[Fig 1] It is widely known that the patients’ care and service pathway associated with breast cancer (BC) through early detection, diagnostic procedures, treatments to the follow- up phase is still discontinuous. It has been proved that a European-wide, harmonized, evidence-based and flexible scheme is required in order to have equal and high quality treatment for patients. (1) Cancer detection, diagnosis and care coordination comprise appropriate care that is timely and provided by an interprofessional team including e.g. radiographers, radiation therapists and biomedical laboratory scientists....

The project started with research aiming to produce information about patient experiences during their BC care pathway. Patient data was collected from BC patients (n=14) by using open-ended online questionnaires via the websites and social media of national breast cancer patient organizations in four countries. Secondly a research about staff viewpoints to the care pathway were studied as well as their educational needs. A web-based open ended questionnaire was sent to breast care hospitals located in four different countries, focusing on four professional groups: diagnostic...

An open access learning platform comprising three learning modules were created. (Fig 2)[Fig 2] MODULE 1: INTERPROFESSIONAL ASPECTS OF BREAST CANCER CARE AND TREATMENT (3 ECTS) comprises topics: Introduction and learning outcomes, Care and treatment pathway, Framework for interprofessional collaboration, Professional competences and roles, Guidelines for treatment and influence of cultural differences to treatment outcomes, Interprofessional collaboration in patient counseling and education and Patient outcomes from interprofessionalcollaboration in treatment and care. MODULE 2 BREAST CANCER TREATMENTS AND THERAPIES (7 ECTS) consists of topics: Introduction and...

Based on research evidence the open access elearning course produced in this project respond to acute need of health care professionals treating breast cancer patients. The final beneficiaries are BC patients whose care pathway will become more seamless and whose viewpoint regarding their care will better be taken into account.

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