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Table 2 Schedule of the BRAVO Navigator Training Program

From: A train the trainer program for healthcare professionals tasked with providing psychosocial support to breast cancer survivors

Specific lecture contents

Introduction

 Breast cancer survivorship in Korea

 Introduction to the BRAVO Navigator Training Program

Session 1: Problems with transition

 Management of physical symptoms

 Sleep disorder, fatigue, concentration, neuropathy, pain, and lymphedema

 Management of psychological symptoms

 Fear of recurrence, depression

Session 2: Comprehensive survivorship care I

 Care after treatment

 Regular surveillance, vaccination, secondary cancer prevention

 Health management during survivorship

 Bodyweight, diet, exercise, skin and dental care

 Understanding alternative and complementary therapies

 Management of menopause symptoms

 Watch the film “Smile Again”

 Share stories of breast cancer survivors

Session 3: Comprehensive survivorship care II

 Distress management

 Sexuality

 Fertility and pregnancy

Session 4: Family

 Communication with family: Hereditary risk

Session 5: Community

 Support for vulnerable social groups

 Living in a community

 Cancer stigma and social discrimination, returning to work

Session 6: Developing communication practices

 Principles and techniques of counseling

 Practice for counseling cases