Experiential Learning

What does cancer clinical care look like? How is cancer care provided in community settings?

Learning Objectives for the Clinical Placements

At the end of the clinical placements, the scholar will:

• Identify different ways that a health provider communicates with patients in clinical care.

• Interact with health professionals and patients in their clinical environment.

• Analyze the roles of various healthcare professionals in providing patient care.

• Describe how clinical care changes across the cancer continuum (e.g., prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship; more about the cancer continuum).

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How can public health protect Oregon communities from cancer and identify populations of risk?

Learning Objectives for Public Health Placements

At the end of the public health placements, the scholar will:

• Describe how public health can be used to identify cancer disparities and inequities.

• Identify the different roles in public health and how their collaborative work can contribute to programs.

• Understanding prevalence (where is your data or information sourced?) and how it may be used to inform public health programs.

• Understanding how public health education is provided to the general population and how they differentiate from population to population.

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How can Oregon communities be better informed about cancer? How can cancer education be tailored to target audiences?

Learning Objectives for Outreach Placements:

At the end of the outreach placements, the scholar will:

• Describe different ways in which cancer organizations reach out to communities of interest.

• Describe how cancer education materials can be tailored to different audiences.

• Identify the different ways that outreach and data intersect.

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How can cancer research improve detection and targeted treatment approaches?

Learning Objectives for Research Placements:

At the end of the research lab placements, the scholar will:

• Develop objectives and goals based on their interests for the research lab placement to refine their research design.

• Construct a list of research skills and scientific fields that are used by the research team to study cancer.

• Describe how the data is collected and what it portrays and how the findings may apply to different communities.

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