Events for health professionals
Webinar: Redefining survivorship – supporting people with treatable but not curable cancers
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Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 7:00 - 8:30pm AEST
The ACSC will partner with the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia, Cancer Nurses Society of Australia and Cancer Council Victoria and NSW to deliver a webinar about cancer survivorship for people with treatable but not curable cancers (including advanced and metastatic cancers). The webinar will include a facilitated panel discussion exploring the roles of nursing, medical and allied health professionals in improving care and outcomes for people with treatable but not curable cancers.
The webinar will be facilitated by Associate Professor Nicolas Hart. He is a is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow in Cancer Survivorship at the INSIGHT Research Institute, and Program Director of Clinical Exercise Physiology at the Human Performance Research Centre and School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation at the University of Technology Sydney. His research focuses on improving outcomes for people living with advanced or metastatic cancer, canvassing survivorship and supportive care issues and cancer outcomes.
If you’re a hospital - or community-based nursing, medical and allied health professional interested in improving care and outcomes for people with treatable but not curable cancers register now.
Victorian Cancer Survivorship Research Forum
Opportunity to hear about current cancer survivorship research
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Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 1:30 - 3:0pm AEST
These forums provide an opportunity for healthcare professionals, researchers and organisations to build connections, support collaborations and hear about current cancer survivorship research being undertaken by Victorian and interstate experts.
This is a joint initiative between the Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre and the Victorian Cancer Agency and is open to anyone interested or involved in cancer survivorship research.
Victorian Cancer Survivorship Community of Practice
Opportunity to discuss cancer survivorship and network with health professionals
- Thursday, 18 July 2024
Community of Practice resource list, 29 February 2024
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.
This free forum is open to those working with cancer survivors from all sectors including hospital, community or non-government organisations, researchers and policymakers.
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 – Tahli Batkilin
- Enduring work participation in survivorship: Essential role of health practitioners – Sue Woodall, Founder and General Manager, LiveWorkCancer
- Pelvic Dysfunction Clinic supporting cancer survivorship – Carolyn Atkin, Stomal Therapy/Wound Clinical Nurse Consultant, Peter Mac
- Group discussion – facilitated by the ACSC
- Evaluation and close
This is a joint initiative between the Department of Health and the Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre.
For current ACSC initiatives supporting professional development in survivorship education, visit our survivorship education page.