Course in basic psychooncology for health personnel (university degree + 4 ECTS credits)

Cancer diagnosis involves a great psychological impact on the patient, family and closest environment. It is a disease that affects each and every one of the areas of the person. This forces to change many aspects of his routine, as well as the coping of stressful events that challenge the adaptive resources of the person. Health professionals, in addition to paying adequate care in relation to physical symptomatology, should know how to act in the face of the patient's psychological reality and their environment. With the course in Basic Psychooncology for health personnel, you can understand how to communicate with the patient and the basic notions of psychological care in this context.

- Acquire basic knowledge of psychological and social needs in cancer. - Offer a general overview of psychosocial care in cancer. - Obtain basic tools to understand interpersonal communication in sanitary contexts. - Know what are the possible reactions to hospitalization.

With this course in Basic Psychooncology for health personnel you can opt for positions related to professions such as psychology or oncology in sanitary environments and contexts. In addition, it will give you the opportunity to be an expert in psychology in cancer patients which will give you the option of working as a psycho -centologist in hospital centers. Form with us!

This course in Basic Psychooncology for health personnel prepares you to know basically the psychological support that cancer patients receive, acquiring the different communication and intervention techniques in this type of situations. In addition, you will understand the possible reactions of these patients before hospitalization and you can know how to act in cases necessary.

This course is aimed exclusively at health personnel according to Law 44/2003, of November 21, on the management of health professions

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.