Oncology Nutrition

Thursday, December 1, 2011 - Stanley Park Ballroom Salon 3

Understand patient safety issues related to dysphagia in head and neck cancer patients and highlight challenges of interdisciplinary-team management in working with this population
Review the evidence of percutaneous G-tube placement in patients treated with concurrent chemoradiation therapy and compare a prophylactic approach versus a therapeutic approach between Fraser Valley Cancer Centre and Vancouver Cancer Centre
Highlight issues related to having conversations about end of life
Learn practical questions and skills to use in the prevention and reduction of compassion fatigue

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Time	Topic	Speakers
08:15 - 9:30	Light Breakfast - Bayshore Ballroom Salon ABC
09:30 - 09:40	Welcome	Ryna Levy-Milne
09:40 - 10:40	Interdisciplinary Team Challenges in the Management of Head and Neck Cancer Patients with Dysphagia	Jana Rieger
10:40 - 11:00	Refreshment Break
11:00 - 11:30	Dysphagia continued	Jana Rieger
11:30 - 12:00	"I'm Cured But I Can't Eat": Post treatment dysphagia in the head and neck cancer patient	Melanie Chevrier Nicole Baumback
12:00 - 12:45	Use of Percutaneous G-tube Placement in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated with Concurrent Chemo-Radiation Therapy	Irene Karam
12:45 - 13:45	Lunch - Bayshore Ballroom Salon ABC
13:45 - 14:45	Partnering with Pain & Symptom Management Walking on Egg Shells: The who and the how of having THE conversation.	Facilitator: Ryna Levy-Milne Pat Porterfield Cari Hoffmann Michael McKenzie Douglas McGregor Judith Pike Andrea Fimrite Karen Levy
14:45 - 15:45	Partnering with Pain & Symptom Management Conscious Care Giving: Understanding, preventing and reducing compassion fatigue	Stacy Sprague
15:45 - 16:05	Refreshment Break - Bayshore Ballroom Salon ABC
16:05 - 17:00	In a Nutshell.... Presentations Describing New Initiatives and/or Resources in Oncology Nutrition	Moderator: Angela Bowman
17:00 - 17:15	Evaluations & Closing Remarks	Ryna Levy-Milne