Dec 06, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Certificate in Cancer Care


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Department Contact:

Chair: Dr. Stephen Baker, sbaker@francis.edu

Program Description:

Cancer rehabilitation can assist individuals with cancer in improving their physical, psychosocial, and vocational function within the limitations imposed by the disease of cancer and its treatments. The healthcare system that delivers cancer care is changing with the recognition that there are urgently needed improvements to the quality of cancer care. This includes all stakeholders, cancer care teams, patients, their families, researchers, and payers working together to develop a higher system for cancer care.

The Cancer Care curriculum provides education in biology, epidemiology, psychosocial and methods of treatment and exercise interventions of cancer so that the graduate has a more complete understanding of the disease as well as the skills, knowledge, and abilities to assist patients and their caregivers to deal with this disease and its limitations. The Cancer Care program is interdisciplinary in nature so as to provide effective and patient-centered focus. The curriculum is designed so that all professions learn from active practitioners from a variety of disciplines.

The need for health professionals in cancer care is expected to grow well into the 21st century, which makes the study of Cancer Care an excellent choice for those seeking employment directly after completing the certificate. The need for more efficient and effective means of preventing disease and maintaining the health of populations and our planet will continue to increase the demand for graduates with a focus on public health and patient-centered care.

Certificate in Cancer Care:

This is a fully online certificate, that can be completed within 1 year (July to May).  Courses will be offered either as 8-week or 15-week sessions.

Estimated Time to completion:

Typically, 1 year of online study

Admissions Requirements:

A completed bachelor’s degree in any academic discipline prior to the beginning of the program

A completed graduate Admissions application

Admission deadline:

This certificate program has a rolling admission.

Total credits required:

18 credits

Note: unless otherwise stated, all courses, all courses are 3 credits.

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