Surgical Prehabilitation to Improve Postoperative Outcome: The fitness of patients with cancer prior to surgery.

Online Training

By Vanessa Ferreira, kinesiologist, Ph.D.

 

Ms. Ferreira obtained her Master's and Doctorate degrees in Kinesiology at McGill University. Her studies focused on prehabilitation prior to surgery in cancer patients. Her research has been published in several scientific articles and presented at numerous international and local conferences.

 

Duration: 2 hours

Pricing

• $100, member

• $140, non-member

• $56, student

Credits: 3

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Upon completion of this training, you will be able to:

1. Cancer's impact and its treatments

2. What is prehabilitation versus rehabilitation?

3. Functional assessments

4. Exercise prescription

5. Scientific evidence for prehabilitation 

6. Who benefits most from prehabilitation?

7. Assessing fragility

8. Exercise during cancer treatments and the implications of this new therapeutic strategy in cancer treatment for kinesiologists

9. Exercise after surgical resection of cancer; more than rehabilitation

Good Training!