South Piedmont AHEC

11th Annual Patient Navigator Academy Series

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*Registration payment includes Credit Cards and Interfund Transfers ONLY.

Target Audience

Patient navigators, patient advocates, community care workers, oncology navigators.

Description

This series is jointly provided by Charlotte AHEC and Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute's Department of Patient Navigation and made possible by support from the 24 Foundation.

This series of live webinar is designed for Oncology Patient Navigators to learn more about current trends and to discuss topics effecting the care of oncology patients and their families.

Topics Include:

Wednesday, October 13 | Noon - 1 PM
Patient Experience – Connect to Purpose
Joanna L. Bellefeuille, BSN, RN, OCN and a patient from Levine Cancer Institute

Monday, October 18 | Noon - 1 PM
COVID Updates
Catherine Passaretti, MD and Shahid Zainab, MD

Thursday, October 28 | Noon - 1 PM
COVID Fatigue in Cancer Patients and Caregivers
Sarah Galloway, PhD

Tuesday, November 9 | Noon - 1 PM
Health Inequities
Jackline Opollo, PhD, RN, MSN, MPH, NEA-BC

Learning Outcome:
To increase knowledge about the current trends and topics effecting the care of oncology patients and their families.

CE Credit:
1.0 Nursing Contact Hour per each session attended.
The Charlotte Area Health Education (Charlotte AHEC) is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

1.0 Contact Hour / 0.1 CEU
No partial credit will be awarded

Live Webinar Information
This Live Webinar will be broadcast with Zoom. Instructions to join the Live Webinar will be emailed prior to the event. You can test your computer by going to the Zoom Test Page

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Objectives

  • Discuss how a patient's shared experience from diagnosis through treatment trajectory can be used to improve a navigator's future patient care.
  • Discuss most recent COVID updates and the effect on the role of the healthcare provider.
  • Discuss how to recognize heightened distress in cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Understand the role of healthcare professionals in advancing health equity.

Electives

66975Open


Oct 13 - Nov 9, 2021
South Piedmont AHEC
Live Webinar
Patricia McLellan BSN, RN
704-512-6523

Fees


$0.00
Wednesday, October 13 | Monday, October 18 | Thursday, October 28 | Tuesday, November 9

Credits


0.10
CEU
1.00
Contact Hours
1.00
Nursing Contact Hours