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Symptom management: Skin and Mouth Care

This Skin and Mouth Care module is part of the elearning course in palliative care which has been developed in partnership with the African Palliative Care Association and Cardiff University.  Experts from across Africa and the UK have contributed to ensure the module is appropriate for the sub-Saharan cancer setting and resource profile.

Please click here for ecancer's special issue focusing on palliative care in Africa, featuring five original articles from on-the-ground experts, and an editorial by Nobel Peace Prize nominee Professor Anne Merriman.

This module was published in November 2013.

THIS E-LEARNING MODULE RUNS BEST ON MOZILLA FIREFOX AND INTERNET EXPLORER 7 AND ABOVE WITH FLASH ENABLED.

Symptom management: Skin and Mouth Care
Module
English
0 CME Points

Target audience

Multi-disciplinary African healthcare professionals

Learning objectives

By the end of the module, you should be able to:

  • Teach a new colleague key elements of skin and mouth care in a patient with advanced cancer
  • Discuss practical issues with a new colleague and a family around the basic principles of skin and mouth care in someone with advancing cancer
  • Be able to support families and answer the usual questions they might have around skin and mouth care at the end of life 

IT Requirements

This module requires the learner to have a good, stable internet connection and runs best on INTERNET EXPLORER 7 AND ABOVE, and MOZILLA FIREFOX on either Windows or MacOS. FLASH ADD ON is also required to run this module.

Support

This module was funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency - Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy