Jodie Fenn (Cancer Research UK)

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Work at Cancer Research UK on health campaigns, supporting clinical research nurses working on cancer trials

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  • Congratulations on completing the Demystifying Targeted Cancer Treatments course!

    We hope you enjoyed learning about the world of targeted treatments and immunotherapies and that the course has helped to demystify the science behind the treatments and how they work to support patients.

    We'd encourage you to reflect on what you have learned, and if you've...

  • For clinical research nurses and practitioners on the course, why not sign up to our free e-newsletter for news, opportunities and resources to help you in your role and develop your practice of delivering clinical cancer trials: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/join-our-excellence-in-research-programme

  • Welcome to week 5, the final week of the course! Don't forget:
    • You have 7 weeks' free access to the course so you can go at your own pace and dip into the content at a time that suits you
    • Download materials so you can refer back to them to support and/or refresh your learning at a later date
    • Remember the ‘See also’ content is optional - we've...

  • Well done for completing week 4 of the course. Whether you’re taking the course for your work, study or general interest, we hope it’s helping you gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of how targeted therapies work to support patients.

    Do continue to let us know what you think of the course - what's been your biggest learning so far, how it's helping...

  • A quick reminder that while you'll find lots of links to further reading, these are optional. We've included them should you wish to supplement your learning from the course and further deepen your knowledge of targeted cancer treatments and immunotherapies.

  • A quick reminder that while you'll find lots of links to further reading, these are optional. We've included them should you wish to supplement your learning from the course and further deepen your knowledge of targeted cancer treatments and immunotherapies.

  • For clinical research nurses and practitioners on the course, why not sign up to our free e-newsletter for news, opportunities and resources to help you in your role and develop your practice of delivering clinical cancer trials: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/join-our-excellence-in-research-programme

  • Welcome to week 4 of Demystifying Targeted Cancer Treatments! We hope you're enjoying the course. A quick reminder of the following tips to help you get the most out of it:
    • Go at your own pace
    • Download materials so you can refer back to them
    • Remember the ‘See also’ content is optional and can be used to deepen your knowledge
    • Join in the...

  • Worried your time to access the course content for free is running out? Don't worry, don't forget you can download the course materials to review at a later date to continue or refresh your learning.

  • Well done for completing week 3! We know the topic can be particularly challenging.
    You’re now more than halfway through the course so do continue to share your feedback, your key learnings so far and let us know how you’re getting on.

  • We hope you're enjoying the course and deepening your knowledge of how targeted cancer treatments work. Don’t forget you can download the course materials including the videos, transcripts, images and further reading as you go.

  • For clinical research nurses and practitioners on the course, why not sign up to our free e-newsletter for news, opportunities and resources to help you in your role and develop your practice of delivering clinical cancer trials: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/join-our-excellence-in-research-programme

  • Welcome to week 3 of the course!
    Although the course has been designed with clinical research nurses and other clinical research and healthcare professionals in mind, whether you’re taking the course for your work, study or general interest, we hope it’s helping you gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of how targeted therapies work to support patients....

  • Well done for completing week 2 of the course.

    Don’t worry if you’re a bit behind, you have seven weeks’ free access to the course. And remember, you can download the materials and further reading links if you wish to refer to them at a later time and refresh your learning.

    Do tell us how you’re finding the course – we’d love to hear your feedback!

  • For clinical research nurses and practitioners on the course, why not sign up to our free e-newsletter for news, opportunities and resources to help you in your role and develop your practice of delivering clinical cancer trials: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/join-our-excellence-in-research-programme

  • Welcome to week 2 of the course!

    A quick reminder of some tips as you go through the week:
    • Go at your own pace (Future Learn gives you seven weeks' free access)
    • Download materials so you can refer back to them
    • Remember the ‘See also’ content is optional and can be used to deepen your knowledge
    • Join in the discussion with your fellow learners...

  • Well done for completing week 1 of the course!
    Don’t worry if you’re a bit behind, you have seven weeks’ free access to the course. And remember, you can download the materials and further reading links should you wish to refer to them at a later time and refresh your learning.

