The Allied Health Professionals Oncology Group (AHPOG) is a group for all health professionals working in cancer care and public health.

AHPOG is a special-interest group which operates throughout Queensland and aims to support allied health professionals by providing opportunities for Scholarahips and Travel Grants.

Membership

Membership is open to all allied health professionals and public health professionals with an interest in cancer care. Medical and nursing practitioners are not eligible for membership.

Benefits of membership:

• Eligibility to apply for Scholarships and Travel Grants.
• Priority notification of conferences, seminars, education programs and meetings.
• AHPOG Newsletter.

Annual membership fee is $30. Click here to join the AHPOG (membership brochure). 

33rd Annual Oncology Nurses Group Conference

Thursday & Friday, September  9-10, 2010
Radisson Resort, Gold Coast.

Announcing our key note speaker

Mary Duffy RN, RSCN, RSM. GRAD Dip Cancer/Palliative care NSG
Nurse Co-ordinator - Lung,  Peter McCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne

Check out our website for more information and the preliminary conference program  

Health Professional Study and Travel Grants

 Cancer Council Queensland’s program of scholarships and study grants provides health workers in the field of cancer the opportunity to improve knowledge pertaining to research, diagnosis, treatment and education about cancer. The experience gained will make it possible to give the highest standard of health care to people with cancer.

Each year, $70,000 in scholarships is offered, with each scholarship valued at a maximum of $10,000. There are scholarships for international travel and travel within Australia, and scholarships for nurses, medical, paramedical, educationalists and allied health professionals.

Click here for the application.

 

More information

For more information, please contact the Health Professional Education team on 3258 2267 or email healthpros@cancerqld.org.au