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Geriatric Oncology: Cognition and Communication 2023


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Add to Calendar Geriatric Oncology: Cognition and Communication 2023 9/21/2023 8:30:00 AM 9/22/2023 5:00:00 PM America/New_York For More Details: https://mskcc.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=41920 Description: This two-day, live in-personcomplimentary course focuses on communication-based concerns and barriers when interacting with the older cancer patient (including caregivers and family members), evaluation of decision making capacity, as well as how to work with an interpreter for patients who suffer both from dementia and experience a language barrier. The program will include high-level discussions ... 633 3rd Avenue false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Thursday, September 21, 2023, 8:30 AM - Friday, September 22, 2023, 5:00 PM, 633 3rd Avenue, New York, NY

Specialties
Specialties - Behavioral Care, Breast Medical Oncology, Critical Care, Gastrointestinal Oncology, General and Family Practice, Genitourinary Oncology, Geriatric Medicine, Gynecologic Oncology, Head and Neck Surgery, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Hospitalist, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities, Internal Medicine, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, Oncology and Hematology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physician Assistant, Preventive and Occupational Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Health, Radiation Oncology, Social Work, Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Medical Oncology

Overview

This two-day, live in-person complimentary course focuses on communication-based concerns and barriers when interacting with the older cancer patient (including caregivers and family members), evaluation of decision making capacity, as well as how to work with an interpreter for patients who suffer both from dementia and experience a language barrier. The program will include high-level discussions surrounding chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment, distress/anxiety and its affects on cognition, delirium, dementia, and depression. 

The Geriatric Communication Skills Training Workshop on day two is comprised of a specific experiential learning methodology that will immerse participants in practicing newly taught skills in a simulated relevant clinical environment.

DATES
Thursday-Friday, September 21-22, 2023

LOCATION
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
633 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10017
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Travel Stipend

  • Participants Traveling From Outside the Tri-State Area (NY, NJ, CT): A $1700 stipend will be offered offset travel costs (hotel, air/train, ground transportation).
  • Participants Traveling Within the Tri-State Area (NY, NJ, CT): Participants who live locally in the tri-state area and do not require a hotel stay will be reimbursed for their travel expenses (gas, parking, tolls etc.) for up to $300.

All other expenses are the responsibility of the participant.

Who Should Attend

The target audience for this program includes physicians, social workers, nurses, physical therapists, and any other healthcare professionals who work with or have an interest in working with older adult cancer patients.

Post-Training

Post-training, participants will be given access to an interactive web portal for program content resources, a community message board and will be asked to complete follow-up evaluations for research purposes.

In the year following the training, course participants will be expected to attend 6 bi-monthly videoconferences to learn additional geriatric oncology content, receive coaching on the use of the newly acquired skills, and help with problem-solving around the transfer of these skills to the participants’ own healthcare settings.


Objectives
  1. Provide an overview on dementia, delrium, depression: its detection and care
  2. Discuss the role of distress and anxiety on quality of life of older cancer patients
  3. Define decision-making capacity and explain its legal implications
  4. Appreciate decision-making challenges and learn to assess in older adults with cancer and cognitive syndromes
  5. Recognize ageism and appreciate how it interferes with the medical care of older adults with cancer
  6. Become familiar with the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the evaluation of elderly cancer patients with cognitive decline
  7. Understand the principles of shared decision making
  8. Observe and practice skills for successful facilitation shared decision-making with an older adult with cancer and their caregiver

Registration

Registration is complimentary for accepted applicants.

This two-day training is held a few times a year for any healthcare professional who works with or has an interest in working with older cancer patients. Participants will be competitively selected by an application process and registration is complimentary for those accepted.

Once your application is reviewed and accepted, Faith Fasakin ([email protected]), Clinical Research Coordinator, will reach out with further instructions regarding the workshop.


Accreditation

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Recognition Statement

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 14.50 Medical Knowledge and Practice Assessment MOC points and patient safety MOC credit in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Social Work Accreditation Statement*

This presentation is approved for a maximum of 14.50 Continuing Education Contact Hours of Live Virtual Training. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0228.

Continuing Education for Licensed Psychologists in New York State*

This event offers 14.50 NYS Psychology Contact Hours.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is recognized by the New York State Education Department State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0166

ANCC CNE Statement**

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Nursing Professional Development/Continuing Education is accredited with distinction as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Contact hours will be awarded to participants who attend the program in its entirety and complete a program evaluation. Partial credit not awarded. 

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*Not all states accept NYS CEUs. Please check with the licensing board in your state for guidance on their acceptance of the credit types offered for this course
**Please check with the licensing board in your state for guidance on their acceptance of the credit types offered for this course as designated in the accreditation statement above prior to registering.



Keywords: Complimentary CourseABIM MOCAMA PRA Category 1Social Work CreditsIn-Person OnlyNYS Psychology Credits



Memorial Sloan Kettering Course Directors 

Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki, MD, PhD
Chief, Geriatrics Service
Department of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center  
Clinical Professor, Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College

Patricia A. Parker, PhD
Member and Attending Psychologist
Director, Communication Skills Training and Research Program (Comskil)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center  

 

Memorial Sloan Kettering Course Faculty 

Koshy Alexander, MD
Assistant Attending, Geriatrician
Department of Medicines

Yesne Alici, MD
Clinical Director, Associate Attending Psychiatrist
Medical Director, Biobehavioral Brain Health Clinic
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Smita Banerjee, PhD
Associate Attending Behavioral Scientist 
Member, Comskil Laboratory
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Nessa Coyle, NP, PhD, FAAN
Consultant, Advanced Practice Nurse

Becky Ewert, MSOT, OTR/L, CLT, WCC
Senior Occupational Therapist 

Javier González, MFA
Director, Linguistic and Cultural Responsiveness Service

Yuelin Li, PhD
Behavioral Statistician 

Ruth Manna, MPH
Associate Director
Patient Experience Partnerships

Christian J. Nelson, PhD
Chief, Psychiatry Service 
Associate Attending Psychologist
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Andy Roth, MD
Attending Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Jessica Staley 
Manager, Comskil Program
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences



Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships


Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. 
In accordance with the ACCME's Standards, identification, mitigation and/or disclosure of financial relationships is not needed for non-clinical accredited education. The content of this activity is not clinical.



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Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki, MD, PhD
MSK
Activity Director
Nothing to disclose
Patricia A Parker, PhD
MSK
Activity Director, Conflict of Interest Peer Reviewer
Nothing to disclose
Faith Fasakin
MSK
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Nothing to disclose

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