Ensuring Quality Cancer Care through the Oncology Workforce: Sustaining Research and Care in the 21st Century
DAY 1: Monday, October 20, 2008
8:30 am – Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – Welcome from NCPF/IOM and Overview of the Workshop
Welcome
Edward Benz, MD, Association of American Cancer Institutes
Overview
Betty Ferrell, PhD, RN, FAAN, City of Hope National Medical Center
9:15 am – Demographic and Health Workforce Trends: Implications for Cancer Care in the Future
Summarize key national reports addressing the workforce crisis in healthcare
Address the implications for the oncology workforce
Describe the impact of the oncology workforce as a public concern
Edward Salsberg, MPA, Center for Workforce Studies, Association of American Medical Colleges
10:15 am – BREAK
10:30 am – Breaking Down the Problem: Professional Perspectives
Present the findings from ASCO’s Workforce Study, as well as the workforce challenges facing the larger physician community
Describe the current and future needs for new nursing workforce
Identify needs for advanced practice nursing
Identify needs for other professionals (e.g. social work, public health, and cancer registration) in cancer care
Physician (oncologist and primary care)
Dean F. Bajorin, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Nursing
Peter I. Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Other Professions
Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH, Tulane University
Moderator
Suanna Bruinooge, the American Society of Clinical Oncology
12:00 pm – LUNCH
1:00 pm – System Perspectives
Describe the impact of workforce issues on the cancer care and the generation of the future workforce in academic cancer centers
Identify workforce issues in community oncology as the setting for the vast majority of cancer care
Summarize the needs and challenges in workforce demands for the research force impacting the advancement of knowledge in oncology
Academic Cancer Centers
Edward Benz, MD, Association of American Cancer Institutes
Community Based Practice Settings
Michael A. Goldstein, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Cancer Research Workforce Training
Jonathan S. Wiest, PhD, National Cancer Institute
Moderator
Suanna Bruinooge, the American Society of Clinical Oncology
2:30 pm – BREAK
2:45 pm – Patient Perspectives:
Describe the future of cancer care from the patient perspective and the needed workforce to deliver that care
Present issues related to the growing population of cancer survivors and emerging models of care delivery
Identify the needs of patients with advanced disease and those at end of life and palliative care in oncology
Overview: Patients Needs in 21st Century Oncology
Lawrence N. Shulman, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Survivorship: Caring for the 12 million surviving cancer
Linda A. Jacobs, PhD, RN, LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence, Abramson Cancer Center
Palliative Care: How to Care in Advanced Disease
Thomas J. Smith, MD, FACP, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Moderator
Alison Smith, BA, BSN, RN, C-Change
4:15 pm – Family Caregivers
Present data from the NCI supported CANCORS Study describing the experience of family caregivers as a vital aspect of the oncology workforce
Describe the impact of the professional workforce shortage on family caregivers
Audie Atienza, PhD, National Cancer Institute
5:00 pm – Adjourn Day 1
DAY 2: Tuesday, October 21, 2008
8:30 am – Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – Brief Summary of Day 1 Presentations and Discussion of Goals of Day 2
Synthesize the proceedings of Day 1 to summarize the workforce challenges in oncology
Establish the Day 2 agenda of identifying potential solutions and policy implications
Thomas Kean, MPH, C-Change
9:30 am – Signs of Success/Models of Addressing the Oncology Workforce Needs
Present a model cancer center program conducting institution based workforce training
Recognize potential strategies for oncology physician training and work design
Describe a university model preparing nurses for advanced practice and research in oncology
Present the experience from an Academic Cancer Center and Community affiliations related to staff retention and care delivery
Training (MD Anderson Model)
Michael Ahearn, PhD, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Physician Education
Paul Mazmanian, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
Nursing Education
Kathi Mooney, PhD, RN, FAAN, AOCN, University of Utah College of Nursing
Retention
Kevin Sowers, RN, MSN, Duke University
Moderator
Alison Smith, BA, BSN, RN, C-Change
11:30 am – Lunch
12:30 pm – Policy Perspectives: Needed Legislative Efforts
Recognize policy changes necessary to support research, education and clinical practice for oncology
Kavita Patel, MD, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Atul Grover, MD, PhD, Association of American Medical Colleges
Moderator
Brenda Nevidjon, MSN, RN, FAAN, Oncology Nursing Society
2:00 pm – Formulation of a Future Strategy: A Framework for Action
Summarize potential strategies for participating organizations and for the NCPF to address oncology workforce needs
Identify strategies for the oncology community to have a unified voice in advocacy for workforce issues
Summary
Betty Ferrell, RN, FAAN, City of Hope National Medical Center
Moderator
Edward Salsberg, MPA, Center for Workforce Studies, Association of American Medical Colleges
3:00 pm – Adjourn Day 2
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