Improved palliative care for lung cancer patients through PATCH-funded MSc
We were delighted to support Rebecca Crabb in her MSc in Palliative Care at the University of Glasgow last year.
Rebecca was a staff nurse and decided to undertake the MSc course to enhance her knowledge and experience in palliative care and has since gone on to become a clinical nurse specialist.
Rebecca said:
The course has really changed my career. I was a staff nurse on a respiratory ward and felt poorly equipped to provide palliative care to patients. Since starting the course I have become a clinical nurse specialist for lung cancer patients, allowing me to utilise my skills specifically for this group of patients.
My dissertation was focused on the pathway of lung cancer patients not receiving anti-cancer treatment. Since finishing the course I have begun working with NHS Fife to look at this pathway in more detail and how to improve the service to patients in this group.
Since completing the course so many windows of opportunity have opened up for me to explore clinically and in research. However, more importantly I hope that my undertaking this course will allow for a greater level of care to patients that I support and the teams I work with in providing palliative care.
Thank you so much to PATCH for supporting me with funding and encouragement to do this course.