This elective experience places the student into an active role as part of a multidisciplinary team whose focus is the active care of the cancer patient. The precise experience can be customized to the preference of the student who is free to choose from the complete spectrum of malignant diseases. Students are exposed to teachers from radiation, medical, and surgical oncology, stressing a multidisciplinary approach to the patient's problem. Most of the student experience is in the ambulatory setting with some inpatient exposure. While this elective occurs in a tertiary care, high tech cancer treatment centre, the emphasis for the student is on the generalizable skills of clinical reasoning, communication skills, and managing life-threatening situations, and the attendant ethical, and social problems.
Students can also attend a wide variety of tumour boards, and case management conferences.
2075 Bayview Ave. Patients with advanced cancer present with a variety of symptoms and signs reflecting involvement of many different bodily systems by disease. Some of the common complications of cancer include effusions, neuropathies, adenopathy, edema, and fractures. Learn the principles of palliative care and pain control in patients with advanced cancer. The elective can be tailored to individual student interests.