The purpose of this online didactic course is to provide insight into work-related stress and the impact it can have on those who care for children with life-threatening illnesses.
- Teacher: Marilyn Hockenberry
Global HOPE Learning Academy
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Welcome to the official education site for Global HOPE!
Promoting excellence in pediatric oncology and hematology
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This is the official education site of the Global Hematology and Oncology Pediatric Excellence (HOPE) program at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas. This site provides courses for health care professionals caring for children with cancer and hematologic disorders across Sub-Saharan Africa.
If you are interested in enrolling in one of our Open Courses, click on the course of your choice below to go to the registration page. Once registered, you will receive an email with further instructions on how to begin the course.
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Available courses
This course teaches the principles of Quality Improvement (QI). It is designed to provide health care providers with essential skills that influence quality Improvement in a pediatric hematology and oncology subspecialty.
- Teacher: Marilyn Hockenberry
This short didactic course consists of three modules that provide a series of presentations that demonstrate essential nursing skills for those caring for children in pain.
- Teacher: Marilyn Hockenberry
This didactic course consists of four modules and provides a series of presentations and videos that demonstrate essential skills for those caring for wounds in children.
- Teacher: Marilyn Hockenberry
This
multidisciplinary course is designed to teach the steps of the evidence-based
review process and cultivate a spirit of inquiry.
- Teacher: Karen Gibbs
This course is designed for nurses working in childhood cancer settings in sub-Saharan Africa. It is developed to teach the basic principles of nursing care for a child with cancer and the family.
- Teacher: Marilyn Hockenberry
This didactic course is designed for health care professionals working with children with cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. It is developed to teach the basic principles of chemotherapy.
- Teacher: Marilyn Hockenberry
This
didactic course consists of 4 modules and provides a series of presentations
and videos that demonstrate the cornerstones of pediatric nursing care.
- Teacher: Marilyn Hockenberry
This didactic course consists of 4 modules and provides a series of presentations and videos that demonstrate essential nursing skills for the nurse caring for children.
- Teacher: Marilyn Hockenberry
This introductory course is designed for nurses who are interested in learning about childhood cancer but do not work in a childhood cancer treatment center. This short course teaches the basic principles of nursing care for a child with cancer and the family.
- Teacher: Marilyn Hockenberry
This course addresses how health care providers can support children and their families who will die from complex, chronic illnesses such as cancer in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Teacher: Marilyn Hockenberry
This hematology course is designed for healthcare providers working in Global HOPE clinics in sub-Saharan Africa. It is developed to teach the basic principles of healthcare for a child with hematology disorders and their family.
Global HOPE’s sickle cell disease (SCD) training program for primary care providers aims to improve the clinical care of children diagnosed with SCD by teaching local health care providers how to manage the disease. It is designed for clinicians who provide the initial care for children with an undiagnosed health concern or continuing care for those already diagnosed with SCD.
- Teacher: Gladstone Airewele
O Programa de Formação sobre a Doença Falciforme (DF) da Global HOPE para profissionais de cuidados de saúde primários tem por objectivo melhorar os cuidados clínicos de crianças diagnosticadas com DF, ensinando aos profissionais de cuidados de saúde locais como gerir esta doença. O programa foi concebido para clínicos que providenciam os cuidados iniciais a crianças com um problema de saúde não diagnosticado, ou cuidados continuados para os que já foram diagnosticados com DF.
- Teacher: Gladstone Airewele
This course is designed for health care professionals working in the Global HOPE program in sub-Saharan Africa. It is developed to teach the basic principles of aseptic technique.
- Teacher: Brooke Bernhardt
This course is designed for health care professionals working in the Global HOPE program in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is developed to teach the basic principles of medication safety and quality improvement.
- Teacher: Brooke Bernhardt