10.03.16
Free cancer care in the community e-learning programme launched
Better cancer care in the community is being taught through a new free e-learning programme.
The programme, Cancer in the Community, was developed by Sponge UK for the Royal Marsden School, one of the NHS ‘Vanguards’.
It teaches modules on cancer prevention and screening, diagnosis and staging, treatments and living with and beyond cancer using resources including video clips and real life scenarios.
It features personalisation to help fit the needs of the different qualified and non-qualified community-based health and social care workers who can use it, including community matrons, nursing staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, dieticians and support workers.
Louise Pasterfield, Sponge UK’s managing director, said: “It has been a privilege to work with one of leading specialist cancer schools to create this open access e-learning to support cancer care in the community and help improve the lives of cancer survivors.
“Using intelligent design, we have been able to create e-learning that works for a broad range of professionals, with video and animation to emphasis key areas and ‘deeper dive’ resources for those who want to know more on a particular topic.”
Cancer in the Community is available on the e-Learning for Healthcare website (either by open access or by enrolling), or can be downloaded by NHS organisations only from the NHS eLearning Repository.
NHE looked at the rise of e-learning for NHS staff, including Sponge UK’s programme for Southern Health Foundation Trust, last year.