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This conference focuses on Prehabilitation in Cancer Care – Principles and Practice, and will provide a practical guide to delivering an effective prehabilitation programme, ensuring patients are fit for cancer surgery or treatment. This is even more important in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns which have had a negative effect on many individual’s health and fitness levels. The conference will look at optimisation of patients fitness and wellbeing through exercise, nutrition and psychological support.
"A growing body of scientific evidence confirms the importance of cancer prehabilitation.”
“Patients undergoing major cancer interventions such as major surgical resection, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy are prone to the adverse effects of their cancer, as well as to the side effects of the treatments designed to cure them. The Prehabilitation process supports cancer patients in preparing for the physiological challenges of their cancer treatments, whilst aiming to shorten recovery time, reduce peri-operative complications and improve compliance with non-surgical treatments.”
“There is growing evidence of positive effects of prehab on improving health outcomes for cancer patients before and after surgery. Prehab provides an opportunity to tackle the management of a number of risk factors such as anaemia and malnutrition which may have an adverse effect on functional capacity and ultimately on postoperative outcomes, including recovery… 70% people affected by cancer have other long term conditions (LTCs) according to Macmillan. Prehab promote positive health behaviour change which can impact on long term health”
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with colleagues who are working to deliver effective prehabilitation in cancer care
- Reflect on a patient lived experience to understand how to engage patients in prehab programmes
- Learn from outstanding practice in implementing a prehabilitation programme
- Reflect on national developments and learning
- Improve the way we support patients to prepare themselves, physically and emotionally for surgery/treatment
- Develop your skills in integrating Prehabilitation into the Care Pathway
- Embed virtual prehabilitation into your programme during and beyond Covid-19
- Learn from case studies in both cancer treatment and preparation for surgery
- Understand how you can improve emotional and psychological support
- Explore the role of prehabilitation cancer survivorship
- Develop prehabilitation for complex and frail older cancer patients
- Identify key strategies for improving physical activity, exercise and behavior change
- Work with patients to improve nutrition
- Ensure you are up to date with the latest evidence
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
- Gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence
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