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APOS and the APOS Survivorship Special Interest Group recognize that addressing the needs of cancer survivors has garnered significant national attention since the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) published the Cancer Program Standards 2012: Ensuring Patient-Centered Care. These standards are designed to help cancer programs focus on patient-centered care and are required to be in place by 2015. This webinar provides the experience of two professionals who are working to meet these standards while developing a survivorship program within their respective cancer centers. They will share practical tips and strategies as well as pitfalls they have experienced during the development and implementation of their programs. They will also broadly discuss relevant and useful treatment strategies for working with cancer survivors to facilitate optimal psychosocial care. This webinar is relevant for a broad audience of psychosocial-oncology professionals, and will appeal to those in all stages of career development.
Presented by Amy Vance RN, OCN has served as an oncology nurse in both the acute care and outpatient settings for over 15 years. Ms. Vance served as a Breast Nurse Navigator at Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) in Annapolis, MD, assisting patients and caregivers from diagnosis through survivorship. She worked with a multi-disciplinary team on the development of the Breast Survivorship Program at AAMC. Ms. Vance now serves as the Survivorship Coordinator for the DeCesaris Cancer Institute at AAMC, developing and implementing the survivorship program for multiple cancer diagnoses.
Jana Bolduan Lomax PsyD is fellowship trained in Psychosocial Oncology from the University of Colorado, School of Medicine and is currently the Director of Psychosocial Oncology at the Exempla Saint Joseph Comprehensive Cancer Center in Denver, CO. Dr. Lomax has been involved in clinical care, research, psychology training, and program development related to oncology care for 10 years. She is involved in developing psychosocial programming, examining the impact of screening for psychosocial distress, creating survivorship programming, and evaluating support programs for people throughout the cancer journey. Dr. Lomax has grant funding from the Lance Armstrong Foundation and National Institutes of Health for current programs.
Moderated by: Joanne Buzaglo PhD is the Vice President of Research and Training at the Cancer Support Community Cancer Survivorship Research and Training Institute in Philadelphia, PA. She is a clinical psychologist and behavioral researcher with an interest in developing and implementing evidence-based programs in the community.
Jeff Kendall PsyD is Associate Professor and Clinical Leader of Oncology Supportive Services at the Simmons Cancer Center at UT Southwestern in Dallas, TX. He is a clinical psychologist with an interest in developing, implementing, and evaluating clinical programs for cancer survivors.
Learning Objectives
Describe the 2015 ACoS Standard for Treatment Summary and Care Plans
Define five key elements for treatment summary and care planning relevant to cancer survivorship
Learn six essential strategies for developing a survivorship program
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Antidepressant medications are being prescribed to oncology patients at increasingly high rates for a variety of indications, from depression and anxiety to hot flashes and neuropathy. Join us for this webinar to further your understanding of when to recommend or refer your patient for antidepressant treatment, and how to choose an appropriate antidepressant. This is a unique opportunity for psychosocial oncology professionals of any discipline to update their knowledge of published data regarding antidepressant use in cancer patients. Information relevant for both adult and pediatric oncology populations will be presented.
Presented by Anna (Nina) C. Muriel MD is a Child Psychiatrist and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology at the Dana-Farber/ Children's Hospital Cancer Center. She was previously on the staff of the PACT Parenting Program and the Pediatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and is co-author of the book "Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is Sick."
Andrew J. Roth MD is an Attending Psychiatrist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical Center. He has been the Training Director of the Sloan-Kettering/ New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine/Psycho-Oncology since 2007. Dr. Roth’s love of teaching has been recognized by multiple teaching awards, including the APOS Outstanding Education and Training Award in 2012. He writes, lectures and has conducted research on psychopharmacological issues impacting people with cancer.
Seema M. Thedki MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center specializing in the management of psychiatric symptoms developing anywhere along the cancer continuum, from diagnosis to palliative care and survivorship. Her clinical practice involves the combination of pharmacological management with supportive psychotherapy and integrative approaches in adult cancer patients.
Moderated by: Michelle Cororve Fingeret PhD is a clinical psychologist with joint faculty appointments Assistant Professor in the Departments of Behavioral Science, Plastic Surgery and Head and Neck Surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. Dr. Fingeret directs a specialty psycho-oncology service and conducts research in the area of body image and cancer patients. She is the current Treasurer of APOS and organizes the webinar series.
Learning Objectives
Participants will identify a range of indications for antidepressant use in adult and pediatric oncology patients.
Participants will describe numerous considerations that need to be taken into account when selecting an antidepressant medication for an oncology patient.
Participants will demonstrate knowledge of recent data on the use and effectiveness of antidepressants in cancer populations.
