Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Rotation

The Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Rotation program educates residents about managing the care of cancer survivors, equipping them to provide appropriate care for cancer survivors in their practices. The four-week rotation is open to second and third year Family Medicine residents from accredited programs. A longer-term experience is available at the program director’s discretion.  

Rotation objectives include:

• Surveillance for cancer recurrence
• Prevention of new cancers
• Screening for second primary cancers
• Intervention for late and long-term effects of treatment (including lymphedema, sexual dysfunction, pain, symptom management)
• Palliative/end-of-life care
• Quality of life, including psychological distress and spiritual, financial, and legal issues

Curriculum

Clinical experiences are supplemented by informal lectures, conferences and self-paced study of current journal articles and web-based materials. Residents rotate through various clinical areas to gain training about surveillance for recurrence, preventive services, psychosocial guidelines for maintaining survivors’ health and well-being, identifying and managing late effects of cancer and its treatment arising in the family practice setting, and quality of life.