  • If you haven’t already done so, please tell us what you’re hoping to learn from the course so we can better understand your motivations, needs and expectations and make improvements to the course. You can find the link to do this in Step 1.1. Many thanks in advance for sharing your feedback.

  • If you haven’t already done so, please tell us what you’re hoping to learn from the course so we can better understand your motivations, needs and expectations and make improvements to the course. You can find the link to do this in Step 1.1. Many thanks in advance for sharing your feedback.

  • Welcome to the course! A few tips as you go through:

    • Go at your own pace – the course is structured over five weeks and each week requires approximately 2–3 hours of learning. But all weeks are open now so you can move on to the rest of the course when you’re ready. Don’t worry if you fall behind; you have seven weeks’ free access to the...

  • Welcome to Demystifying Targeted Cancer Treatments.

    A quick note to say that while the course is open to all and everyone is welcome to participate, it has been designed primarily for clinical research nurses and other clinical research professionals. Specialist cancer nurses and other healthcare professionals working in the field of cancer treatments may...

  • Hi John. You should be able to see the video embedded in the article above (its not displayed as a link per se) and play it from there. But glad you found it on YouTube. For future reference, or if anyone else is having trouble seeing and watching the video above, the link to it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgk54YXpL1E

  • Many thanks for all of your comments and feedback about the course. Please could we ask that you take 5 minutes to complete the course survey in the step above so that we can continue to make sure it meets the needs of those taking it and make any improvements. Thank you.

  • Please also take 3-5 minutes to complete the survey in the 'Share your feedback' section above and let us know your motivations for joining and what you're hoping to learn on the course. This will help us to make sure the course continues to meet your and your fellow learners' needs. Thank you.

    Link to...

  • Hello to everyone joining the course over the last week. Just a reminder that the course educators and mentors - you can click on their profiles above - will be online for another two weeks (until 12 March) so please do post any questions and comments as you go through the course.

  • Hi Helen, this week's content is complex, but glad that you found the explanations in the videos etc helped, and that you're thinking how to apply what you've learnt to your practice and conversations with patients. Enjoy the rest of the course!

  • Hi Victoria. Thanks for your comments. It's so good to hear you've enjoyed the different formats and hearing from others also working in the field. Don't forget you can download the videos, transcripts and images to view at a later date if you wish. Enjoy the rest of the course.

  • Hi Lisa. Many thanks for your comments. Great to hear that you like the videos on the course. Just a reminder that you can download all videos and transcripts from the course to view at a later date.

  • Many thanks for all your comments and feedback so far.

    Don't forget to post any other comments or questions you may have about targeted treatments as you go through the course. Our educators and mentors - Elaine, Anne, Karen, Nikki and Vivienne - will be online for another few weeks (until 12 March) to help answer any questions you have and support your...

  • Welcome to everyone joining the course this week.

    Don't forget to post any comments or questions you may have about targeted treatments in the comments section which you'll find at the bottom of each course step. Our educators and mentors - Elaine, Anne, Karen, Nikki and Vivienne - will be online for another few weeks (until 12 March) to help answer any...

  • Welcome to everyone who has joined the course over the last week. If you haven't already done so, please take 3 minutes to complete the pre-course survey to help us understand why you’re taking the course and help meet your needs:

    https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/targeted-cancer-treatments/10/run_surveys/a83c3291-7193-458f-a218-c3c495f9a17d

    (more...

  • Welcome to the course, Sandra :)

  • Please tell us how you heard about the course and what you're hoping to learn by completing the survey above.

    Link to the survey: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/targeted-cancer-treatments/10/run_surveys/a83c3291-7193-458f-a218-c3c495f9a17d

  • Hi everyone, I'm Jodie from Cancer Research UK. Welcome to the course, we hope you enjoy it and it helps increase your understanding of targeted cancer treatments and immunotherapies.

    The course's lead educators, Elaine Vickers and Anne Croudass, and mentors will be online 8 February-12 March to help answer any questions you may have.

    We'd also...

