Cancer Survivorship Symposium

Researchers, nurses, physician assistants, social workers, physicians, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals who work with cancer survivors who have completed primary treatment for cancer.

• Clinician roles; information resources; and innovative communication strategies that can facilitate timely delivery of personalized, team-based survivorship care.
• Strategies for empowering patients as members of their care teams through tailored information; self-management support; and education and referrals that promote healthy behaviors and wellness.
• The ways in which team-based survivorship care models and learning health systems can drive personalized cancer care, mitigate challenges impacting oncology care delivery nationwide and bridge gaps between research, practice, and policy.
• Proactive, timely, and team-based strategies to prevent, identify and manage toxicities; active co-morbidities; and survivorship issues exacerbated by cancer treatment.
• Participate fully in the moderated discussion with a diverse panel of clinicians demonstrating practical advice for implementing team-based survivorship care across a variety of disciplines and clinic settings. 
• Methods healthcare systems can use to identify and address social determinants of health; to personalize care; and to improve health equity by addressing the needs of survivors who are adolescents or young adults; sexual or gender minorities; or residents of rural communities.
• Intentional and strategic steps healthcare professionals can take to foster a culture in which team-based care can flourish.
• The crucial role that patients and caregivers play in team-based survivorship care and strategies for improving their experience working within (and between) healthcare specialties.

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This continuing professional development conference offers 6.0 contact hours for nurses.

Additionally, this activity offers 6.0 continuing education contact hours for social workers through Northwestern Medicine.

Please email cancer@northwestern.edu for more information about contact hours.

For additional information about the event, please contact us at cancer@northwestern.edu

• The Cancer Survivorship Institute
• The Cancer Control & Survivorship Research Program