VictorianComprehensive Cancer Centre |Annual Report 2017–18 Education and Training An environment where clinicians and researchers can participate in multi-partner and multidisciplinary conversations that accelerate better outcomes for cancer patients. The Education and Training strategy aims to Primary Care Practitioners workshop and Massive position VCCC as the preeminent national andOpen Online Course, and the development of a regional centre for education and training inMasters-level program in Cancer Sciences. cancer research and care. The premise for the program is that needs-based, Education and training engaging, effective education is vital to translation of new research evidence into routine clinical practice. programs delivered Focussed on leadership and research translation, 22 the VCCC’s education programming meets identified needs consistent with the aspirations of our workforce objectives. Research innovation, new therapies, cutting-edge Participants technologies, health data access, improved patient 6,155 inclusion and paradigm shifts in global connectivity signal new opportunities and ways of working. The VCCC strives to provide a learning and teaching environment where clinicians and researchers can step beyond organisational boundaries to participate in multi-partner and multidisciplinary conversations that accelerate better outcomes for cancer patients. In 2017–18 this was demonstrated by two major VCCC conferences: the Inaugural Research Conference and the 2nd Victorian Cancer Survivorship Conference as well as the creation of the Cancer Survivorship for 26