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Each year, Cancer Council Queensland facilitates hundreds of seminars, forums and information sessions across the State for a range of stakeholders, including cancer patients and carers, health professionals, volunteers and interested members of the community.
To help share this knowledge with all Queenslanders, podcasts (audio only) of selected sessions will be made available for streaming and download.
If you have any questions regarding these podcasts, or you would like further information on the issues they discuss, please contact the Cancer Council Helpline on 13 11 20.
Learn to Relax - CD
- Track 1 - Introduction - What is relaxation? (mp3, 2.6MB)
- Track 2 - Practical tips for relaxation - How to feel comfortable and safe when practising the techniques (mp3, 2.7MB)
- Track 3 - Short exercises in relaxation - The basic skills of relaxation (mp3, 9.4MB)
- Track 4 - Breathing relaxation - How to use your breathing to relax your mind and body (mp3, 5.7MB)
- Track 5 - Progressive muscle relaxation 1 - Relax your body by stretching, and then releasing, any muscle tension (mp3, 10.6MB)
- Track 6 - Progressive muscle relaxation 2 - Relax your body by simply releasing any muscle tension (mp3, 7.2MB)
- Track 7 - Guided visual imagery - How to take an imaginary journey away from stressful thoughts (mp3, 7.6MB)
- Track 8 - Personal visual imagery - How to use your imagination to relax your mind (mp3, 5.3MB)
- Track 9 - How to relax in a hurry: short and simple exercises - Exercises from track 3, without the explanations (mp3, 6.4MB)
- Track 10 - Music track - An opportunity to practice the techniques by yourself (mp3, 5.6MB)
You can order the CD from our Order resources section.
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Brain tumour information sessions
» Information sessions as podcasts
Cancer Council Helpline - Health Professional Education Seminars
2011 seminars
Colorectal Cancer – Current treatments and care (mp3, 30.5MB)
June 21 - Dr Paul Mainwaring M.B.B.S (Syd), M.D. (Lond) F.R.A.C.P, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Queensland, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Consulting at Haematology and Oncology Clinics Australia
Oncology Nurses Group - Health Professional Education Seminars
2012 seminars
Stress and burnout in cancer workers and work and life balance (mp3, 74.3MB)
February 7 - Associate Professor Michael Poulsen, Radiation Oncologist, Mater Hospital, Brisbane; and Dr Anne Poulsen, Occupational Therapist and Director, Work Life Balance Solutions
Relieving symptoms of cancer through art therapy (mp3, 35.5MB)
March 28 - David Hadley, Art Therapist, Mater Hospital, Brisbane
Definitions of CAMs and the development of COSA's complementary and integrative therapies interest group (mp3, 23.1MB)
March 28 - Alayne Reid RN, Cancer Nurse, COSA CIT Interest Group
Regulation for health practitioners - what does this mean? (mp3, 19.7MB)
May 30 - Anne Copeland, Qld Representative, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Regulation handout (PDF, 172KB)
The impact of national registration - an allied health perspective (mp3, 19.8MB)
May 30 - Kath Grudzinskas, Director - Physiotherapy, Princess Alexandra Hospital
The impact of national registration handout (PDF, 502KB)
An update on national cancer education in the context of national regulation (mp3, 15.2MB)
May 30 - Shannon Pike, EdCan
An update on national cancer education handout (PDF, 1.52MB)
How to set up and maintain your professional development portfolio (mp3, 22.3MB)
May 30 - Eileen Grafton RN, Education Consultant
How to set up your development portfolio handout (PDF, 819KB)
2011 seminars
Hitting the target - Using tomotherapy as a cancer treatment (mp3, 67.7MB)
July 13 - Ms Allison Dry and Mr Adrian Celati, Senior Radiation Therapist Education and Radiation Therapist Tomotherapy, Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Radiotherapy in palliative care and symptom management in radiation oncology
August 3 - Marilyn Haas, PhD, ANP-C, Nurse Practitioner, CarePartners, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Cancer and Food (mp3, 34MB)
September 13 - Dr Alexandra (Sandy) McCarthy, Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queensland University of Technology
Hazardous Substances Update - Risk and Responsibility - Part 1 (mp3, 9MB)
November 2 - Alayne Reid, Registered Nurse, Education Co-ordinator (Cancer), Mater Education Centre, Mater Health Services
Hazardous Substances Update - Risk and Responsibility - Part 2 (mp3, 11.8MB)
November 2 - Leisa Brown, Registered Nurse, Nurse Educator, Central Integrated Regional Cancer Service, Queensland Health
Hazardous Substances Update - Definitions, Environmental Monitoring and Health Surveillance (mp3, 21.6MB)
November 2 - Dr Andrew Jeremijenko, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialist
Hazardous Substances Update - Reconstitution: Current practice and innovations (mp3, 23.2MB)
November 2 - Julia Bates, Production Manager, Pharmacy, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
Podcast Legal Disclaimer
The information contained in these podcasts should not be used as a substitute for advice from a properly qualified professional who can advise you about your own individual medical needs. It is not intended to constitute medical advice and is provided for general information purposes only. It is not intended to constitute medical advice and is provided for general information purposes only. See our Disclaimer.
The contents of these podcasts are not to be copied, reproduced, printed, published, posted, displayed, incorporated, transmitted, broadcast, bartered or sold, in whole or in part without the prior express written permission of Cancer Council Queensland.
