Cancer is the most prevalent, disabling and costly health care condition for people in developed countries and presently impacts greater than 50% of the general population. This course will focus on an introduction to cancer pathology and its treatment and give clinicians an understanding of the disease and its impact on hematological, neurological, metabolic, and muscular function. In addition, the causes and mechanisms underlying cancer related pain, fatigue, and weakness will be covered in detail to provide a foundation for cancer patient assessment and choice of physiotherapy treatment modalities in general practice.
Basic course, interesting for people new to oncology.
Adequately covers the basic knowledge required to work with oncology patients. On its own, however, I don’t think it’s enough.
Good training. Very relevant content for a professional new to this specialty. The only negative point is that I couldn’t ask my questions since the training is not in person!
Very informative
The course is very well explained, well structured and divided into different modules (approx. 30min each) so that you can follow it at your own pace and in stages. Lots of relevant information. Very little is known about this subject through the basic physiotherapy curriculum, so yes, it’s very relevant to talk about pathology before going into the more “physio” portion. I find that level 1 is rather the “basics” and that it provides an understanding of pathology, patients, and a basic assessment.
I’m looking forward to taking the other courses to complete my knowledge and expertise.