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The Education Committee has been busy over the past few months organizing instructors and now we just need to know where our membership wants them.

The Oncology Division is proud to team up with exciting speakers and educators. Please review the education opportunities we can offer you.

We are excited to offer the following courses:

Cancer Rehabilitation for Physiotherapists

An overview of functional problems in patients with cancer and the implications for rehabilitation interventions presented by Mary-Ann Dalzell. Coming to Moncton, NB September 28, 29, and 30, 2012. This course is open to regulated health care professionals, Kinesiologists, Students, and Physiotherapist Assistants. Course information and Registration is now available.

Registration deadline is September 1, 2012 (late registration applies).

Ms. Mary-Ann Dalzell, PT
Ms. Mary-Ann Dalzell is clinical research associate for the Young Adult Program of the Hope & Cope Wellness Center in Montreal and responsible for the development of the Exercise and Rehabilitation Oncology program at the Segal Cancer Center. She has been profiling functional disabilities and studying exercise interventions in young adults with cancer. As Faculty Lecturer in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill, she has been teaching Cancer Rehabilitation since 2004. She is co-founder of the McGill Cancer Nutrition-Rehabilitation Program, and served as Associate Director from 2002 to 2006. She is principle investigator on a study of the residual functional effects of radiotherapy in young breast cancer survivors and a co-investigator in Grants received from the Canadian Institute of Heath Research (CIHR) on: (1) prognostic factors related to muscle wasting in advanced lung and gastrointestinal cancers (2) autonomic insufficiency in patients with advanced cancers and (3) exercise interventions in patients with lymphedema. She has been member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, the Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada and the Sports Medicine and Science Council of Canada.

The Oncology Division has teamed up with North American Seminars Inc. to provide two Advanced Management of Breast Cancer courses.

This two-day advanced seminar is designed to expand and advance current clinical knowledge by providing more in depth clinical information needed to problem solve through a complex variety of breast cancer diagnoses. Complex diagnoses include patients with aggressive forms of breast cancer; patients with metastatic breast cancer such as bone and lung metastases; patients with associated co-morbidities such as auto-immune diseases, diabetes, CHF; patients with differential diagnoses such as superior vena cava syndrome, sarcomas, etc.; and patients with treatment complications such as seromas, hematomas, infections, open wounds, axillary web syndrome, and mondor’s syndrome. Centered on systems management, a series of advanced, synchronized manual therapy treatment techniques are taught in the lab sessions. These advanced clinical treatment techniques will allow experienced therapists to build on their current expertise by being inclusive of all the major systems involved in the medical treatment of breast cancer patients, namely the musculo-skeletal system, the nervous system, the vascular system, the lymphatic system, and the endocrine system. Careful study of how each of these systems are affected in the breast cancer population will enable clinicians to apply advanced treatment concepts and integrative skills to effectively and successfully treat a multitude of complex patient scenarios that go beyond the routine post surgery and post radiation management of this population. Additionally, the integrated skills taught in the seminar will add leverage to current treatment protocols, optimize the functioning of patients, and bring about improved sustainable results. Upon completion of the course, clinicians will be able to design specific exercise protocols and use integrated systems management techniques in the advanced treatment of breast cancer patients with surgical complications, severe side effects of radiation, side effects of chemotherapy, and side effects of targeted hormone therapies. The information presented in the course will enhance therapists’ ability to develop a continuum of care, lead a multi-disciplined approach, and effectively market new concepts in the management of patients with breast cancer to the medical community. The course presents evidence-based material both in the medical management of patients with breast cancer and in the rehabilitative therapy management of patients with breast cancer. The information obtained in this course can be immediately applied in the clinic to achieve sustainable, functional outcomes in
patients with breast cancer.

Registration is now open!!!

WEST LOCATION: Registration information for Vancouver.

Instructors:    Julia Osborne
Date:   October 27th-28th, 2012
Location: Friedman Building, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

EAST LOCATION: Registration information for Toronto.

Instructors:    Julia Osborne
Date:   November 17-18th, 2012
Location: Rehabilitation Science Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Other Information

Is there a need for any of these courses in your region. Contact education@oncologydivision.ca. We’ll help you host a course in your area.

We look forward to getting more instructors on board for 2012 and beyond.

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