Cancer Prevention and Screening: Education and Training for Healthcare Providers
The CancerCare Manitoba Prevention and Screening Programs facilitate learning opportunities to increase your knowledge about cancer prevention and screening for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer. As a clinician or other healthcare professional, each of these opportunities will help you become familiar with the provincial screening guidelines, get up to speed on what's new in prevention and screening, and understand how BreastCheck, CervixCheck, and ColonCheck can support you in your practice.
Upcoming Events
Save the Date!
March 2, 2022
12:00-1:00 p.m. (Central Daylight Time)
Join us for an informative webinar about screening management for individuals at increased risk for colorectal cancer. We will discuss screening guidelines, case studies, and how a personal or family history of colorectal cancer can impact a patient’s screening recommendation. Registration to come. To be notified of when registration will open, sign-up for our e-newsletter. This webinar was originally scheduled for June 24, 2021 and postponed.
CervixCheck Competency Training
CervixCheck hosts training for healthcare providers (e.g. registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, licensed practical nurses, physicians, physician assistants or clinical assistants) in Manitoba seeking to:
- initiate or refresh learning and competency about cervical cancer screening, or
- mentor colleagues to become competent in screening for cervical cancer.
- the support of their clinical team, and
- have secured a clinical preceptor for post-training consultation. For more information about preceptorship click here (pdf)
Note:
- We want to train healthcare providers who are or will be practicing cervical cancer screening on a regular basis.
- Space is limited and healthcare providers are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.
- There is no registration fee for the training.
- Learners are responsible to cover all parking, food, transportation, and, if applicable, accommodation costs.
- If you have questions about the training, contact a Health Educator.
Those on the waitlist are invited to register before the registration is open to all other clinicians.
Past Events
Webinar
Cancer Prevention in Canada: What Can We Do?
On February 4, 2021 we hosted an interactive webinar about current cancer trends and how we can make an impact on the future burden of cancer in Manitoba. To view the recorded webinar and the questions answered compendium, click here.
Cervical Cancer Screening Learning Module for Healthcare Providers
Request
To request the Cervical Cancer Screening Specimen Collection video, email us at Screening@cancercare.mb.ca
The target audience for this resource is those seeking to:
- initiate learning about cervical cancer screening and competency to perform Pap tests,
- mentor colleagues to become competent in screening for cervical cancer, and/or
- review current research, details and techniques about cervical cancer screening in Manitoba
To view the module in its entirety click here or click the individual chapter below:
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Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Disease Burden & Cervical Cancer Screening in Manitoba
Chapter 3 Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
Chapter 4 Counselling & Education
Chapter 5 Facilitating an Inclusive Environment
Chapter 6 Physiology, Anatomy, Abnormal Findings
Chapter 7 Health History
Chapter 8 External & Speculum Exam
Chapter 9 The Papanicolaou Test
Chapter 10 Cervical Cancer Screening Test Results
Chapter 11 New Technologies
Chapter 12 Cervical Cancer Screening Access
Appendix 1 Education
Appendix 2 Forms
Appendix 3 Assessment Tools
Appendix 4 Case Studies
Videos
For more information please contact:
CancerCare Manitoba
Phone: (204) 787-2197
Toll-free: 1-866-561-1026
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