MASCC/ISOO Study Group Workshop
MASCC 2015 Copenhagen, Denmark Meeting
Title of Workshop: Educational challenges: Strategies to provide excellent cancer
care in underserved population
[3 hours; 30 minutes]
MASCC members are committed to making a difference – for our patients and in defining
better ways to practice supportive care in cancer.
In this spirit of leadership, the Education Study Group invites you to the first MASCC
symposium specifically addressing the needs of medically underserved
populations worldwide -- potentially underserved because of age, disabilities (sensory,
functional, cognitive), gender / sexual orientation, geographic isolation or limitations,
language, literacy, race / ethnicity/ cultural minority status, refugee or immigrant status, or
socioeconomic instability.
Underserved populations, by definition, can fall through the cracks of our best intentions. This
unique symposium promises to be an exciting and informative session – please join us!
Co-Chairs of Workshop: Manon Lemonde, Niharika Dixit , Greg Crawford , Paz
Fernandez-Ortega, Judy Phillips, Faith Ottery, Massey Nematollahi
Format of the Program: Workshop (Plenary talks, case-study, & panel discussions)
Introduction: Manon Lemonde, RN, PhD (Canada). Welcome and brief introduction of plan
for the workshop. The goal of this workshop is to bring together the latest evidence on the
understanding of the assessment, subtypes, mechanisms and management in advanced
cancer patients with CRF [5 minutes]
Plenary Presentation #1: Manon Lemonde, RN, PhD Results of the survey [10 min]
Plenary Presentation #2: Niharika Dixit MD, Greg Crawford MD & Paz FernandezOrtega RN, MSc, PhD Discuss the definition of what underserved populations mean and
share real life experience with these patients, including background and needs. Three
different perspectives will be presented: 1)
North American perspective (clinic in San Francisco), 2) Australian perspective (aboriginals,
prisoners, ethnics, new immigrants, Asian) and 3) European perspective [45 min]
Plenary Presentation #3: Sora Park Tanjasiri, Dr PH, MPH Discussion of the educational
challenges which cover the emotional, psychosocial and physical challenges the underserved
patients face (hearing loss, literacy, language barriers, mental illness) [30 Minutes]
Break (15 minutes)
Plenary Presentation #4: Judy Phillips, DNP & Faith Ottery MD Health Literacy:
impediments to effective communication e.g., readability, literacy, and cultural sensitivities [30
Minutes]
Plenary Presentation #5: Manon Lemonde, RN, PhD Community-based Participatory
Research [15 Minutes]
Plenary Presentations # 6: Niharika Dixit MD, Judy Phillips DNP,FNP-BC & Massey
Nematollahi RN, MScN, OCN(r) Discussion about potential education interventions [20
Minutes]
Question and Answer / Practical Take-homes: Interactive discussion and
demonstration [15 Minutes]
Moderators: Faith Ottery MD, PhD, FACN and Paz Fernandez-Ortega, RN, MSc, PhD
Adjournment
Educational Objectives:
i. To review the current evidence about underserved individuals living with
cancer
ii. To review current tools for assessing health literacy and relevance to
cancer care
iii. To gain insight into the situation and experiences of underserved
individuals living with cancer
iv. To identify relevant educational challenges
v. To address the relevance of the Community Based Participatory
Research (CBPR) to ensure that efforts are rooted into the Community
vi. To initiate the development of a broad network of partners using an
interdisciplinary approach to the educational challenges