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Topics Covered:
Clinical Skills 4
Core Conditions 5
Oncology 5
Aetiology of Cancer 5
Approach to Cancer Patient 6
Tumour Markers 7
Imaging 8
Surgery 9
Bio-psychosocial assessment of a person with cancer 10
Radiotherapy 12
Chemotherapy 14
Oncological Emergencies 16
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, Overall Objectives for the ICU
• Understand the prevalence and management of long-term conditions and cancer
• Develop understanding from different perspectives about how illnesses may evolve, including acute episodes and
chronic phases, from diagnosis to end of life
• Develop and demonstrate further communication skills in consulting with patients, by applying and developing an
integrated bio-psychosocial assessment with clinical problem solving
• Develop approaches to difficult communication challenges, such as breaking bad news and discussing risk with
patients
• Develop understanding of how multidisciplinary and multi-professional teams work together to deliver care in the
NHS
• Develop an understanding of how clinical information systems support long-term condition management
• Are able to identify and use reference resources for prescribing
• Outline the principles of cancer care
- Patient journeys before, during and after an episode of cancer
- How cancer is diagnosed,
- Management, treatment and patient support in cancer care
- Evaluate patients presenting with acute oncological problems, and describe the management of these oncological
emergencies
• The role of multi-professional teams and the charity sector in cancer care
• Understand long-term conditions
- Patient journeys
- How common long-term conditions present, are diagnosed, assessed and managed, through exacerbation and
remission.
- How professionals work together, in teams, to deliver modern health care
• Understand palliative and end-of-life care
- The evolving nature of palliative care in the course of illness
- Palliative care as a generic skill of all healthcare professionals
- How primary and specialist palliative care interact to manage symptoms
- Symptom management in patients with advanced cancer and other long-term conditions
- An approach to end of life care including communication, advance care planning and symptom management, in
primary and secondary care
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