About the Course
Academic year: 2015
Course dates: July 8-11, 2015
Location: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Centro Studi Achille e Linda Lorenzon – Viale G. Oberdan 5, 31100 Treviso, Italy. (website of the university)
Contact: oncologia.geriatrica@gmail.com
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Purposes
The advanced course in Geriatric Oncology aims to train professionals in the management of elderly cancer patients, providing specific skills in assessment, care pathways and therapeutic choices about the elderly patients with cancer. The aims are to develop the general principles of both geriatric and oncology medicine that are useful to treat elderly cancer patient. The oncological sessions will be focused on the principles of cancer treatment in the elderly, the geriatric ones will be focused on the assessment of the elderly patient, with particular emphasis about polypharmacy, multimorbidity and frailty. In a scenario where the “Target and Tailored Therapy” is the gold standard, the collaboration with international experts in the field of geriatrics and oncology allows students to take part of a training program designed to provide the basis of the assessment and the multi-dimensional approach that should be applied to elderly cancer patients. Thanks to the intervention of internationally recognized teachers as the leading experts in the geriatric oncology, students will be part of an international network.
At the end of this course participants will be able to perform a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, to deal with the therapeutic strategy of the main solid tumors and lymphomas in the elderly, to evaluate risk factors for chemotherapy toxicity and to set up clinical trials in this age group.
The course aims are:
1. To provide basic information related to cancer medicine to the geriatricians and to the application of geriatric principles to the clinical oncologists
2. To train young medical oncologists and geriatricians to work together. These individuals will become the bridge between the oncological and geriatric teams in their own institutions
Course documents: students will be provided with booklet, copies of the main articles related to the presentations and slides presented at the course.
Course Director: S. Monfardini (I)
Course Coordinator: G. Colloca (I)
Clinical Oncology Faculty: M. Aapro (CH), R. Audisio (UK), L. Balducci (USA), E. Brain (F), P. Soubeyran (F), H. Wildiers (B), S. Monfardini (I).
Geriatric Faculty: R. Bernabei (I), E Topinkova (CZ), L. Beghé, C. Sieber
Local Faculty: C. Barone, L. Biganzoli (I), G. Colloca (I), U. Basso (I), A. Luciani (I), M. Spina, M. Calabrò, A. Corsonello, A. Cherubini, E. Marzetti (I), A. Brunello (I), S. Leo (I), C. Falci.
Certificate
At the end of the course, in accordance with art. 6 of Law no. 341/1990, students will receive a certificate as provided by art. 2, paragraph 5, of Title I of the academic regulations of the University. In accordance with the program of Continuing Medical Education, the students in a university course is exempted from acquiring the CME credits for the current year (or 50 CME credits).The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart reserves the right to not activate or cancel the course if it does not reach the coverage of expenses.
The course is addressed at:
- Medical Oncologists completing their training since less than 5 years and Medical Oncology Fellows
- Other Clinical Oncologists: Surgical oncologists and Radiotherapists completing their training since less than 5 years and Radiotherapy fellows
- Geriatricians completing their training since less than 5 years and Geriatric Fellows
Admission
A minimum of 20, maximum 30 candidates will be allowed to participate with the necessary requirements.
The application, accompanied by a resumé must be completed online by the due date specified in the website of University Master Level II Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. There will be a selection based on the curriculum evaluation.
A good knowledge of English language is mandatory
The attendance is mandatory (at least 80% of the class lessons). SIOG & The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart reserves the right do not activate or cancel the course if do not reach the coverage of expenses.
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