Cancer Education Strategy 2020-2025

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The Princess Margaret Cancer Education Strategy 2020-2025 reflects the core role education plays in improving access to cancer care and the quality of care provided. The strategy leverages the vision for Education set out in the UHN Education Strategic Plan: Teaching and Learning for a Healthier World, and the Princess Margaret Cancer Program Strategic Plan: Future Care Now. The work of Cancer Education is guided and cross-cut by the following:

Education Science & Learning
Technology & Artificial Intelligence
Health Literate Care
Implementation Science

Download the Cancer Education Strategy

Five Pillars

Forge cancer care teams of the future, now.

Build transformative enrichment educational opportunities for trainees and staff through interprofessional education
Equip patients, families, communities and the public to partner in their care across the continuum of cancer
Create a collaborative integrated physical education space

Advance cancer care through the convergence of education and research.

Innovate through education research and applied implementation
Foster strategic global alliances
Harness data science and learning analytics to advance cancer care

Champion health literacy through socially accountable education.

Promote equity and reduce health disparities through education and education research
Develop and test targeted interventions to mitigate gaps in care
Utilize person-centred design to maximize impact of digital education

Harness technology to inform new cultures of learning.

Amplify educational innovations and programs as global public goods
Leverage technology to train for real-world practice and the changing healthcare landscape
Enhance our education and knowledge mobilization capabilities

Lead and collaborate globally in cancer education.

Leverage networks to foster reciprocal learning opportunities
Engage alumni in lifelong relationships with The Princess Margaret
Develop global leaders through informative, formative and transformative education

If you are interested in collaborating on projects that fall within these pillars, please contact cancereducation@uhnresearch.ca.

https://www.uhn.ca/PrincessMargaret/Education/Continuing_Education_Programs/Pages/continuing_education_programs.aspx

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Last reviewed: 12/22/2022

Last modified: 11/7/2023 6:15 AM

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