Cancer Treatments and Side Effects: What Therapists Need to Know

Course overview

Clinicians who work with cancer survivors must have an understanding of how cancer and the associated treatments cause a changing trajectory of physical and cognitive abilities. In this course, Dr. Suzanne Taylor provides an overview of cancer treatments and the commonly associated side effects. Along with the impact of cancer on an individuals psychosocial well-being, Dr. Taylor provides examples of how functional abilities may rapidly change. This course strengthens the clinicians ability to anticipate changes in function and appropriately adjust therapy goals and interventions.