Oulu University Hospital

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Trials

Experts

Learning Resources

Training: General Medicine Training Calendar and Materials

Content Type: Provides a calendar where professionals can access the available trainings from the regional trainings of the welfare region of Pohjois Ostrobothnia and register.

Target Audience: All doctors working in primary health care.

Access: Information [1].

Training: Postgraduate Education in General Medicine

Content Type: Provides specialist medical training and special training in general medicine (YEK).

Target Audience: Medical graduates.

Access: Information [2].

Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods

Diagnostics

Radiology
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine CT scanners Yes
Machine MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) Yes
Machine Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) Yes
Machine Ultrasound Yes
Machine Gamma Camera Yes
Technique MRI-guided biopsy Yes
Technique Stereostatic biopsy Yes
Technique Ultrasound guided biopsy Yes
Technique CT guided biopsis Yes
Technique E/S Fine-needle biopsy Yes
Technique Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) Yes
Technique Angiography Yes
Nuclear Medicine
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine Pet Scan Yes
Machine PET CT Yes
Machine SPECT CT Yes
Technique Sentinel node scintigraphy Yes
Technique Bone scintigraphy Yes
Pathology
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Facility Cytology laboratory Yes
Facility Histopathology laboratory Yes
Technique Cytogenetics Yes

Cancer-related Patient Associations and Resources

Service: Parenting Support

Content Type: Provides complete support to families with children in which one of the parents has cancer. It helps to plan how to communicate with the children about the disease, builds a support net, offers home services, and manages other family occurrences.

Target Audience: Families with children in which one of the parents has cancer.

Access: Information [3]

Service: Psychological Support

Content Type: The hospital provides access to the psychiatric outpatient clinic to discuss psychological issues caused by the cancer occurrence and its treatment.

Target Audience: Oncologic patients.

Access: Information [4]

Service: Rehabilitation Instructor

Content Type: Provides support for patients regarding the continuation or return to everyday activities.

Target Audience: Oncological patients.

Access: Information [5]

Service: Sexual Counseling

Content Type: Provides therapeutic help by a trained sexual counselor who discusses with the patients problems related to their sexual life caused by the cancer and its treatment. It requires a doctor's referral.

Target Audience: Oncologic patients.

Access: Information [6]