Course Details
This stand-alone professional development course is designed to provide an advanced understanding of the clinical management of adults with cancer from pre-diagnosis to end-of-life. It's ideal if you're an aspiring advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) working in primary, secondary or tertiary care, including specialist cancer centres and palliative care environments.
The University of Bolton's expert team will support you in developing your knowledge and understanding of epidemiology, pathophysiology and key elements of cancer biology, with detailed application across the four most common cancers in adults in the UK (breast, prostate, lung and bowel). This will enable you to compare and contrast different presentations and consider the clinical implications, including clinical signs and symptoms, sites of disease and metastatic spread.
We'll focus on building your understanding of diagnostic investigations, considering the importance of cancer biology and tumour markers in cancer staging and future monitoring of progressive disease. We'll provide an outline of clinical management in relation to different cancers and stages of the disease, including acute and chronic symptom management. You'll explore clinical management within acute oncology, red flag symptoms, management of cardiotoxicities and oncological emergencies, including sepsis, metastatic cord compression and SVCO.
Our experienced and knowledgeable team will support you as you explore the potential impact of cancer, and associated treatments, on adults of all ages with cancer. We'll consider the implications of cancer in older people and the complex decision-making necessary at different stages of the disease. We'll also support you in developing your knowledge and understanding of different consultation styles and communication skills, with application to advanced clinical practice.
To benefit from this course, you should already be a health professional with a basic understanding of oncology and some experience caring for people with cancer.
Highlights
- Our dedicated academic team brings extensive health and social care experience to the course content. Along with their passion for service excellence in clinical practice settings, they are also currently engaged in highly relevant research, which means they can add valuable context and insight to your learning.
- The course is designed to provide the flexibility to fit in with busy home and working lives.
- As you study this course, we'll encourage you to develop the skills, values and behaviours popular with employers. These include action planning, personal impact and confidence, self-awareness, social and ethical responsibility, problem-solving, initiative and communication skills.
- The course is part of a professional development framework. You can use the credits you'll gain by completing the course successfully towards the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Oncology).
Key Features
- The University of Bolton has been offering high-quality courses designed to meet the health and social care sector's needs for over 30 years, so we have the knowledge and experience to anticipate and respond to changes in the health and social care sector.
- Our courses are developed to reflect the requirements of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework and are updated regularly in accordance with the changing healthcare landscape.
- We review the course curriculum regularly to ensure we include and apply contemporary theories.
- On successfully completing this course, you'll be awarded an Advanced Diploma of Continuing Professional Development in Advanced Clinical Practice in Oncology worth 20 credits at Level HE7.
