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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 

Link to the application form 

Download the full flyer  (with detailed information on the programme, travel, and accommodation)

Call for applicants


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




Disclaimer 

Funded by the European Union.

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