As part of a comprehensive orientation for nurses caring for patients with hematologic malignancies, nurses are expected to attend general corporate orientation immediately followed by hospital site-specific nursing orientation. The orientation is comprised of lectures, e-learning, and clinical observership, as well as clinical practice under supervision of a preceptor. Nurses also are expected to attend foundational courses. The goal of these courses is to consolidate practical and theoretical knowledge in a specific oncology nursing specialty. A workshop was developed that offers a unique vision by interweaving theory, practice, and patient voice.
.

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death and disability globally. As a result, there is a need to provide specialized nursing care to the increasing number of complex oncology patients. Numerous healthcare centres do not have specialized oncology nursing education programs, creating an environment where oncology patients may be cared for by generalist nurses. To address this gap, advanced practice nurses in Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have redesigned a local program to provide specialized oncology education to nurses caring for oncology patients. The purpose of this article is to share the experience of redesigning and delivering a Canadian Specialized Oncology Nursing Education (SONE) program in the Middle East. The article describes learnings from an international collaborative project undertaken in Qatar.

Le cancer est l’une des principales causes de décès et d’invalidité dans le monde. Les infirmières doivent donc prodiguer des soins spécialisés à un nombre croissant de patients avec des cas de cancer complexes. Toutefois, de nombreux établissements de soins ne disposent pas de programmes spécialisés de formation en soins infirmiers oncologiques; les patients atteints de cancer sont alors pris en charge par des infirmières généralistes. Pour combler cette lacune, des infirmières en pratique avancée du Centre de cancérologie Princess Margaret ont restructuré l’un de leurs programmes pour offrir de la formation spécialisée en oncologie au personnel infirmier qui s’occupe de patients cancéreux. Le but du présent article est de décrire l’expérience de refonte et de prestation d’un programme canadien de formation spécialisée en soins infirmiers oncologiques (FSSIO) au Moyen-Orient, plus précisément au Qatar, de même que les enseignements tirés de ce projet international collaboratif.