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Forward19th Annual Cancer Conference: Out of the Shadows - Bringing Taboo Cancer Topics into the Light (Online Activity)
CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Difficult conversations have been the norm since COVID-19. In addition to COVID-19, there are topics that are still difficult to discuss for cancer patients and clinicians alike - even in 2022. This course examines body image concerns, guilt, dysfunctional families, intimacy, suicide, financial toxicity, and more.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
This activity is designed for individuals who are involved in cancer treatment and education of cancer patients and their families: oncology physicians, primary care physicians, oncology nurses, oncology nurse practitioners, clinical research associates, health educators, social workers, psychologists, chaplains and other interested health care professionals involved in cancer care. Patients, caregivers and community members are also encouraged to attend.
ELEMENTS OF COMPETENCE
This continuing education activity has been designed to change learner competence and focuses on the American Board of Medical Specialties areas of patient care and procedural skills, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and the interprofessional competencies of communication, and teams/teamwork.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This activity is designed to:
- Engage patients/significant others in challenging conversations regarding cancer recovery and intimacy
- Discuss how to relate your patients' subjective experience (including their experience of you)
- Identify interventions that may decrease the risk of suicide
- Articulate body image concerns and associated sequelae experienced by patients after cancer treatment
- Explore common dynamics present for many couples before cancer
- Develop ways to have appropriate boundaries when supporting patients
- Explore family members' reactions to genetic testing and identify anticipatory guidance techniques to improve the patient experience
- Describe the various forms of hastening death and explore techniques to respond to such requests
CONFERENCE FEE
$35
PROGRAM PRESENTATIONS
| Breaking the Taboo: Raising the Hope, Susan Hedlund, LCSW, FAOSW, OSW-C |
| Cancer Treatment Changed My Body - Who Am I Now? Helping Patients Navigate Body Image Concerns, Bethany Rhoten, PhD, RN |
| No More PRN Dosing: Spiritual and Religious Well-Being in an Increasingly Secular World, Rev. Kirsten Worzala Dumke, MDiv, BCC |
| Suicide: Assessing Risk, Processing Loss, Mara Pheister, MD, DFAPA; Shannon Friedbacher, MD |
| The Other Side of Ostomies: Breaking the Taboo on Pee and Poo, Betsy Laessig-Stary, MSN, RN-BC; Linda McKenna, MSN, RN, CWOCN |
| Countering Financial Toxicity with Precision Patient Advocacy, Bobby Peterson |
| Between the Sheets: Couples, Cancer and Intimacy, Sara Tripalin, MS, LMFT |
| When to Keep the Genie in the Bottle: How Relatives React to Genetic Testing, Anna Zakas, MS, MPH, CGC |
| Will You Help Me When My Time Comes? Communicating with Patients and Families About Hastened Death, Jaime Goldberg, MSW, LCSW |
| Outside the Asylum: How to Help Someone Better Deal With Their Dysfunctional Relatives, William Hutter, PsyD, LMFT |
| COVID's ECHO - The Pandemic's Effect on Cancer Care, Sam Lubner, MD |
CONFERENCE FACULTY
Shannon Friedbacher, MD, Psychiatry Resident, Medical College of Wisconsin
Jaime Goldberg, MSW, LCSW, UW-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work
Susan Hedlund, LCSW, FAOSW, OSW-C, Director of Patient & Family Services, Knight Cancer Institute-Oregon Health & Science University
William Hutter, PsyD, LMFT, Associate Dean, Marriage and Family Therapy, Edgewood College
Betsy Laessig-Stary, MSN, RN-BC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Surgical Specialties and Inpatient Psychiatry, UW Health
Noelle LoConte, MD, Professor, UW Carbone Cancer Center
Sam Lubner, MD, Associate Professor, UW Carbone Cancer Center
Linda McKenna, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Nurse Clinician, Wound, Skin and Ostomy Services, UW Health
Bobby Peterson, Executive Director, ABC for Health, Inc.
Mara Pheister, MD, DFAPA, Associate Professor, Director of Residency Education, Vice Chair of Residency Education, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
Bethany Rhoten, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Sara Tripalin, MS, LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Peace of Mind Therapy
Rev. Kirsten Worzala Dumke, MDiv, BCC, Chaplain, UW Carbone Cancer Center
Anna Zakas, MS, MPH, CGC, Oncology Genetic Counselor, Adjunct Assistant Professor, UW Carbone Cancer Center
CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE
Kim Brandt, RN, MBA, Director, Oncology Services, UW Carbone Cancer Center
Noelle LoConte, MD, Professor, UW Carbone Cancer Center
Chris Malina, Communications Specialist, UW Carbone Cancer Center
Craig Robida, External Relations Manager, UW Carbone Cancer Center
Amy Scharmer, MSW, CAPSW, Clinical Social Worker, UW Health
Policy on Disclosure
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education (CE). In addition, speakers/presenters and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation. For this accredited continuing education activity all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and detailed disclosures are listed below.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by, or on, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be ineligible companies.
NAME |
ROLE(S) |
FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS DISCLOSURE | DISCUSSION OF UNLABELED/ UNAPPROVED USES OF DRUGS/DEVICES IN PRESENTATION? |
Kim Brandt, RN, MBA | Committee Member, Content Reviewer | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | N/A |
Shannon Friedbacher, MD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Jaime Goldberg, MSW, LCSW | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Susan Hedlund, LCSW, FAOSW, OSW-C | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| William Hutter, PsyD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Betsy Laessig-Stary, MSN, RN-BC | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Noelle LoConte, MD | Medical Director, Committee Member, Presenter | Personal Genome Diagnostics (Contractor) | No |
| Sam Lubner, MD | Presenter | Elephas Bio (Contractor) | No |
| Chris Malina | Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | N/A |
| Linda McKenna, MSN, RN, CWOCN | Presenter | Coloplast Corp (Contractor) | No |
| Cathy Means | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | N/A |
| Bobby Peterson | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Mara Pheister, MD, DFAPA | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Bethany Rhoten, PhD, RN | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Craig Robida | Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | N/A |
| Amy Scharmer, MSW, CAPSW | Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | N/A |
| Sara Tripalin, MS, LMFT | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Kirsten Worzala Dumke, MDiv, BCC | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Anna Zakas, MS, MPH | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Accreditation Statement
 | In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP and the Wisconsin Cancer Council. The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. |
Credit Designation Statements
American Medical Association (AMA)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 10 ANCC hours.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 10 continuing education credits.
Continuing Education Units
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this enduring material for 1 continuing education unit (CEU) or 10 hours.
Available Credit
- 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 10.00 ANCC Contact Hours
- 10.00 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
- 10.00 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
QUESTIONS
For questions about registration, please email help@icep.wisc.edu. For general questions about the program, please contact Craig Robida at crobida@uwhealth.org.
Accessibility
The University of Wisconsin provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX requirements. The University of Wisconsin fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant in this educational activity is in need of accommodations, please notify us at help@icep.wisc.edu
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