  • Hello, I'm Jodie from Cancer Research UK. Welcome to the course, we hope you enjoy it. If you have recently joined, you may prefer to join the latest run of the course instead for the opportunity to put your questions to the course's lead educators and mentors, including Elaine Vickers and Anne Croudass. They will be online to answer any questions you have and...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Due to the current situation, you may notice little or no facilitation from the course’s lead educators and mentors at this time. However, we’d encourage you to follow and join in discussion with other learners, share your experiences and knowledge, and hear different perspectives to enhance your learning experience. We hope that you will enjoy interacting...

  • Hi all, with the current situation across the world we wanted to provide a link to Cancer Research UK guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19):
    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus-and-cancer
    This is written for people affected by cancer, but the information will also be useful for health professionals. The information will...

  • Hi all, with the current situation across the world we wanted to provide a link to Cancer Research UK guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19):
    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus-and-cancer
    This is written for people affected by cancer, but the information will also be useful for health professionals. The information will...

  • Hi all, with the current situation across the world we wanted to provide a link to Cancer Research UK guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19):
    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus-and-cancer
    This is written for people affected by cancer, but the information will also be useful for health professionals. The information will...

  • Hi all, with the current situation across the world we wanted to provide a link to Cancer Research UK guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19):
    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus-and-cancer
    This is written for people affected by cancer, but the information will also be useful for health professionals. The information will...

  • Hi all, with the current situation across the world we wanted to provide a link to Cancer Research UK guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19):
    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus-and-cancer
    This is written for people affected by cancer, but the information will also be useful for health professionals. The information will...

  • Hi all, with the current situation across the world we wanted to provide a link to Cancer Research UK guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19):
    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus-and-cancer
    This is written for people affected by cancer, but the information will also be useful for health professionals. The information will...

  • Hi all, with the current situation across the world we wanted to provide a link to Cancer Research UK guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19):
    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus-and-cancer
    This is written for people affected by cancer, but the information will also be useful for health professionals. The information will...

  • Hi all, with the current situation across the world we wanted to provide a link to Cancer Research UK guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19):
    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus-and-cancer
    This is written for people affected by cancer, but the information will also be useful for health professionals. The information will...

  • Hi all, with the current situation across the world we wanted to provide a link to Cancer Research UK guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19):
    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus-and-cancer
    This is written for people affected by cancer, but the information will also be useful for health professionals. The information will...

  • Hi all, with the current situation across the world we wanted to provide a link to Cancer Research UK guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19):
    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus-and-cancer
    This is written for people affected by cancer, but the information will also be useful for health professionals. The information will...

  • Hi all, with the current situation across the world we wanted to provide a link to Cancer Research UK guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19):
    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus-and-cancer
    This is written for people affected by cancer, but the information will also be useful for health professionals. The information will...

  • Hi all, with the current situation across the world we wanted to provide a link to Cancer Research UK guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19):
    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus-and-cancer
    This is written for people affected by cancer, but the information will also be useful for health professionals. The information will...

  • Welcome to the course Francesca. As a research nurse involved in delivering cancer trials, you may like to sign up to the Cancer Research UK 'Excellence in Research' Programme which aims to support your continuing professional development, education and best practice (which this course is a part of)
    You can sign up...

  • Hi Katherine,
    As a research nurse involved in delivering cancer trials, you may like to sign up to the Cancer Research UK 'Excellence in Research' Programme which aims to support your continuing professional development, education and best practice (which this course is a part of)
    You can sign up...

  • Hi Heidi,
    Welcome to the course!

    As a research nurse involved in delivering cancer trials, you may like to sign up to the Cancer Research UK 'Excellence in Research' Programme which aims to support your continuing professional development, education and best practice (which this course is a part of)
    You can sign up...

  • Hi Kathryn, as a research nurse involved in delivering cancer trials, you may like to sign up to the Cancer Research UK 'Excellence in Research' Programme which aims to support your continuing professional development, education and best practice (which this course is a part of)
    You can sign up...

  • Thanks for your feedback, Jayne :)

  • Good to have you with us, Jose! Hope you enjoy the course.

  • Hi Michelle, congratulations on your new role. Welcome to the course. You should find week 3 particularly relevant to your work on haematology trials - let us know what you think.
    As a research nurse involved in delivering cancer trials, you may like to sign up to the Cancer Research UK 'Excellence in Research' Programme which aims to support your continuing...

