Psychosocial Screening in Pediatric Cancer: Recommendations from the Advancing Childhood Cancer Experience, Science & Survivorship (ACCESS) National Consortium and Next Steps

Psychosocial Screening in Pediatric Cancer: Recommendations from the Advancing Childhood Cancer Experience, Science & Survivorship (ACCESS) National Consortium and Next Steps

Thursday, January 29, 12 to 1 p.m. EST, on Zoom

Current practice guidelines in adult and pediatric cancer care recommend routine psychosocial screening. Yet widespread adoption of systematic screening remains limited, partly due to the many and varied screening tools available. ACCESS – the pan-Canadian network of researchers, clinicians, advocates, and people with lived experience dedicated to advancing childhood cancer experience, science, and survivorship – completed a scoping review of these tools to arrive at an evidence-based endorsement of one tool.

Join this webinar to learn more about ACCESS, their psychosocial priorities for pediatric cancer care and the latest steps toward standardizing distress screening nationwide.

Featuring:

Fiona Schulte is an Associate Professor in the Department of Oncology, Division of Psychosocial Oncology in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. She is also a registered psychologist in the Hematology, Oncology, and Transplant Program at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Associate Dean of Research Grants at the Cumming School of Medicine. Fiona’s research is broadly interested in enhancing the patient and family experience for patients diagnosed with cancer and improving the psychosocial late effects of childhood, adolescent, and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors.

Megan Easton is the parent of a childhood cancer survivor and a patient/family representative on the CAPO board of directors. She is an advocate for greater access to psychosocial support in the childhood cancer experience, both for patients and their family/caregivers, and is actively involved as a family advisor and research partner at SickKids Hospital. Megan is a journalist by training and works as a writer and editor.

Moderator: Gilla Shapiro.

Fees:

• FREE to CAPO Members
• FREE to Non-Member Patients/Caregivers
  
• $15 to Non-Members

We hope you’ll join us for this powerful and timely conversation.

Webinar access details will be provided in the registration confirmation email. Pending quality of the recording, this webcast will be available within 30 days of the live webinar.

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