MOPN500 - ACADEMIC WRITING AND RESEARCH SKILLS - 2 creditsThis course introduces students to the conventions and rules of academic writing (AW) in oncology and hones their critical reading and thinking skills for analyzing the purpose and meaning, anatomy/ structure, and style of current literature in the field and for developing (evidence-based) research in situations that are often difficult, ambiguous and time-pressured.Pre Requisite: No prerequisiteMOPN520 - Risk Reduction, Early Detection and Health Promotion in Canc - 3 creditsThis course is to enhance the learner's knowledge & skills regarding cancer epidemiology with a view to enabling him/her to play role in the context of risk reduction and the early detection of cancer. also will introduces the learner to key concepts which have shaped the development of CA services at national and international levels. More specifically, it focuses on the epidemiology of cancer with respect to the occurrence, distribution and determinants of cancer.Pre Requisite: No prerequisiteMOPN521 - CANCER PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND THE PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT DECIS - 3 creditsThis course will enhance the learner's knowledge and skills regarding CA biology and the diagnosis and staging of cancer with a view to enabling him/her to support and facilitate the decision making of PABC in the context of localised, locally advanced or metastatic disease. Also focuses on the biological processes that contribute to the development of cancer, and enhancing our understanding of the rationale for the various local and systemic treatments to the cancer patients.Of importance is the role of the nurse within the multi-professional team regarding supporting PABC throughout the process.Pre Requisite: No prerequisiteMOPN525 - COMMUNICATION IN CANCER CARE - 2 creditsThis course will help learners to develop the knowledge and skills required for effective communication with PABC throughout the spectrum of cancer care. Effective person-centered communication is consistently identified as being a key factor in determining patients' and carers' needs, concerns and preferences but also patients' satisfaction, adherence to treatment, recommended behaviour change, safety, improved outcomes and recovery. Nurses can be exposed to very difficult and distressing situations. Insufficient educational and training in communication has been found to be a major factor contributing to stress, lack of job satisfaction and burnout in healthcare professionals.Pre Requisite: No prerequisiteMOPN530 - CANCER TREATMENT, PATIENT AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY - 4 creditsThis course will develop the learner's knowledge and skills to safely deliver and manage the impact of therapies which are used to treat cancer.Nurses play a role within the multi-professional team in the safe delivery and management of therapies used to treat cancer. Also provide relevant and timely information to ensure that PABC can engage in clinical decision-making about their treatment, care and management to enable informed consent.Nurses therefore, require knowledge about the principles, mechanisms and impact of treatments. Within this course,the core skills underpinning the provision of safe practice within healthcare settings will also be addressed.Pre Requisite: No prerequisiteMOPN540 - SUPPORTING PEOPLE LIVING WITH, THROUGH AND BEYOND CANCER - 3 creditsThis course will equip learners with the knowledge and skills to provide care and support to PABC throughout the cancer trajectory. Cancer nurses have a pivotal role in the provision of excellent supportive care to PABC covering all phases of disease. While in this module it is acknowledged that palliative care should begin early in the disease trajectory and be delivered alongside potentially curative treatments, issues related to advanced disease and end of life will be addressed in the next module (Module 5).Pre Requisite: No prerequisiteMOPN542 - SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH ADVANCED DISEASE AND AT END OF LIFE - 4 creditsThis course will help learners develop their knowledge and skills to deliver a high standard of palliative and supportive care to patients with advanced disease including at end of life, nurses have a role in not only ensuring that people live well until they die but also in providing the conditions for experiencing a dignified death in accordance with their wishes. However, it is recognised that within healthcare services, where care may be focused on a curative approach, there are challenges and barriers to incorporating a palliative care approach. Therefore, this course aim to offer the learner practical strategies on how to apply and integrate the palliative approach when they care for PABCPre Requisite: No prerequisiteMOPN600 - INTERNSHIP CLINICAL RESIDENCY - 5 creditsThis course is an extended practicum course where the student is provided with an opportunity to practice autonomy in the oncology and palliative care department in a base hospital or/and in centers and homes. To ensure competence and autonomy in practice when making judgments and decisions, the student will keep a journal of oncology cases in practice from the outset of the program. The personal journal is an important aspect of the program evaluation strategy. To pass this course the student has to complete 600 hours in the oncology and palliative care department and centers and homes.Pre Requisite: No prerequisiteMOPN602 - LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN CANCER NURSING - 3 creditsThis course will equip learners with the leadership skills to facilitate team management and to organise work and practice development within a cancer setting. Regardless of role or position, all cancer nurses are expected to provide leadership. Multi-professional team working is vital in cancer care. Therefore, cancer nurses need to develop skills in interpersonal relationships, communication and workforce development.Pre Requisite: No prerequisiteMOPN610 - RESEARCH UTILIZATION AND EVIDENCE IN CANCER CARE - 3 creditsThis course will provide the learner with the necessary knowledge and skills to enhance research utilisation and the provision of evidence-based care.Nurses play a central role in the development and implementation of evidence-based practice. An understanding of the research process and the different research methodologies (including clinical trials) is necessary to facilitate research utilisation, initiate quality assurance processes and the implementation of evidence-based care. This course aims to develop the skills of the learner regarding searching, retrieving and critically appraising research for cancer care in cancer nursing.Pre Requisite: No prerequisiteMOPN620 - RESEARCH METHODS FOR CANCER NURSES - 3 creditsThis course will provide students with a broad knowledge of the key approaches and techniques used in nursing and healthcare research. It aims to promote the development of the underpinning knowledge required to undertake a research-based project (dissertation). Further, it intends to promote students' understanding of published articles and enhance skills for critiquing research articles.Pre Requisite: No prerequisiteMOPN621 - DISSERTATION IN ONCOLOGY / PALLIATIVE CARE - 5 creditsThis course will enable the student to undertake a substantial written project relevant to oncology or palliative care nursing. Students draw on learning and skills acquired in the taught courses of the Master's program as well as the research methods course.Students are supported in their project work through guidance from a designated supervisor. There will also be an introductory session to the module.The session will outline in detail, the various elements that need to be completed for the dissertation.Pre Requisite: No prerequisite
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