Get this course (£580.00)

Exercise Medicine

Exercise Medicine in Cancer Care


Description

This course is designed to develop knowledge and skills in the application of exercise medicine for assessment, prescription, delivery, and monitoring of exercise for people with cancer. Medical, nursing, allied health, and fitness professionals will benefit most from this course because we will expand on your individual backgrounds to build your capabilities to provide support to people with cancer, opening up opportunities for your professional practice.

Content
  • MODULE 1 - Online Learning
  • Section 1 - Introduction
  • Course Outline - Module 1
  • Websites and Contacts
  • Introductory Course Readings
  • Topic 1 - Introduction, Cancer Biology and Treatment
  • Lecture: Cancer Biology, Statistics, Diagnosis and Treatment (PPT slides)
  • Video - Part 1
  • Video - Part 2
  • Video - Part 3
  • Section 2 - Exercise medicine in cancer management
  • Course Readings 2
  • Topic 2 - Exercise Medicine for Cancer Management
  • Exercise Medicine for Cancer Management
  • Video Part 1
  • Video Part 2
  • Video Part 3
  • Video Part 4
  • Video Part 5
  • Video Part 6
  • Video Part 7
  • Video Part 8
  • Quiz - Exercise Medicine for Cancer Management
  • Topic 3 - Principles of Exercise Prescription
  • Principles of Exercise Prescription
  • Video Part 1
  • Video Part 2
  • Video Part 3
  • Quiz - Exercise Prescription
  • Topic 4 - Principles of Resistance Training
  • Principles of Resistance Training
  • Video Part 1
  • Video Part 2
  • Video Part 3
  • Resistance Training Equipment and Systems
  • Video - Resistance Training Equipment and Systems
  • Quiz - Principles of Resistance Training
  • Topic 5 - Principles of Aerobic Training
  • Principles of Aerobic Training
  • Aerobic Training Equipment and Systems
  • Quiz - Principles of Aerobic Training
  • Topic 6 - Absolute and Relative Contraindications and Adverse Event Risk
  • Absolute and Relative Contraindications to Exercise Testing and Training
  • Reading: Adverse events of exercise therapy
  • Topic 7 - Patient Flow
  • Patient Recruitment, Onboarding and Flow
  • Video - Patient Recruitment, Onboarding and Flow
  • Topic 8 - Fitness and Health Assessment
  • Assessment of Neuromuscular Strength and Power
  • Assessments of Cardiorespiratory Capacity
  • Assessments of Functional Capacity
  • Assessments of Anthropometry and Body Composition
  • Topic 9 - Exercise Prescription
  • Targeted Exercise Prescription
  • Long term planning, prescription and periodisation
  • Topic 10 - Nutritional Considerations
  • Nutrition in cancer care
  • Topic 11 - Graduation to Self-Management
  • Graduation to Self-Management
  • Clinician, fitness professional and patient feedback
  • MODULE 2 - Practical Workshop
  • Course Outline - Module 2
  • Introduction and workshop orientation - 10 mins
  • Exercise medicine within cancer management - 60 mins
  • Resistance Training - 90 minutes
  • Aerobic Training - 90 minutes
  • Patient flow, forms, and risk stratification - 30 minutes
  • Absolute & relative contraindications - 10 minutes
  • Assessment of cardiorespiratory capacity - 60 minutes
  • Assessment of neuromuscular strength and power - 60
  • Assessment of functional capacity - 40 minutes
  • Assessments of patient reported outcomes - 20 minutes 
  • Assessment of anthropometry and body composition - 40 minutes
  • Introduction to FitMed Patient Care Platform - 60 minutes
  • Targeted exercise prescriptions - 120 minutes
  • Utilizing AI in exercise oncology practice - 20 minutes
  • Case Studies and Scenarios
  • Case Study 1 - Ovarian Cancer
  • Case Study 2 - Prostate Cancer
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever
Back