), at 65% of patients. Early diagnosis has a significant impact on both survival rates and patient experience. Leukaemia Care has developed online eLearning modules and online webinars in partnership with the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). Our online eLearning modules and online webinars are accredited with CPD points. In-person workshops have been cancelled and we are holding online webinars with the RCGP Faculties and gateway C which will be 60-90 minutes long.
Macmillan Cancer Support
You can access education and training that covers a range of topics that are relevant to healthcare professionals working in cancer care. These include:
- Cancer information and support
- Communication skills
- Leadership and professional development
- Palliative and end of life
- Personalised care and support planning
- Primary and community care
You can access on-demand e-learning courses and videos, live online courses and programmes and trusted resources and toolkits. Whatever role you do and wherever you work in the cancer pathway, this education and training will support you to develop in your role and improve the service you offer to people living with cancer. For further information and to access the training, please visit Education and Training | Healthcare professionals | Macmillan Cancer Support.