King's and Prostate Cancer Charity host master class
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King's College London and the Prostate Cancer Charity staged a two day master class on 15 and 16 September for healthcare professionals with the aim of improving services for men with prostate cancer.
The master class brought together experts in the field of prostate cancer for the chance to analyse, discuss and debate the contemporary challenges facing care for the disease.
The master class covered issues including the awareness of and access to the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test, prostate cancer survivorship, radiotherapy innovations and delivery of active surveillance.
Attendees learnt about leading research and management of prostate cancer and were invited to think creatively about strategies to support men and their families through diagnosis, treatment and survival.
The Prostate Cancer Charity's Head of Services, Sarah Porch, said: 'We are delighted to have worked in partnership with King's College London to host this master class and we designed the two day programme to provide people who work in the field of prostate cancer with the most up to date understanding of some of the issues and debates surrounding the disease and useful strategies to adopt to provide optimum care for men and their families affected by prostate cancer. We were joined by many people working in the sector as possible in the hope that we will be able to help improve the lives of men.'
Lorraine Robinson, Principal Lecturer, Specialist Care at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s College London, said: 'The master class created a lively and stimulating forum for practitioners in the field to debate and explore the critical and complex issues surrounding prostate cancer care. A great strength of the master class is the partnership between the Charity and the School, which brought together experts in prostate cancer and healthcare professional education. The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery has a great tradition of developing contemporary education programmes and we greatly enjoyed the event and working with the Charity.'