Caring for Children and Young People with Cancer
Delivered by Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy (GLA), this 15-credit module aims to propel healthcare practitioners specialising in paediatric oncology to new heights of knowledge and expertise. Focused on the intricacies of paediatric oncology, it endeavours to deepen practitioners’ understanding, providing them with enhanced tools and insights, crucial for navigating more complex oncological scenarios.
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Viewing course details for 2024 year of entry
- Code
- PCH3807 (level 6) PCH4807 (level 7)
- Start
- 12/11/2024, 21/05/2025
- Fees
- £64 per credit
- Course Leader
- Avery Putterman
- Location
- Great Ormond Street Hospital
Delivered by Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy (GLA), this 15-credit module aims to propel healthcare practitioners specialising in paediatric oncology to new heights of knowledge and expertise. Focused on the intricacies of paediatric oncology, it endeavours to deepen practitioners’ understanding, providing them with enhanced tools and insights, crucial for navigating more complex oncological scenarios. This module will be a catalyst for career advancement with the ultimate aspiration of enhancing the care of children with cancer in primary treatment centres, paediatric oncology shared units, and community areas.
This module can be taken as standalone Continuing Professional Development (CPD), or as part of a Master’s of Science (MSc), Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip), Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) or Graduate Certificate (GradCert) in Paediatrics & Child Healthcare Practice. See our MSc Paediatrics & Child Healthcare Practice page for more information about these programmes. If you wish to discuss how this module could fit into one of our programmes, please contact [email protected].
Teaching
Active learning will allow practitioners to learn via collaboration, cooperation, and peer-based learning. Activities may include interactive lectures, clinical skills demonstration and supervised practice, small group activities, case-based discussions, workshops, practice simulations and tutorials.
Synchronous and asynchronous learning and teaching activities are delivered via a combination of study days and digital strategies at local sites or online using the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).
Clinical skills development and simulation are delivered in fully equipped, state of the art skills labs using a range of low and high-fidelity learning modalities.
Assessment
The formative assessment will be a peer presentation.
The summative assessment will require learners to complete a Practice Assessment Document (PAD) based on the CCLG Career/Competency framework and an Objective Structured Clinical Assessment (OSCA) based on an oncology emergency.
Teaching dates
This module may involve a mixture of online and face-to-face days. Face-to-face teaching will be held on or near the Great Ormond Street Hospital site.
Dates: 01/10/2024, 02/10/2024, 15/10/2024, 23/10/2024, 05/11/2024, 06/11/2024
First cohort tutorial dates (optional): 12/11/2024 , 19/11/2024
Assessment date: 17/12/2024, 18/12/2024, 19/12/2024
Dates: 08/04/2025, 09/04/2025, 22/04/2025, 30/04/2025, 13/05/2025, 14/05/2025
Second cohort tutorial dates (optional): 21/05/2025 27/05/2025
Assessment date: 24/06/2025, 25/06/2025, 26/06/2025
To undertake this module, you must hold a current healthcare-specific professional registration and have at least six months’ experience (post-qualifying) of caring for children or young people with haematology and oncology conditions.
How to apply
Applications will close two weeks before the module start date. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that they have arranged the necessary study leave to attend the module.
Candidates whose fees are being paid by their organisation will need to obtain a letter of sponsorship from their organisation and upload this as part of the application. You will not be able to save your application form once you begin, so please have the letter of sponsorship ready. You may wish to use this template: GOSH SPONSOR LETTER PDF.
If you have any questions about the module, please contact [email protected].
Fees and funding
The fees below refer to the 2024/25 academic year unless otherwise stated.
Part-time learners: £64 per credit*
*Course fees are subject to annual inflation so the total costs for part time study are shown here as a guide.
For further information about the programme content, or to set up a programme planning meeting to discuss which pathway will be best for you, please contact the Academic Programmes Team at the GOSH Learning Academy: [email protected].