  • Hi Deborah, don't worry about joining a bit after the course officially started. I hope you find that the rest of the course builds on your knowledge. Elaine, Anne and the course mentors, Karen and Nikki (who are both senior research nurses) will be online for the next 2 1/2 weeks of the course so do ask any questions you have.

  • Hi Caroline, to add to Anne's reply, there is also a glossary of terms available to download at the start of each week, which you may find helpful.

  • Hi Darryl, please check the link again - it should take you to the right page now where you can read and download the guidelines.

  • Congrats on your new role, Shahida! Glad to hear you're already finding the course useful. Do continue to share your feedback and ask any questions you have to enhance your learning.

    If you will be delivering clinical trials in advanced cancer therapies, you may want to consider signing up to the Cancer Research UK 'Excellence in Research' Programme which...

  • Hi Bob and all on the course, this link has now been updated.

  • Welcome Victoria, hope you learn a lot from the course that you can use in your daily work with patients.

  • Hi Maria P, welcome to the course.

    If you deliver cancer trials, you may want to sign up to the Cancer Research UK 'Excellence in Research' Programme which aims to support your continuing professional development, education and best practice (which this course is a part of).

    You can sign up...

  • Hi Karen, you'll find new content about PARP inhibitors that we've added to the course in Week 2. And the rest of the course talks about other types of targeted therapies and immunotherapy. Hope you enjoy it, glad to have you with us.

  • Welcome to the course Diana. The course is aimed at research nurses and cancer nurses caring for patients who are receiving these treatments so hopefully you'll learn lots and be able to apply it to your work. Do ask questions of the course educators and mentors along the way and tell us what you think.

  • Hi Tom. It certainly sounds like you're working on a very interesting project. The course will answer lots of your questions above, so we hope you enjoy it and you can apply some of your learnings to your assignment.

  • Welcome Steve!

  • If you're going to be working on more haematology and clinical trials in cancer, you may want to sign up to the Cancer Research UK 'Excellence in Research' Programme which aims to support your continuing professional development, education and best practice (which this course is a part of)

    You can sign up...

  • Welcome Patricia! Week 3 of the course focuses on targeted treatments for blood cancers and there is new and updated content in Week 4 that includes new videos from Elaine (one of the course's lead educators) on the science behind CAR T cell therapy. And you'll also hear from nurses about practicalities of giving CAR T cell treatment.

  • Hi Deborah, welcome to the course. As a research nurse, I appreciate you may be working across a number of different studies so it's good to refresh and enhance your knowledge of specific disease areas and treatments. Hopefully you find the course useful for doing this.

    If you're going to be delivering more oncology clinical trials, you may like to sign up...

  • Hi Edyta, welcome to the course. Hopefully you'll find it very beneficial for your role. Congrats on your new role in the oncology research team.

    As a research nurse delivering oncology trials, you may like to sign up to the Cancer Research UK 'Excellence in Research' Programme which aims to support your continuing professional development, education and...

  • Hi Jackie, hopefully you'll find this is the course for you then :)

    You may like to sign up to the Cancer Research UK 'Excellence in Research' Programme which aims to support your continuing professional development, education and best practice (which this course is a part of).

    You can sign up...

  • Welcome to the course, Diane.

    As an oncology research nurse, you may like to sign up to the Cancer Research UK 'Excellence in Research' Programme which aims to support your continuing professional development, education and best practice (which this course is a part of).

    You can sign up...

  • Hi Leah, welcome to the course. We hope you enjoy it.

  • Welcome to the course, Molly! Great that you're doing the course as you start your new role as a breast cancer research nurse.

    You may like to sign up to the Cancer Research UK 'Excellence in Research' Programme which aims to support your continuing professional development, education and best practice (which this course is a part of)

    You can sign up...

  • Welcome to the course, Ellen. And congratulations on your new job.

    If you are a research nurse involved in delivering cancer trials, you may like to sign up to the Cancer Research UK 'Excellence in Research' Programme which aims to support your continuing professional development, education and best practice (which this course is a part of).

    You can sign...