| CODE | RAD3405 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Patient Review in Radiotherapy and Oncology | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Radiography | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit provides the knowledge required by radiographers to perform patient review which is now considered as one of the roles that radiographers have in a radiotherapy department. The following areas of study are presented in this study-unit: - Communication skills - communicating in the oncology setting. Communication and interpersonal skills are crucial and essential elements when reviewing a patient in the oncology setting. This is to include a holistic approach which is tailored to the individual client needs; - Communication in practice. The radiographer-patient relationship; the use and role of communication skills to support vulnerable people; - Professional issues. Self-analysis and reflective practice; documentation; time management; legal and ethical issues; codes of conduct; - On-treatment review and prescribing; - The specialist role of the radiographer; - Patient care; - Complementary medicine; - Study of complementary medicine and the development of a holistic approach in cancer management. Study-Unit Aims: The aims of this study unit are to: - Provide students with the knowledge required in order to develop their professional practice in relation to a holistic approach to cancer care; - Provide students with knowledge and skills to develop their communication skills; - Enable students to reflect on the factors that should be considered in the management of cancer using biological agents; - Provide the students with the knowledge to be able to review the patient during the delivery of radiotherapy therapy and provide the necessary information and care needed; and - Enable students to discuss the role of complementary therapies in cancer care. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Demonstrate the acquisition of the core skills of communication and apply a range of appropriate skills within that process relevant to the specific needs of adult patients with cancer; - Demonstrate a holistic approach to the treatment of cancer in analysing and evaluating available treatment methods; - Discuss issues relating to the uses of complementary therapies in cancer care; - Understand the pathophysiologic processes underpinning radiotherapy side effects; - Identify the possible side effects according to the anatomical area being treated; and - Explain the management for side-effects arising from radiotherapy treatments. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Communicate effectively with the patient; - Discuss the role of the radiographer in on-treatment review clinics; - Provide patients with advice regarding the management of radiotherapy side-effects, as well as other concerns related to treatment; - Discuss the role of the radiographer in prescribing, supplying and administering medicines; - Evaluate applications such that they are able to make informed professional judgement in relation to each part of the radiotherapy process in which they are involved; and - Report and document side-effects according to established guidelines. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Sourati, Ainaz, Ahmad Ameri, and Mona Malekzadeh. Acute Side Effects of Radiation Therapy : A Guide to Management. Springer, 2017. Print - Moss, Bernard. Communication Skills in Health and Social Care. 3rd ed. SAGE, 2015. Print. - Fontaine, Karen Lee. Complementary & Alternative Therapies for Nursing Practice. 3rd ed. Pearson, 2011. Print. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Antonella Camilleri Gerbert Van Dijk (Co-ord.) |
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