Current & Emerging Issues in Psycho-Oncology & Pain Research

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Discuss the impact of cancer on the quality of life of patients and their families
• Describe and critically discuss the main methodological approaches in psycho-oncology
• Discuss issues related to genetic testing and the use of prophylactic treatment
• Discuss issues related to the screening and treatment of cancer in individuals with mental health issues
• Critically discuss the role of psychological, social and emotional factors in the experience of pain.
• Describe the functions pain serves and its basic neurobiology
• Describe experimental approaches used to explore the subjective pain experience
• Discuss the impact of chronic pain on quality of life, and the therapeutic benefits of psychological interventions
• Evaluate novel psychosocial interventions in the field of psycho-oncology

• Research methods in psycho-oncology
• Assessment of quality of life in individuals with cancer
• Screening and treatment of cancer in individuals with mental health issues
• Genetic counselling
• The impact of cancer on couples
• The impact of a family member's cancer on parents and children
• Written emotional disclosure interventions for patients with cancer
• Internet interventions for patients with cancer
• The function of pain
• The neurobiology of pain
• Perception of pain
• The Biopsychosocial model of pain
• Pain as an emotion
• Cognitive biases in chronic pain
• The role of quantitative sensory testing of pain
• Pain management interventions

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.