Susie is in the back row, 3rd from the right.

Train the Trainer Program Heads East

Our own Susie Newton was one of the nurses chosen for this program. Read more to learn about what she is doing below and see our 2010 winter edition of the Central Line to read about her experiences.

Early November marked the launch of the ONS Breast Cancer Training of Trainers Program in Bethlehem, West Bank, and Amman, Jordan.  ONS has been working  for more than a year with the U.S.-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research (PBCAR) to develop a modular program based on the ONS Site Specific Series: Breast Cancer online course. The initiative began in response to baseline assessments in both areas, reflecting a distinct need for education and awareness regarding prevention and early detection, as well as other topics such as post-surgical care and symptom management.  The hope is that a training of trainers program will have the most effective and sustainable long-term impact in disseminating critical training and information to healthcare professionals and to the public.

To this end, an advisory panel of local experts worked with ONS to develop the three-day training program that will equip nursing leaders in the West Bank and Jordan to educate their colleagues, patients, and students in breast cancer care.

In 2008, ONS became the newest member of the PBCAR, joining such institutions and organizations as the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Susan G. Komen for the Cure^®.

Read more about the launch of the training of trainers program in Bethlehem, and the U.S.-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research.