Events for health professionals

Victorian Cancer Survivorship Community of Practice

Opportunity to discuss cancer survivorship and network with health professionals

Wednesday, 4 October 2023

The Victorian Cancer Survivorship Community of Practice forum brings together health professionals with an interest in cancer survivorship and the implementation of new models of care and provides an opportunity to discuss key aspects of cancer survivorship.

Agenda

Welcome - Tracey Mander, Acting Manager, ACSC
Department of Health update - Liz Simkiss, Senior Project Officer, Cancer Planning Integration and Monitoring, Department of Health
Consumer Advocate
WHO Rehabilitation 2030 Initiative: the role of rehabilitation in cancer within the World Rehabilitation Alliance – World Health Organisation - Assoc Prof Nicolas Hart, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow in Cancer Survivorship, INSIGHT Research Institute, University of Technology Sydney
Establishing a Nurse Practitioner-led breast cancer survivorship service in a regional setting, Bendigo Health - Justin Hargreaves, Medical Oncology Nurse Practitioner, Bendigo Health
Survivorship care needs of cancer patients: five-year results of the nurse-led cancer survivorship clinic, Latrobe Regional Hospital - Assoc Prof Mahesh Iddawela, Medical Oncologist, Alfred Health & Latrobe Regional Hospital
Question time – facilitated by the ACSC
Evaluation and close

This free forum is open to those working with cancer survivors from all sectors including hospital, community or non-government organisations, researchers and policymakers.

This is a joint initiative between the Department of Health and the Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre.

Webinar: Cancer-related neuropathic pain

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

The Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre together with the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia, Cancer Council Victoria and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia are partnering to deliver this free webinar for nurses, allied health professionals and clinicians on cancer-related neuropathic pain.

The webinar will include presentations from experts in this field, a cancer survivor’s experience and a facilitated panel discussion.

The webinar will explore the roles of nurses, allied health professionals and clinicians in supporting cancer survivors (including people who are living with incurable cancer) who experience cancer-related neuropathic pain.

Victorian Cancer Survivorship Research Forum

Opportunity to hear about current cancer survivorship research

Thursday, 30 November 2023, 2:00–3:30 pm (AEDT), webinar

The Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre in collaboration with the Victorian Cancer Agency will jointly deliver the Victorian Cancer Survivorship Research Forum. This forum is an opportunity for healthcare professionals, researchers and organisations to build connections, support collaborations and hear about current cancer survivorship research being undertaken by fellow Victorian and interstate experts.

This free forum is open to anyone interested or involved in cancer survivorship research. Speakers and their presentations to be announced soon.

Parkville Cancer Survivorship Clinical Champions Forum

Opportunity to share survivorship initiatives and knowledge for health professionals

This Forum will next be run in 2024

This forum provides an opportunity for participants to network, share their practice and expand their knowledge of cancer survivorship care, contributing to survivorship initiatives and projects. The forum is open to anyone within the Parkville precinct interested in cancer survivorship care, including oncologists, surgeons, nurses, multidisciplinary team members and allied health staff.

Delivering Innovative Cancer Survivorship Care

Education for health professionals

This workshop will next be run in 2024

This free workshop is open to nursing and allied health professionals and provides participants with skills, knowledge and resources to implement cancer survivorship care.

Following a recent review, this workshop is in the process of being updated to ensure current, evidence-based content. The revised workshop will include practical tools, tips and resources designed to help improve care for cancer survivors, with the aim of strengthening survivorship care capability in the health system.

For current ACSC initiatives supporting professional development in survivorship education, visit our survivorship education page.

Past professional development event recordings

Webinar: Fear of Cancer Recurrence, June 2023

This webinar facilitated by Professor Phyllis Butow (BA (hons), MPH, MClinPsych, PhD) included presentations from experts in this field, a cancer survivor’s experience and a Q&A session. The webinar explored the roles of nurses and allied health professionals in supporting cancer survivors who experience fear of cancer recurrence, or cancer progression.

A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.

Webinar: Unzipping the Taboo - addressing sexuality and intimacy as part of cancer care, September 2022

This webinar included an interactive panel discussion focusing on sexuality and intimacy within the heterosexual and LGBTQI+ populations in the context of cancer care.

A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council Victoria, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.

Webinar: Supporting Cancer Survivors to Address Fatigue and Weight Problems: Inspiring, Motivating and Guiding for Change, June 2022

This webinar focused on the role allied health professionals play in providing cancer survivorship care, particularly with the management of fatigue and weight problem. It included a survivor’s experience and an interactive panel discussion on the topics of nutrition, exercise, motivational interviewing techniques and referral pathways.

A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council Victoria, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.

4th Victorian Cancer Survivorship Conference, March 2022

The conference ‘Shifting Gears: Rethinking survivorship’ considered how recent advances in cancer survivorship research and care could be adopted, as well as how future systems could be transformed to better meet the needs of the growing survivorship population; with particular recognition to the changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Co-hosted by the ACSC and the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) Alliance.

Webinar: Nurses integrating optimal survivorship care, October 2021

This webinar included a combination of presentations followed by a robust panel discussion on current models of care. 

A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council Victoria, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.

Webinar: Allied health providing cancer survivorship care, May 2021

This webinar included a facilitated panel discussion bringing together experts who shared their insights on the context, challenges, and opportunities in cancer survivorship care in the rural or regional setting.

A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council Victoria, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.

Webinar: The important role allied health plays in the care of cancer patients post-treatment – an interactive case review, August 2020 

This webinar included an interactive case review of Meg Rynderman's OAM story and discussed key features of cancer survivorship, unmet needs, common psychosocial issues and the role of clinical psychology and how cancer treatment side effects may alter allied health screening, intervention and management. 

A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council Victoria, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia. 

Webinar: The important role of primary care in follow-up for cancer survivors, June 2020 

This webinar discussed key features of the cancer survivorship experience and the role of primary care, common issues and the need for personalised survivorship care, using team care arrangements and evidence-based tools and resources to support cancer survivors 

A collaboration between the ACSC, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association. 

Cancer and it's care: for primary health care nurses

The aim of this webinar was to increase primary health care nurses' knowledge about cancer and it's care, including understanding strategies to support patients' post-treatment. To access the recorded webinar, register your details under Register Today, enter your email address in the login bar, then select Join. 

Delivered by the Australian Practice Nurses Association.