SIOP GLOBAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND TRAINING WORKING GROUP

MEMBERS:

58

Meetings:

Quarterly on Cure 4 Kids

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Neil Ranasinghe
Shushan Hovsepyan

Introduction

The SIOP Global Health Education Working Group actively promotes the education and training of all health care providers and ancillary staff from resource-limited settings that participate in the care of children with cancer. The working group operates under the name of Cancer POINTE and they publish materials, information about training courses here: https://cancerpointe.com and over social media – Twitter: @CancerPOINTE, Facebook: CancerPOINTE and Instagram: @CancerPOINTE

We work to:

  • Promote the education and training of all health care providers and ancillary staff from resource-limited settings that participate in the care of children with cancer.
  • Facilitate connection of provider to available opportunities rather than creating opportunities
  • Liaise with other SIOP Global Health WGs to foster collaboration especially in regards to the specific educational initiatives regarding patients, parents, nurses and other ancillary staff.

Activities

  • Working with other SIOP Global Health working groups to host educational materials on the Training Centre site
  • Developing a plan to redesign the Training Centre site to make it more accessible and navigable for the user
  • Working on increasing awareness of the site through social media
  • Expanding the “Find an Expert” program
Articles of interest