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Education and Training for Health Professionals

  • Updated: 08/25/2011
This is a collection of cancer education and training tools and offerings from NCI and NIH for health professionals.
Courses are available in a variety of formats, such as:
  • Online self-study
  • CD/DVD
  • Downloadable self-study (PDF, etc.)
  • Product training
  • Webinars, podcasts, animated tutorials
  • Other (Online communities, etc.)

Note: For information about cancer research fellowships and funding for scientific training, 
see NCI's Center for Cancer Training 1.

For Health Care Providers 2

For physicians, nurses, clinicians, and patient navigators.
Topics include: clinical trials, patient care, cancer and its treatment, and more...

For Public Health Program Planners 3

For those implementing public health programs in their community.
Topics include: fundamentals of data usage, cancer control, evidence-based cancer control programs, 
and more...

For Researchers 4

For those conducting research.
Topics include: clinical trials, informatics, translational research, and more...

For Cancer Registrars 5

For cancer registry staff.
Topics include: registries and their operation, coding and staging standards, case finding and follow-up, 
and more...

Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/researchandfunding/cancertraining
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/health-professional-training-tools/page2
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/health-professional-training-tools/page3
4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/health-professional-training-tools/page4
5http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/health-professional-training-tools/page5