Head and Neck

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Welcome to the Head and Neck Academy, featuring blended learning offers developed by the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance. All content here is aligned with the levels of practice and capabilities outlined in the ACCEND framework. Upon enrolling in any of these offers, your progress will be automatically recorded in your ePortfolio.

Click here for more details on the work being done by the Head and Neck Pathway Board.

Cancer Care Review Webinar

On Demand Webinar

Watch the on-demand recording of the ‘Delivering High Quality Cancer Care Reviews’ webinar.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Supportive, Assistive, Pre-registration, Registration, Enhanced, Medical Workforce

Hour(s)

Free

Vaginal Examination Skills Lab

Skills Lab

11-March. A hands-on practical session covering taught topics on examination basics. A practical workshop with a trained facilitator will allow the opportunity for you to look and feel for cancers. We will also cover how to manage conversation and concern with patients who do require a referral. Suitable for primary care workforce across Greater Manchester who are required to undertake vaginal examinations – especially practice nurses and sample takers

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Enhanced, Advanced

Hour(s)

FREE

Vaginal Examination Skills Lab

Skills Lab

28-Jan. A hands-on practical session covering taught topics on examination basics. A practical workshop with a trained facilitator will allow the opportunity for you to look and feel for cancers. We will also cover how to manage conversation and concern with patients who do require a referral. Suitable for primary care workforce across Greater Manchester who are required to undertake vaginal examinations – especially practice nurses and sample takers

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Enhanced, Advanced

Hour(s)

Free

Patient Workshop: Skin Lesions for Primary Care

Event

Develop your knowledge and experience in skin lesion diagnosis and management through direct learning with patients.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Advanced, Consultant, Medical Workforce

Hour(s)

Free

MSCC – Module 3

eLearning

The final module of the MSCC series, this third module offers guidance on rehabilitation and advanced care planning.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Enhanced, Advanced, Consultant

Hour(s)

Free

MSCC – module 2

eLearning

MSCC Module 2 focuses on the triaging process and treatment options. This module offers guidance on initially managing suspected MSCC and who to contact following confirmed diagnosis and rehabilitation.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Registration, Enhanced, Advanced, Consultant

Hour(s)

Free

MSCC – module 1

eLearning

This module focuses on red flags and supports healthcare professionals involved in the detection of MSCC to improve diagnosis times.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Supportive, Assistive, Pre-registration, Registration, Enhanced, Advanced

Hour(s)

Free

PPIE for Healthcare Professionals

eLearning

This course aims to equip healthcare professionals with the relevant knowledge and confidence to effectively engage with Patient and Carer Representatives, and the wider voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Hour(s)

Free

Dermoscopy

Resource

Resources for primary care professionals: looking at different skin lesions and appropriate assessment

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Consultant, Medical Workforce

Minute(s)

Free

Fine Needle Aspiration

On Demand Event

Provides neck ultrasonography and U/S guided Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology training for ENT/Head and Neck Surgeons, radiologists and sonographers.

Level of Practice: Medical Workforce

Hour(s)

Free

Primary Care & Early Diagnosis

This education was commissioned by and co-designed with the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance Early Diagnosis Team and produced by GatewayC. GatewayC is a free early cancer diagnosis resource.

For more Primary Care and & Early Diagnosis resources click here.

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Education on Cross Cutting Programmes

Personalised Care

Personalised care transcends all pathways and is fundamental to delivering better quality care that is meaningful to the individual, supporting improvements in health and wellbeing.

Health Inequalities

All education we develop and deliver is inclusive. The Academy offers a variety of learning that supports Health Inequalities, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

Operational Performance

Operational Performance aims to excel in Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS), Operational Metrics, and Treatment Variation. Find resources like training videos for using Single Queue Diagnostics via Infoflex.