The Cancer Care and Education research group is a co-applicant in three European Union co-funded studies with the Advancing Supportive Cancer and Palliative Care (CARE) research group (Turku UAS). 

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 DigiCanTrain (2023-2026) 

 Digital Skills Training for Health Care Professionals in Oncology 

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The DigiCanTrain project brings together a European team with the aim to provide learners with the necessary information for skill development to support clinical and non-clinical workers working in cancer care settings in developing effective, person-centred health care, digital cancer care services, and the use of contemporary eHealth technology. 

Maura Dowling and Orlaith Hernon are leading WP3: Co-design of the DigiCanTrain Training programme. Associate Partner, Patrick Browne, eHealth Director of Nursing, Saolta University Health Care Group. More details are available here:  

https://www.europeancancer.org/eu-projects/impact/resource/digicantrain.html  

https://digicantrain.turkuamk.fi/  

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EduCanNurse (2023-2026) 

Towards Cancer Care Continuum Approach in Undergraduate Nursing Education Logos

The project aims to improve cancer care in Europe by improving the quality of education for nursing students on cancer care. This will be achieved by:  

  1. Developing a Cancer Care Continuum approach to undergraduate nursing curricula,  
  1. Creating, piloting and evaluating a Cancer Care Continuum module 
  1. Creating a toolkit for nursing educators and making recommendations for  

further development of undergraduate nursing education on cancer. 

Maura Dowling and Orlaith Hernon are leading on WP 4 (Pilot and Program Evaluation) and WP5 (Communication, exploitation and sustainability plan). More details are available here:  

https://www.tuas.fi/en/research-and-development/projects/educannurs-towards-cancer-care-continuum-approach/  

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MELODIC project (2024-2027) 

The MELODIC project aims to promote mental health and well-being of young adults (YA) with cancer and their family/caregivers by improving screening, early detection and efficient and person-centred management of mental health needs during the first year post-cancer diagnosis.  

Maura Dowling and Duygu Sezgin are members of the University of Galway team leading on WP4.