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Virtual Lecture Series: Cancer Care Patient Navigation
Three Presentations Online and on CD
These three virtual lectures are based on live presentations from the Cancer Care Patient Navigation Pre-Conference held on September 22, 2009, in Minneapolis, Minn., and are designed for nurses, social workers, and other cancer care professionals who are interested in learning about patient navigation services for their institutions.
These lectures are available online and on a CD that will be mailed with the March/April 2010 Oncology Issues.
Growing Your Patient Navigation Program
VIEW THIS ONLINE PRESENTATION.
Explore "Best practices" in patient navigation services that help patients through the cancer treatment process.
Faculty: Elaine Sein, RN, BSN, OCN, CBCN
Fox Chase Cancer Center Partners
Learning Objectives:
After completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Describe various navigation program models with the strengths and limitations of each
- Discuss the importance of the multidisciplinary disease management team and the nurse navigator's role in that team
- Explain the use of data and outcome measures to strengthen and sustain navigation programs.
Nurses: 1.0 contact hour
Social Workers: 1.0 contact hour
Sailing Our Patients to Success
VIEW THIS ONLINE PRESENTATION.
Understand the navigator's scope of work and identify issues that are important in either starting or maintaining a navigator program.
Faculty: Sally Werner, RN, BSN, MSHA
Genesis Health System
Learning Objectives:
After completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Define patient navigation
- Summarize the history of patient navigation
- Describe the high-level scope of practice for a navigator
- dentify issues that are important in either starting or maintaining a navigator program
- Discuss the future of patient navigation.
Nurses: 1.0 contact hour
Social Workers: 1.0 contact hour
Panel Discussion
VIEW THIS ONLINE PRESENTATION.
Learn key components and best practices that have made specific navigation programs successful.
Panel:
- Paula Plona, MSSA, LISW-S, ACSW, OCW-C, Payson Center for Cancer Care
- Dennis King, University of South Alabama
- Christine Beerman, RN, BS, Howard County General Hospital
- Lisa Shalkowski, RN, BSN, Virtua Health
Learning Objectives:
After completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Discuss the role of navigator as performed by nurses, social workers, and laypersons
- Describe key components that have made specific navigation programs successful
- Discuss best practices from navigation programs.
Nurses: 1.0 contact hour
Social Workers: 1.0 contact hour
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