POGO AfterCare Education Day is going virtual!

While the primary audience is interdisciplinary AfterCare health professionals who work with survivors, the program is certainly relevant to all who diagnose, treat and monitor children with cancer.

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Learning Objectives

Program

8:25 am – 8:30 am	Opening Remarks
8:30 am – 8:45 am	The Lived Experience: My Mental Health Journey in the Aftermath of Cancer Rabi Qureshi, Childhood Cancer Survivor
8:45 am – 9:30 am	Optimizing Online Mental Health Counselling for Childhood Cancer Survivors Sara Ahola-Kohut Ph.D., C.Psych., Paediatric Psychologist, IBD Program; Associate Scientist, SickKids Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children Carly Fleming, M.Ed. RP, Psychotherapist/Owner, everwell Integrated Health Professionals
9:30 am – 9:45 am	Q&A/ Group Discussion
9:45 am – 10:00 am	Interactive Break
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Sexual Health and Cancer Survivorship Anne Katz, PhD, RN, FAAN, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Sexuality Counselor, CancerCare Manitoba
10:30 am – 10:45 am	Q&A/ Group Discussion
10:45 am – 11:00 am	The Lived Experience: Navigating School and Work after Cancer Marell Tomeh, Young Adult Cancer Survivor
11:00 am – 11:30 am	POGO School and Work Transitions Study Results Elaine Stasiulis, Research Fellow, The Hospital for Sick Children
11:30 am – 11:45 am	Q&A/ Group Discussion
11:45 am – 12:00 pm	Interactive Break
12:00 pm – 12:15 pm	The Lived Experience: Fertility after Cancer Vinesha Ramasamy, Childhood Cancer Survivor
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm	Live Panel: Fertility Salvage – Options and Challenges Moderator: Stacey Marjerrison, MD MSc, FRCPC, Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist AfterCare Program Medical Director, McMaster Children’s Hospital Panelists: Clarisa Gracia, MD, MSCE, Chief, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; Director of Fertility Preservation, Penn Medicine Gwendolynn Quinn, PhD, Livia S. Wan, M.D. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine Vinesha Ramasamy, Childhood Cancer Survivor
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm	Q&A/ Group Discussion
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm	QUICK HIT: Improving Cardiac Screening for Survivors: Moving the Beyond Expert Opinion Matthew J. Ehrhardt, M.D., M.S, Assistant Member, Department of Oncology, Division of Cancer Survivorship, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm	QUICK HIT: New Evidence to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Speaker TBD
2:00 pm – 2:10 pm	Q&A/ Group Discussion
2:10 pm – 2:15 pm	Closing Remarks/Evaluation

Learning Objectives

2021 AfterCare Education Day will examine selected clinical and psychosocial issues impacting childhood cancer survivors. Attendees will enhance their knowledge of late effects associated with childhood cancer and be exposed to new strategies to manage this unique patient population.

Participants will be able to:

1. Identify strategies to optimize mental health counselling for childhood cancer survivors.
2. List the ways in which sexual health can be affected by a history of childhood cancer and examine strategies to mitigate these effects, in order to improve patients’ quality of life.
3. Describe the objectives and results of the POGO School and Work Transitions Study.
4. Examine the ethical and clinical challenges of fertility salvage for female childhood cancer survivors and discuss ways to improve options for survivors when fertility preservation is not possible.
5. Explain changes to cardiac and colorectal screening guidelines for childhood cancer survivors and consider practice change implications.
6. Acknowledge the lasting emotional, physical and social impacts of survival on childhood cancer survivors, as articulated by those survivors, and consider ways to mitigate these impacts through meaningful practice change.

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Clara Jordan, Educational Events Coordinator

Claire Slaughter, Program Assistant, Communications and Education 

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