Professional Development

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Content

The Care of the Child/Young Person with Cancer module covers the following:

• The organisation, management and guiding principles of child and young person's cancer care
• The clinical context of childhood cancer with specific reference to: neuroblastoma, sarcoma and leukaemia
• The diagnosis, treatment and management of cancer in teenagers and young adults
• The impact of cancer on the family and supporters
• Ethico-legal and professional decision making in child and young person's cancer services
• Palliative care
• Stem cell transplantation
• Surgical interventions
• Radiotherapy
• Self-awareness and professionalism

 

Course Director

Dr Antonia Beringer

E-mail

has.cpd@uwe.ac.uk

Entry Requirements

A pre-requiste of the module is that you need to be working in a relevant practice area.

Introduction

The Care of the Child/Young Person with Cancer Level 3 (UZURR4-20-3) and Masters level (UZURR5-20-M) module will use a variety of approaches, which may include the following:

Scheduled learning - Interactive lectures will make up 48 hours contact time with the specialist practitioner and module leader over the duration of the module. Contact learning will also include seminars, tutorials, interactive critical discussions, lectures and case study exploration.

Independent learning- includes hours engaged with essential reading, case study preparation, assignment preparation and completion etc. These sessions constitute an average time per level as indicated in the table below. It is the student's responsibility to contact the module leader should a problem arise where further assistance is required.

The module is offered as a partnership between University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of the West of England and as such offers full access to a team of speciality practitioners, educationalists, dual learning environments and specialist resources.

Learning and Teaching

On successful completion of this module you will be able to:

Level 3

• Demonstrate understanding of the bioscience based knowledge, aetiology and relevant risk indicators which influence practice strategies and responses to conditions in children and young people with cancer.
• Analyse knowledge of childhood cancer bioscience and disease processes involved in contextualising children's cancer services.
• Examine ethical, social and legal issues which impact on children and young person's cancer service provision and the inter-professional team.
• Critically assess one's own role in effecting change referring to equality; ethico-legal aspects and confidentiality.

Level M

• Formulate bioscience based knowledge, aetiology and relevant risk indicators which influence practice strategies and responses to conditions in children and young people with cancer.
• Critically evaluate knowledge of childhood cancer bioscience and disease processes involved in contextualising children's cancer services.
• Critically appraise and professionally interpret ethical, social and legal issues which impact on children and young person's cancer service provision and the inter-professional team.
• Critically evaluate one's own role in effecting change referring to equality; ethico-legal aspects and confidentiality.

Telephone

+44 (0)117 32 81158

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Title

20 credit, level 3 or Masters Level module