5th ESO-EONS Masterclass in Oncology Nursing
The Masterclass in Oncology Nursing programme is designed for advanced oncology nurses as a multi-professional joint event. Five intensive days of full immersion in up-to-date oncology will create a collective spirit of teaching and learning to improving clinical skills and patient care.
Nursing sessions are specific nursing-oriented sessions exploring specialist practice skills such as advanced assessment, decision making, communication skills, complex symptom management, care of the older patient, psychosocial consequences of cancer therapy.
Other sessions will provide the forum for reviewing and understanding the growing evidence base for nursing interventions and reflect on participant’s role in clinical leadership.
In joint Clinical sessions, nurses will, together with physicians, update their clinical knowledge about the latest issues for the management of various cancers, with an international faculty of experts. Special joint sessions in supportive care and palliative care will be supported by workshops and coaching to explore nursing practice in these speciality areas.
Practical training will be offered in smaller group optional sessions and coaching groups focusing on skills required for the management of active therapy and follow up.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Learning outcomes:
• Understand new developments in oncology disease management.
• Recognise and describe acute and late adverse effects of cancer and its treatment.
• Identify complex patient needs across the diagnostic and oncology treatment trajectory.
• Demonstrate advanced communication skills in managing oncology nursing care.
• Critically appraise the evidence for cancer symptom management and intervention.
• Reflect on theoretical underpinnings of decision making .
• Describe the role of the advanced oncology nurse in leading clinical nursing care.
MAIN TOPICS
The The Masterclass aims to prepare oncology nurses for future senior roles and enhance their clinical knowledge in the management of the cancer patient during all phases of the cancer journey. Following completion of the course nurses will be able to use evidence based knowledge in effective symptom management and interventions with the aim to improve patient experience, symptom management and care.