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Intermediate Level

Health professionals interested in multidisciplinary breast cancer rehabilitation and reducing lymphoedema following a diagnosis of breast cancer.

Approx. 8 hours to complete
English

What you will learn

  • Describe the prospective surveillance and early intervention model of care and outline how to implement this model across healthcare settings 

  • Explain the range of clinical assessments used to detect early breast cancer related lymphoedema

  • Explain why a multidisciplinary treatment approach may improve survivorship for those diagnosed with breast cancer

Skills you will gain

  • clinical assessment
  • physiology
  • Anatomy
  • clinical treatment
  • Research
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Intermediate Level

Health professionals interested in multidisciplinary breast cancer rehabilitation and reducing lymphoedema following a diagnosis of breast cancer.

Approx. 8 hours to complete
English

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Macquarie University

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1
Week 1
23 minutes to complete

Course Overview

23 minutes to complete
1 video (Total 3 min), 2 readings
2 hours to complete

Introduction to Lymphoedema

2 hours to complete
1 reading
Week2
Week 2
1 hour to complete

Lymphatic Physiology

1 hour to complete
1 reading
1 hour to complete

Lymphatic Anatomy

1 hour to complete
1 reading
Week3
Week 3
2 hours to complete

Assessment & Treatment

2 hours to complete
1 reading
Week4
Week 4
2 hours to complete

Case Studies

2 hours to complete
1 reading

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