Strengthening Linkages Workshop 2025
Alberta Health Services Cancer Care is pleased to announce the 14th annual Strengthening Linkages Workshop. This education event is connected via videoconference allowing participants to attend via zoom. There is no cost associated with this event.5.75 Family Physician credits will be issued for attendance.
Date
- Saturday, April 12, 2025 (8:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Overall Learning Objectives
- Collaboration of Family Physicians/Primary Care Providers and Cancer Care Alberta programs and services
- Acquire and translate information and updates to better navigate the cancer system.
- Support and participate in the improvement of the integration of care through dialogue, networking, and teamwork.
- Recognize and explain services and programs enhancing patient-centered care.
Program Topics
- Training GP Oncologists
- Colorectal Cancer Screening in Alberta: Key Updates & Practical Insights for Primary Care
- Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in Alberta
- Overview of recent cancer diagnosis work in Alberta from the Cancer System Innovation & Integration (CSII) team
- A new online interactive resource for Alberta patients between getting a cancer diagnosis and their first cancer care appointment
- Adolescents & Young Adults (AYA) and Early Palliative Navigation
- Métis Cancer Care Experiences
- Barriers in Endometrial Cancer diagnosis
Strengthening Linkages Workshop 2024
Date
- Saturday, April 20, 2024 (8 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
Overall Learning Objectives
- Collaboration of Family Physicians/Primary Care Providers and Cancer Care Alberta programs and services
- Acquire and translate information and updates to better navigate the cancer system.
- Support and participate in the improvement of the integration of care through dialogue, networking, and teamwork.
- Recognize and explain services and programs enhancing patient-centered care.
Program Topics
- Training opportunities for general practitioner oncologists (GPOs)
- Lung Cancer Updates
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Lung Cancer in Never Smokers (LCINS)- engagement session
- Updates for Breast, Cervical and Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs in Alberta
- Provincial Pathways Unit- Alberta Pathways Hub
- Getting Primary Care’s Feedback on a Shared Care Letter for Curative Patients at Diagnosis
- Overview and Management of Systemic Therapy Toxicities
- Cancer Care Alberta’s Palliative Care Strategy – Opportunity for Collaboration
- CPAC Indigenous Project
Strengthening Linkages Workshop 2023
The 12th annual workshop was held on Saturday, April 22, 2023.
Program Topics
- Training GP Oncologists
- Management of Systemic & Radiation Therapy Toxicities
- Hematology CLL: The Not So Scary "C" Word
- Nutrition in Cancer Patients
- Cancer Screening & Prevention:
- Latest Update for Breast and Lung Cancer Screening in Alberta
- Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health Recommendations for Preventing Cancer
- Enhancement of FIT Pathway in Primary Care
- Supporting Adolescents & Young Adults through Cancer
- Walking Together to Strengthen Indigenous Cancer Care in Alberta
- Building Web Resources for Community and Primary Care Providers to Access Comprehensive Cancer Information
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