Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) in Children and Young People

This module provides learners with the opportunity to critically analyse the holistic care of a child or young person receiving SACT. This will lead to highly competent practitioners providing safe and effective administration and evidence-based practice. Critical thinking and evaluating practice experiences will be encouraged throughout the module. Learners will be required to complete the SACT passport as part of the national framework in the UK, tailored to their specific area of practice, ultimately enhancing the outcomes for children and young people receiving SACT.

This module can be taken as standalone Continuing Professional Development (CPD), or as part of a Master’s of Science (MSc), Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip), Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) or Graduate Certificate (GradCert) in Paediatrics & Child Healthcare Practice. See our MSc Paediatrics & Child Healthcare Practice page for more information about these programmes. If you wish to discuss how this module could fit into one of our programmes, please contact academic.programmes@gosh.nhs.uk.

Learners interested in completing a Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) or Graduate Certificate (GradCert) in Paediatrics & Child Healthcare Practice in Oncology are advised to complete this module and the following modules:

• Caring for Children and Young People with Cancer
• Paediatric Palliative Care
• Caring for Children and Young People undergoing Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

To be awarded the Graduate Certificate, learners must complete all 4 modules at Level 6. To be awarded the Postgraduate Certificate, learners must complete all 4 modules at Level 7.
Learners considering a programme will need to attend a pre-entry meeting with the programme leader to review the requirements and expectations of the programme. To set up a programme planning meeting, please contact the Academic Programmes Team at the GOSH Learning Academy: academic.programmes@gosh.nhs.uk.

Teaching

Active learning will allow practitioners to learn via collaboration, cooperation, and peer-based learning. Activities may include interactive lectures, clinical skills demonstration and supervised practice, small group activities, case-based discussions, workshops, practice simulations and tutorials. 

Synchronous and asynchronous learning and teaching activities are delivered via a combination of study days and digital strategies at local sites or online using the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

Clinical skills development and simulation are delivered in fully equipped, state of the art skills labs using a range of low and high-fidelity learning modalities.

The assessment format of this module is flexible and provides the learner with the opportunity to choose between delivering a viva voce or submitting a written piece of coursework, therefore providing choice for the learner. 

Cohort 2 of this module has a much greater emphasis on asynchronous content and would be suited to those learners who require more flexibility in their studies and wish to be more self-led and/or may have greater distances to travel. The majority of the taught content of this cohort will be delivered as recorded sessions and online learning packages via the virtual learning environment. 

Assessment

The formative assessment will require candidates to reflect on a patient encounter and share with the wider group for peer review.

The summative assessment will require learners to complete the Passport of SACT Practice as well as either a reflective assessment in the form of a written assignment, or a viva voce on a key moment within SACT-related patient encounter.

Teaching dates

Cohort 1

Cohort 2

Cohort 3

Teaching will take place over a whole day, unless specified. Face-to-Face teaching will take place either on or around the Great Ormond Street Hospital campus or at the Middlesex University West Stand at StoneX stadium. Exact locations for teaching days will be advised closer to the start date.

Fees and funding

The fees below refer to the 2025/26 academic year unless otherwise stated.

Part-time learners: £67 per credit*

*Course fees are subject to annual inflation so the total costs for part time study are shown here as a guide.

Learners who withdraw on or after the start date of the module will be liable for the full tuition fees.

If you have any questions about the module, please contact academic.programmes@gosh.nhs.uk.