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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