Early Diagnosis and Personalised Cancer Care
Identifying Malignant Skin Lesions
Aimed at: GP’s
Course description: One hour session to identify malignant skin lesions.
Developed by: North Central London Clinical Commission Group
Tumour site: Skin
Duration: One hour
Let’s communicate cancer series
Aimed at: Community Pharmacists
Course description: The 4 module course is designed for the whole community pharmacy team to learn about cancer biology and cancer treatment. the course is free, but users will need to join as a free member.
Developed by: British Oncology Pharmacy Association
Duration: Unknown
Hot topics: Cancer for Primary Care
Aimed at: Designed and written for anyone managing cancer patients in General Practice.
Course description: The Cancer for Primary Care course will bring you right up to date with recent developments in cancer care – from changes to screening programmes, updates in cancer prevention, new hot topics in early diagnosis and developments in end of life care.
Developed by: NB Medical Education
Cost: £195/£150
Duration: 6 hours
Accreditation: Royal College of General Practitioners
Myeloma – Early Diagnosis
Aimed at: All primary care professionals across NHS England, including GPs and practice nurses.
Course description: to support healthcare professionals’ awareness of patients who should be considered at risk of myeloma and support them to undertake the appropriate investigations and interpret the results.
Developed by: Gateway C
Tumour site: Myeloma
Duration: 2 hours
CPD Points: Yes
Gateway C also offer a wide range of course on other cancer-related topics.
Bloating and other abdominal symptoms -Could it be ovarian cancer?
Aimed at: All primary care professionals across NHS England, including GPs and practice nurses.
Course description: Looking at symptoms and what distinguishes ovarian cancer from common conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome, urinary tract infection and ovarian cysts. It was developed in partnership with the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) eLearning.
Developed by: Royal College of General Practitioners
Tumour site: Ovaries
Duration: 30 minutes
Accreditation: Royal College of General Practitioners
Recognising early symptoms of ovarian cancer
Aimed at: All primary care professionals across NHS England, including GPs and practice nurses.
Course description: This award-winning module provides an hour of accredited learning based on interactive case studies, and covers the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer and diagnostic tests. It was developed in partnership with BMJ Learning. As with all BMJ Learning modules, this tool has been peer-reviewed and incorporates the latest research available, including the 2011 NICE clinical guidelines.
Developed by: Royal College of General Practitioners in partnership with Target Ovarian Cancer
Tumour site: Ovaries
Duration: 1 hour
Accreditation: BMJ Learning
Managing Physical Effects
Aimed at: All primary care professionals across NHS England, including GPs and practice nurses.
Course description: How to support specific long-term effects, such as peripheral neuropathy and lymphoedema optimal bone and cardiovascular health after treatment for cancer.
Developed by: Gateway C
Duration: 1 hour
Accreditation: Royal College of General Practitioners
Prostate Cancer UK – online training modules
Aimed at: All primary care staff, Registered Nurses and Health Care Assistants
Prostate Cancer UK offer a wide range of free, online training modules to support healthcare professionals across a wide range of topics relating to prostate cancer.
Developed by: Prostate Cancer UK
Tumour site: Prostate Cancer
Duration: 30 minutes
Accreditation: N/A
CPD Points:
Cancer in the 21st Century: the Genomic Revolution
Aimed at: Primary care staff
Course description: This module explores how genetics is revolutionising the detection and treatment of cancer.
Developed by: Cancer Research UK
Tumour site: All
Duration: 6 weeks, 4 hour weekly study
Accreditation: N/A
Introduction to Population Screening
Aimed at: GPs, Practice Nurses, GPs in training, Health care Assistants and Physician Associates
Course description: An overview of health screening as it’s applied to large populations of people and how national screening programmes are implemented in the NHS.
Developed by: Health Education England
Tumour site: Bowel, Breast and Cervical
Duration: Various
Accreditation: N/A