Educational programmes
The Prostate Cancer Charity is working with academic partners to develop educational opportunities for health professionals.
Prostate Cancer Masterclass
This exciting two day Masterclass was hosted jointly by The Prostate Cancer Charity and The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kings’ College London. This partnership venture brought together experts in the field of prostate cancer to provide an innovative two day programme.
It was aimed at nurses and allied professionals with a specialist interest in prostate cancer.
Aims:
- Analyse, discuss and debate the contemporary challenges facing prostate cancer care
- Think creatively about strategies to enable patients to face their choices and dilemmas
- Take away new knowledge, ideas and resources to sustain and develop your practice and service delivery
- Gain an update on the some of latest research and practice guidance in the management of prostate cancer
- Disseminate and promote excellence in prostate cancer nursing and cancer care
The Masterclass was supported by an educational grant from sanofi-aventis. Bursaries for £250 to cover cost of fees were awarded by The Prostate Cancer Charity to ten successful applicants.
The Masterclass is currently being evaluated, and outcomes will be available at the end of May.
Self directed learning
Free online prostate cancer course with certificate
CancerNursing.org offers a free online nursing course on prostate cancer.
Supported by an educational grant from The Prostate Cancer Charity, this course has been developed specifically for health professionals developing an interest in prostate cancer management and care.
The aim of the 'Cancer of the Prostate' course is to introduce nurses and allied health professionals to this disease, its treatments and side-effects, and to highlight the care, support and information requirements of those affected by it.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course the learner should be able to:
- describe the anatomy and function of the prostate;
- demonstrate an understanding of the aetiology and epidemiology of prostate cancer;
- discuss how a diagnosis is made and how the cancer is then staged;
- describe the available treatment options for men with prostate cancer;
- demonstrate an awareness of the palliative care needs of men with advanced prostate cancer and the importance of adopting an holistic approach to care;
- demonstrate an awareness of the impact the disease and its treatment have on men and their families;
- discuss the controversy surrounding the prostate cancer screening debate;
- demonstrate an understanding of the future for prostate cancer, including research currently being undertaken.
We’ve had some excellent feedback from those who have completed the course:
"Even with 7 years experience in Urology I found this course very useful for understanding some of the things that our patients go through outside of the ward, pre and post operatively. I learnt some valuable material, and hope to share it with my work colleagues. Thanks"
"At commencement of the course I was struggling to understand the Gleason score and staging of prostate cancer. This course explained this well and contained other information I found very useful. Thank you."
"Great course, focused all that I have been working in in the last 8 months and has showed me gaps in my knowledge that have been filled, I have recommended this to several people...."
Educational programmes archive
Prostate Cancer Master Class was held on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th April 2008, in London
Download the Masterclass Programme