CAPO WEBINAR SERIES

CAPO is pleased to release a series of free webinars. To further our efforts to encourage interdisciplinary excellence in psychosocial research education and clinical practice in oncology, the CAPO Education Committee in collaboration with the CAPO Research Committee has planned a series of webinars of varied topics address psychosocial oncology.

FREE Webinar: Proactive remote monitoring and real-time symptom management using mobile technology: a feasibility study

20 Mar 2020, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Presented by: Doris Howell, RN, PhD, Professor 

Dr. Doris Howell has an extensive clinical background in cancer care. As a researcher, her main goal is to optimize the quality of cancer care and empower patients as co-producers of health and well-being. At U of T Nursing, Dr. Howell developed the Clinical Nursing Stream – Oncology curriculum in the master’s program.

A mixed-method researcher, Dr. Howell has two thematic research areas; they’re focused on health services outcomes effectiveness and clinical interventions in cancer populations. She uses patient-reported outcome data and translates evidence into better clinical care and/or testing models of care (that is, nurse-led, tailoring CDSM models to cancer, survivorship transition care).

Her clinical research aims to understand the role of a patient’s central perception and evaluation of complex symptoms – such as fatigue, pain and breathlessness – on symptom response and behaviour to inform the development of theory and behavioural self-management intervention trials. She is currently conducting trials on remote symptom monitoring and management using mobile technology; and testing proactive cancer coaching to activate cancer patients in self-management of acute treatment toxicities.

Dr. Howell is a Senior Scientist with the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre,  University Health Network. She is an Affiliate Scientist with the ELLICSR Health, Wellness and Cancer Survivorship Program.  Dr. Howell is a Professor (status) Faculty of Nursing and cross-appointed to U of T’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health and its Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation within the Faculty of Medicine.  

Webinar Objectives:

• To briefly summarize what is known about the benefits of remote symptom monitoring using mobile devices and implications for psychosocial oncology. 
• To discuss feasibility results of remote symptom monitoring using the Canadian Advanced Symptom Assessment and Management System-Mobile Device.

Webinar registration:

• FREE to all. Advanced registration is required.

Webinar details will be emailed to all registrants approximately 48 hours in advance.

If you are not a current member of CAPO, find out more about membership by going to https://capo.ca/apply

Webcast Recordings also available:

Webcast Recording: 2019 Plenary – IPOS and CAPO Awards

2019 CAPO Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Dr. Thomas Hack

CIHR – Institute of Cancer Research: CAPO Award for Research Excellence 2019 Award Recipient: Dr. S. Nicole Culos-Reed

2019 CAPO Innovation Award Recipient: The Androgen Deprivation Therapy Educational Team

CAPO 2019 Early Career Investigator Award Recipient: Dr. Sheila Garland 

2019 Bernard Fox Memorial Award Winner – IPOS: Dr. Linda Carlson, PhD, R.Psych (Canada)

2019 Hiroomi Kawano New Investigator Award Winner – IPOS: Dr. Ursula Sansom-Daly, PhD, MPsych (Clin) MAPS, FCCLP (Australia)

2019 President's Community Award For Distinguished Contributions to IPOS: Kim Thiboldeaux, Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Support Community (USA)

Webcast purchase options:

• FREE to Current CAPO Members
• $25 CDN: Non-members

Webcast length: 1 Hour

Webcast Recording: 2019 Plenary – Psychosocial aspects of delivering cancer care to Indigenous people

Presented by: Professor Gail Garvey

Professor Gail Garvey a Kamilaroi woman from one of the largest Indigenous nations in Australia is Senior Principal Research Fellow, Deputy Division Leader of the Wellbeing and Chronic Diseases Division and Head of the Cancer Research Group, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia.Her research has attracted over $37 million in funding and she has published over 90 peer-reviewed papers and most recently contributed to a new IARC Scientific Publication on Reducing social inequalities in cancer: evidence and priorities for research.

Webcast purchase options:

• FREE to Current CAPO Members

• $25 CDN: Non-members

Webcast length: 55 Minutes