Oncology for Fitness Professionals

Overview

In Canada, people with a diagnosis of cancer are surviving longer. With this increased survival comes many different types of disability associated with cancer and its treatments. This is where the gap is in our healthcare system. We need more qualified health care providers that are trained to help people with cancer return to normal activities of daily living and occupations.

As fitness professionals, we are going to work with clients with a diagnosis of cancer in gyms, outpatient clinics, private clinics and in their homes. We are just going to see more people that have been touched by cancer. We need to know what we are doing and be confident in our skills.

We also need to help thousands and thousands of people across Canada that are surviving cancer but living with dysfunction and disability. In fact, I would be so bold to say that cancer rehabilitation needs to be a standard of practice in the treatment of people with cancer in Canada.

Don’t waste time! Get trained and get started working with this amazing bunch of people!

Course Purpose:

To provide the knowledge and skills required for a fitness or health professional to work with a client who has had a diagnosis of cancer.

Learning Objectives

• The most relevant cancers and their medical treatments
• Appropriate exercise techniques and safety considerations
• The scope of practice a fitness/health professional works within and when to refer a client to a medical professional
• How to administer an oncology fitness assessment
• How to design an individualized fitness plan for your client’s abilities and goals

What’s included in this course?

• A 48-page workbook, which you can download and follow along throughout the course. This includes: an oncology fitness assessment, outcome measures, and exercise log.
• A power point lecture and videos of Jodi teaching the content
• Lifetime access. You can return to this course at any time. If any material is updated or added, you will have access to the new content.
• Patient exercises that you can easily share with your patients on Embodia (an Embodia Membership is required)
• Certification of completion. Once you've completed the course, you will receive a certificate for your professional portfolio. Please note,  to complete the course a practical exam and online multiple choice exam must be submitted.
• Access to this course is through Embodia, and although some of the content, such as the workbook can be downloaded, the majority cannot. This is to protect the instructor’s material and to prevent the content from being shared freely on the Internet.
• Embodia is mobile-friendly and can be accessed by phone, tablet, and computer.
• There is no start date or completion date. You can complete the course at your own pace.
• Quizzes throughout to help you integrate the knowledge.
• Bite-sized information: all of the content is broken down into bite-sized chunks, so that you can easily watch a video on your break, over lunch, or for a few minutes at night.
• A Special Coupon for 15% off any other online course on Embodia Academy when you’ve completed this course!

CEUs

This course is accredited for 3 CEUs with the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology (CSEP)