Therapeutic education aims to help patients acquire or maintain the skills they need to manage their lives with a chronic disease (WHO definition).
What is the purpose of therapeutic education?
ETP helps you acquire or reinforce your knowledge and skills about the disease and its treatment, integrated into your daily life.
You may be confronted with various toxicities associated with your treatments, or with certain symptoms related to your disease. You may need to talk with other patients about the organization of your daily life, with your children, your work colleagues; you may need to know how to talk about your illness to those around you...
Therapeutic education can give you the tools you need to cope.
The aim is to promote your independence and maintain your quality of life.
Your participation in the program will enable you to play an active role in your own care, and develop a genuine partnership with your healthcare professionals.
How does a therapeutic education program work?
An initial meeting with a healthcare professional trained in TVE enables us to get to know you and define your needs and expectations together.
You then take part in individual and/or group workshops led by trained professionals and based on sharing experiences. Your caregivers can also attend.
The subjects are varied: knowledge of the disease, side effects of treatment, diet, physical activity, fatigue, pain... The media used are attractive, enabling you to learn and reinforce your knowledge.
The program ends with an assessment of your achievements in relation to your initial objectives.
Throughout your treatment, you can benefit from new themes.
How can you benefit?
Any healthcare professional at the Centre François Baclesse can suggest that you join an ETP program. Your GP may also prescribe it. You can also request it yourself.
You can follow your program at the Centre François Baclesse. ETP sessions take place on the 4th floor, in the supportive care department (ATOSS). Appointments can be made through the ATOSS consultations secretariat.
The program can also be run in conjunction with healthcare professionals (as part of Planeth Patient, a regional therapeutic education platform).