Physical Activity Clinical Champions Training x Wessex Cancer Alliance
About this event:
For healthcare professionals only. The session lasts approximately 1hour and will cover the Physical Activity Clinical Champions (PACC) Oncology slide set.
What is PACC?
The Physical Activity Clinical Champions (PACC) programme provides free peer-led training and practical resources to support all healthcare professionals (HCPs) from hospital consultants through to community based practitioners to have more effective conversations around physical activity with their patients.
What does the Oncology session cover?
- Setting the scene – Understand the current landscape for physical activity for patients
- Evidence-based benefits – The latest research on how physical activity can be beneficial for people living with cancer
- Identifying barriers – Understand common barriers to engage in physical activity for people living with cancer
- Addressing risk – Understand how to consider risk in the context of physical activity promotion in oncology
- Supporting people to become more active – Develop understanding of behaviour change principles and how to have effective conversations
- Signposting – Find out more about national and local physical activity resources for people living with cancer.
The PACC programme is a Sport England funded project which is run by a consortium consisting of The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University, Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK and Intelligent Health.
