ECLIPTIC – Enhancing EU Oncology Nursing Practice for Clinical Excellence
Funded under the Erasmus+ Programme
Date: 24–28 October 2025
Location: San Servolo (Venice), Italy
Application Deadline: 30 June 2025 (Closed)
Notification of Acceptance: 15 July 2025
ECLIPTIC is a leading vocational educational training initiative designed to equip experienced cancer nurses with advanced clinical skills, leadership training, and expert insight into patient-centred, interdisciplinary cancer care. The project is funded under European Commission Erasmus + Programme (COD. 2024-2-BE01-KA210-VET-000287146, NATIONAL ID: 24PSP0013)
Objectives
1. Enhance the clinical skills and patient care through intensive immersion in up-to-date oncology practices, equip the participant nurses with advanced knowledge and techniques to provide high-quality patient care.
2. Increase nurses specialist practice skills such as studying new practical procedures, including assessment and safety protocols, effective communication techniques, complex symptom management, nursing research methodologies, and addressing psychosocial consequences of cancer therapies thanks to simulation clinics.
3. Increase clinical leadership skills of nurses by providing networking sessions for participants to reflect on their role in clinical bed site leadership within the context of cancer nursing.
Expected Outcomes
- +30 cancer nurses trained and upskilled to provide high quality care to patients
- +90% of participants completing the full training programme proposed
- +60% of increasing perception of participants on the improvement of their skills
- 85% of participant satisfied for the Project’s activities (score 8/10)
- One pivotal European model for training cancer nurses
Who Should Apply
- Experienced cancer nurses with 3–5+ years of clinical experience
- Nurses involved in direct patient care, coordination, or management
- Fluent in English
Programme Highlights
- 3.5 days of intensive, interactive learning
- Specialist nursing sessions on assessment, safety, symptom management, and leadership
- Practical training through real-world case studies
- Free registration, accommodation, and meals
- Travel cost reimbursement (up to €250) under defined guidelines
Application Requirements
- Completed application form
- Letter of motivation
- Letter of support from your department head or line manager
How to Apply
To be considered, submit the following by 30 June 2025:
- Completed application form
- Letter of motivation
- Letter of support from your department head or line manager
Download the full flyer (with detailed information on the programme, travel, and accommodation)
Hybrid Event Details
Block 1 (pre-recorded lectures)
A Taste of Haematology
Time: 00:00 CEST
Presenter: Matthias Hellberg Naegele
Occupational Safety
Time: 00:00 CEST
Presenter: Matthias Hellberg Naegele
Prevention in Cancer Care
Time: 00:00 CEST
Presenter: Tugba Pehlivan Saribudak (TR)
Health Literacy
Time: 00:00 CEST
Presenter: Tugba Pehlivan Saribudak (TR)
How to Prepare a Scientific Abstract
Time: 00:00 CEST
Presenter: Tugba Pehlivan Saribudak (TR)
Adolescents & Young Adults with Cancer
Time: 00:00 CEST
Presenter: Johan De Munter (BE)
Oncology Emergencies
Time: 00:00 CEST
Presenter: Carlos Fernandes Cargaleiro
Block 2 - Programme
19:30 Participants' arrival, registration
19:30 Welcome aperitif
8:15 Welcome by ESO and EONS
8:30 Welcome & Introduction
9:00 Professional expectations
10:00 Developing as a nurse Tugba Pehlivan Saribudak, TR
10:45 Case presentation 11:00 Coffee break
11:30 ANP roles Carlos Fernandes Cargaleiro, UK - Matthias Hellberg Naegele, CH
12:15 Interprofessional Collaboration & practice Carlos Fernandes Cargaleiro, UK
13:00 Lunch 14:00 WORKSHOP: Communication - Group BLUE
14:00 WORKSHOP: Communication - Group RED
14:00 WORKSHOP: How to deal with sex and intimacy with cancer patients - Group YELLOW
14:00 WORKSHOP: How to deal with sex and intimacy with cancer patients - Group GREEN
16:00 Coffee break 16:30 WORKSHOP: Communication - Group YELLOW
16:30 WORKSHOP: Communication - Group GREEN
16:30 WORKSHOP: How to deal with sex and intimacy with cancer patients - Group BLUE
16:30 WORKSHOP: How to deal with sex and intimacy with cancer patients - Group RED
18:30 End of the 1st day
8:30 How do new therapies work? Tanja Cufer, SI
9:30 Compassion fatigue and resilience Tugba Pehlivan Saribudak, TR
10:15 Well being at work Tugba Pehlivan Saribudak, TR
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Case discussions
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Case discussions
14:45 Simulation clinic in cancer care Carlos Fernandes Cargaleiro, UK - Matthias Hellberg Naegele, CH - Tugba Pehlivan Saribudak, TR
16:30 Coffee break
17:00 Discussions , Q&A/reflection on simulation Clinic
17:45 End of the 2nd day of the masterclass
8:30 Case discussions
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Elderly Care, Carlos Fernandes Cargaleiro, UK
12:15 Psychosocial issues in cancer patients and their caregivers, Tugba Pehlivan Saribudak, TR
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Palliative care and approach to dying patients, Tugba Pehlivan Saribudak, TR
14:45 Symptom Management, Matthias Hellberg Naegele, CH
15:30 Case discussions
16:30 Coffee break
17:00 Case presentations of the results
19:30 Farewell Dinner + special night
8:30 How to Be a Good Oncologist in the Era of AI and Social Media: Insight into the the Future, Rodrigo Dienstmann, ES
8:45 WORKSHOP: Ethics - Group BLUE
8:45 WORKSHOP: Ethics - Group RED
8:45 WORKSHOP: Everyday tools to shift your equilibrium towards resilience - Group YELLOW
8:45 WORKSHOP: Everyday tools to shift your equilibrium towards resilience - Group GREEN
10:15 Coffee break
10:45 WORKSHOP: Ethics - Group YELLOW
10:45 WORKSHOP: Ethics - Group GREEN
10:45 WORKSHOP: Everyday tools to shift your equilibrium towards resilience - Group BLUE
10:45 WORKSHOP: Everyday tools to shift your equilibrium towards resilience - Group RED
12:15 Reflections on the masterclass learning
13:00 Closing remarks and departures
Evaluation
ECLIPTIC Project – Evaluation Commission Appointment
ECLIPTIC Project – Evaluation Committee Minutes
ECLIPTIC Project – Final Ranking List
Disclaimer
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