Training in Community Outreach Advocacy

If you want to become a community outreach advocate in the area of cancer, you should first educate yourself about cancer. You should get your information from good, reliable resources whose information represents the latest evidence based information available.

“Cancer Information and Support Network” is a good, reliable resource.

You are on this site now. This site has many good modules for learning about cancer that start off very basic and gradually get more complex in content. Each module also has a quiz, so you can make sure you are grasping the concept before moving to the next module. The recommended modules are:

• CISN Training Introduction & Instructions
  http://www.cisncancer.org/eTraining/eQuiz_Intro.html
  • This page is an overview of training modules offered by CISN.
• CISN e-Training/Quiz1 - Cancer 101
  http://www.cisncancer.org/cancer101/index.html
  • This training is intended for advocates, patients and anyone else who would like a basic understanding of what cancer is. Everyone is encouraged to start here as vocabulary and basic concepts are introduced at this point.
• CISN e-Training/Quiz2 - What We Know About Cancer http://www.cisncancer.org/research/what_we_know/overview.html
  • This training will test your knowledge of cancer at a more advanced level. It includes questions on basic biology as well as advances in cancer research including the "OMICS" revolution and personalized medicine.
• CISN e-Training/Quiz3 - How Cancer is Studied http://www.cisncancer.org/research/how_cancer_is_studied/overview.html
  • This training is designed to test your knowledge of each field of cancer research including their methods and tools.
• CISN e-Training/Quiz4 - Drug Development http://www.cisncancer.org/research/drug_development/overview.html
  • This training is designed to test your knowledge about the drug development process including target identification, the regulatory process and the stakeholders involved.
• CISN e-Training/Quiz5 - New Horizons in Cancer Treatments http://www.cisncancer.org/research/new_treatments/overview.html
  • This training is designed to test your knowledge about the recent advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment plus the new tools needed.
• CISN e-Training/Quiz6-Personalized Medicine http://www.cisncancer.org/personalized_medicine/index.html
  • This training is designed to test your knowledge of personalized medicine including ethics, tissue donation and molecular diagnostics.