Infusion Services and Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT): Observe the administration of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapies, blood products, and supportive care medications. Students gain experience in symptom assessment, patient education, central venous access devices, treatment-related toxicity management, and the care of patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cellular therapies.
Oncology Clinics: Observe comprehensive patient evaluations and longitudinal management of patients with solid tumors and hematologic malignancies while learning about interdisciplinary care coordination and continuity of care throughout the cancer journey.
Procedure Suites: Observe bone marrow biopsies, lumbar punctures, intrathecal chemotherapy administration, and other oncology procedures while learning about procedural nursing, sterile technique, patient preparation, recovery, and education.
Radiation Oncology: Shadow radiation oncology nurses and observe consultation, simulation, treatment planning, and treatment delivery while learning about radiation-related toxicities and the collaborative roles of the multidisciplinary radiation oncology team.
Nurse Navigation: Learn how oncology nurse navigators coordinate care across specialties, facilitate timely diagnosis and treatment, address barriers to care, educate patients and families, and connect patients with supportive resources.
Clinical Trials and Research: Gain exposure to oncology clinical research, including patient screening and enrollment, informed consent, protocol implementation, patient safety monitoring, and the critical role of clinical trials in advancing cancer care.
Theranostics (Lutathera and PSMA Therapies): Observe the delivery of advanced radiopharmaceutical therapies for certain malignancies while learning about patient selection, radiation safety, treatment administration, monitoring, and follow-up care.
Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Shadowing: (schedule permitting) Spend time with nurse practitioners and physician assistants to observe independent patient evaluations, treatment planning, symptom management, and collaborative decision-making within the multidisciplinary oncology team.
Surgical Oncology: Rotate with surgical services focused on the management of cancer, including colorectal, orthopedic, urologic, head and neck surgery and gynecologic oncology. Learn about pre-operative assessments and post-operative care, including management of complications and rehabilitation, as well as when to integrate cancer resections with chemotherapy or other treatment modalities
Cancer Survivorship: With improvements in cancer treatment, more and more patients are surviving long term after a cancer diagnosis. Spend time in both oncology clinics and in a focused survivorship clinic to learn about lasting effects of cancer treatment and how this impacts management of comorbidities and overall health.
Multidisciplinary management of cancer patients: Rotate with providers from non-oncology disciplines such as pulmonology, endocrinology, dermatology, infectious disease, who staff clinics in the Cancer Center to collaborate with oncologists to manage treatment sequelae. The increasing use of immune therapy and targeted biologic therapies can result in a different profile of treatment side-effects that require multidisciplinary collaboration for diagnosis and management.
