Welcome to
7th Annual Childhood Cancer Symposium
September 21, 2019
Doubletree by Hilton Sunrise - Sawgrass Mills
13400 W. Sunrise Bvld, Sunrise, FL, 33323
Program: 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Speakers
Allison Bechtel, DO
Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist, Nemours Children's Specialty Care Clinic
Tung T Wynn, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, UF Health Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Abby-Gail Solomon, MSW, AAS
AYA Coordinator/Social Worker, UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Robert F. English, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology University of Florida-Jacksonville
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology,
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Wolfson Children's Hospital
Barbara Abernathy, PhD, LMHC, CEO
Pediatric Oncology Support Team
9:00 a.m Pediatric Survivorship in 2019 — 1.0 CE credit
10:30 a.m. Sidelined: When Adolescents and Young Adults Get Cancer — 1.0 CE credit
GOAL: To educate nurses, social workers and other health professionals about the long-term physical and psychological effects of childhood cancer treatment.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Nurses, social workers, child life specialists, psychologists and other healthcare professionals at all levels, who work with childhood cancer survivors.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
· Review the incidence, presentation, and mechanisms of chemotherapy-induced cardiac disease.
· Discuss treatment options used to treat chemotherapy induced cardiac disease
· Identify the types of treatments for childhood cancer
· Describe some of the known late effects of cancer treatment
· Explain what patients should expect at a survivorship appointment
· Examine areas where AYA’s need better social support
· Discuss strategies professionals can use to support AYAs during and after cancer treatment
· Illustrate the impact a cancer diagnosis has on AYAs
· Analyze emotional reactions typical in survivors of childhood cancer
· Demonstrate coping strategies for professionals to teach childhood cancer survivors
· Recognize ways the media portrayals of childhood cancer impact patients and survivors
· Identify ways to prepare parent’s for their child’s emotional survivorship
Approval for Nurses has been obtained by the Southern Florida Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society under provider number 50-12996 Expires: 10/31/2020 to award 5.0 continuing education contact hour(s) through the Florida Board of Nursing.
Approval for Social Workers has been obtained by NASW-FL an approved provider under the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling Provider #BAP-321, Exp. 03/21. Participants may obtain up to 5.0 contact hours under Chapter 491.
Upon completion of this program and submission of the activity evaluation,
a certificate of completion will be emailed to you within 30 days.