Bowel cancer workshops
The Cancer Council WA trains health professionals to run bowel cancer presentations to people in the community with the help of a bowel cancer resource kit. Workshops are FREE of charge.
Where is the workshop held?
The workshops are held at Cancer Council WA, 15 Bedbrook Place, Shenton Park.
However, training can be held anywhere in WA if more than 10 people are attending. To register your interest in training please contact the Bowel Cancer Screening Coordinator on (08) 9388 4333.
What will I learn at a bowel cancer workshop?
- What bowel cancer is and how it forms
- How common bowel cancer is
- Risk factors for bowel cancer
- How to prevent bowel cancer
- Bowel cancer screening: how to use an FOBT kit and the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
- Signs and symptoms of bowel cancer
- Treatment for bowel cancer
Why train as a Bowel Cancer Educator?
Build on your nutrition knowledge and improve your current practice by learning the most up to date information on bowel cancer prevention. You will also learn how to present bowel cancer information in a fun and interesting way.
How can I train as a Bowel Cancer Educator?
Training is run by The Cancer Council WA and is FREE of charge. Training takes two and a half hours.
Bowel Cancer: Avoid the Cure. Resource Kit updates
On 1 July 2008 a new phase of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program commenced. Updated presentation slides are available here. Please click on the links below to download the updates (right click and choose "save link as" to save the images):
Short presentation
- Slide 7: Bowel Cancer in Western Australia (jpeg 58K)
- Slide 14: National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (jpeg 95K)
Long presentation
- Slide 7: Bowel Cancer in Western Australia (jpeg 97K)
- Slide 8: Bowel Cancer in Western Australia (jpeg 58K)
- Slide 19: National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (jpeg 95K)
Every year, the WA Cancer Registry (Department of Health WA) release updated bowel cancer statistics. The Cancer Council WA collates the statistics in to a fact sheet. Click here to view the most recent cancer statistics fact sheets (takes you to a new page).
