Pediatric Oncology
Saturday, November 27, 2010 - Seymour Room
Learning Objectives
- Strengthen community partnerships in providing care for the child with cancer within the provincial network.
- Recognize common or significant health risks and factors contributing to survivors of childhood cancer
- Describe the nature of the grief that professionals experience when caring for children with cancer and their families and to explore potential strategies for dealing with grief distress
- Be aware of the recent strategies in improving the outcome of children with ALL and how these may be used for future therapies
- Identify the interdisciplinary team approach of caring for adolescents and their families
- Inform the audience of the issues concerning the care of AYA patients and to introduce the National Taskforce for AYA patients
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| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| 08:00 - 09:15 | Breakfast | Community Networking amongst pediatric and adult oncology nurses |
| 09:15 - 10:30 | Surveillance for survivors of childhood cancer |  Dr. Chris Fryer Dr. Sheila PritchardMarion Nelson |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break |
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| 11:00 - 12:00 | Professionals' Grief: Tough as nails but feeling hammered | Dr. Caron StrahlendorfCindy Stutzer |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch / Networking | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | How is Targeted and Personalized Therapy Helping Children with ALL? | Dr. Kirk Schultz |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Panel: Caring for adolescents: different voices…multi disciplinary approach | Elaine Peddie Maria Juricic Andrea Johnson Carol Wiedemann Joanna Chung |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with Cancer: The Lost Tribe and the Canadian Initiative | Dr. Paul Rogers |