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APOS recognizes the need for meeting the new psychosocial screening standards from the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. Despite the rapid uptake of the importance of screening, the fact remains that very few institutions have implemented comprehensive distress screening programs. There is a need to identify and share successful strategies for the creation and implementation of screening programs. This webinar is designed to provide practical tips and strategies to assist you in learning the first steps to implementing psychosocial screening programs. We bring together experts from across the country, who have been successful in implementing psychosocial screening programs at their various institutions. A review of the available screening tools will be presented as well as practical issues involved in implementing psychosocial screening in a clinic setting and an overview of the next steps after screening. This webinar is relevant for a broad audience of psycho-oncology professionals, and will appeal to those in early as well as later stages of career development.
Presented by Paul Jacobsen PhD is the Associate Center Director for Population Science at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa Florida. His past accomplishments include leading efforts that resulted in the development of the first measurable indicators of the quality of psychosocial care for cancer patients.
Karen Clark, MS is the Program Manager and Statistician for the Department of Supportive Care Medicine at the City of Hope. Ms. Clark has been key leader in the development of the supportive care program that was cited by the Institution of Medicine 2008 as a model for the country. She was also instrumental in the creation and implementation of using touch screen technology (SupportScreen) to enhance the recognition of problem-related distress.
Moderated by: Michelle Cororve Fingeret PhD is a clinical psychologist with joint faculty appointments Assistant Professor in the Departments of Behavioral Science, Plastic Surgery and Head and Neck Surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. She directs a specialty psychosocial oncology service that is supported by institutional funds.
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APOS recognizes that the provision of psychosocial services within different oncology settings is highly prevalent but that funding for such services is a persistent and common challenge. This webinar is designed to provide practical tips and strategies to assist you in maximizing funding opportunities for the delivery of psychosocial care to cancer patients and their families. We bring together experts from across the country that have been successful in obtaining funding and support for psychosocial oncology programs at their various institutions. There are three primary funding models that will be presented and discussed during this webinar: institutional resources, philanthropic endeavors, and fee-for-service patient billing. This webinar is relevant for a broad audience of psychosocial oncology professionals, and will appeal to those in early as well as later stages of career development.
Presented by Teresa L. Deshields, PhD is Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine. She manages the Psycho-Oncology Service for the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She will be highlighting her experiences in obtaining institutional support for psychosocial oncology services being delivered to cancer patients and their families. Matthew Loscalzo LCSW is the Liliane Elkins Professor in Supportive Care Programs at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California. He will be discussing successes and challenges with regards to obtaining philanthropic support for psychosocial oncology programs. Richard McQuellon PhD is Professor in the Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology and Director of the Psychosocial Oncology and Cancer Patient Support Programs at Wake Forest University/Baptist Medical Center. He will offer valuable insight with regards to his experiences with implementing a fee-for-service model to support a psychosocial oncology program.
Moderated by: Michelle Cororve Fingeret PhD is a clinical psychologist with joint faculty appointments Assistant Professor in the Departments of Behavioral Science, Plastic Surgery and Head and Neck Surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. She directs a specialty psychosocial oncology service that is supported by institutional funds.
The "Multidisciplinary Training in Psycho-Oncology" is
offered by the APOS Institute for Research and Education
(AIRE) at no cost and is intended to train cancer
care professionals in key areas of psychosocial
oncology. The program includes fifteen Webcast
lectures in the five following tracks.
This continuing education program is intended to educate oncology nurses on the recognition and management of distress among cancer patients and their caregivers.
This continuing education program is intended to
educate mental health professionals about cancer, its
treatment, and common symptoms and side-effects.
The goal of this curriculum is to assure that all cancer survivors receive follow-up cancer care in which the psychosocial aspect is fully integrated and that no survivor who is distressed goes unrecognized and untreated.
Specific objectives are the following:
To teach oncologists and nurses in primary oncology clinics how to rapidly identify the survivors who are distressed and to treat their distress or refer them to appropriate counseling resources;
To use an online distance-learning approach that will allow oncology professionals who treat cancer survivors to participate in four basic lectures on psychosocial aspects of survivors and to provide them with continuing education units following an online examination;
To evaluate the impact of the pilot project of four lectures to guide further expansion of the curriculum to cover the major psychosocial issues facing cancer survivors.
The International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) and the European School of
Oncology (ESO) have partnered to create a new online lecture series in psycho-oncology.
The Multilingual Core Curriculum in Psycho-Oncology features five webcasts
in key areas of psychosocial oncology: Communication Skills, Anxiety, Distress
Management, Depression and Psychosocial Assessment. Each lecture is to be
translated into six languages: English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian
and Spanish.
Most of the translations have been completed and are posted to the IPOS and
ESO websites. IPOS and ESO request, if you view a lecture, that you please
complete the adjacent evaluation for the lecture to assist them in collecting
feedback and possibly furthering the project. To learn more, visit the IPOS Core Curriculum page.
