From Theory to Practice: Making a Difference through Cancer Education
The American Association for Cancer Education (AACE), the Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN), and the European Association for Cancer Education (EACE) will collaboratively host the International Cancer Education Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan from September 19-22, 2012.
The meeting has been developed to meet the changing needs of oncology professionals who educate others as part of their practice. By focusing on integrating theory into practice, it is the intention that the program will equip all participants with the necessary tools to improve patient outcomes through efficient and effective education. We trust that the 2012 International Cancer Education Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan will renew enthusiasm and provide an excellent showcase of learning opportunities from faculty around the world.
Subject matter for this year’s conference spans the continuum of care:
- Prevention, including risk factor reduction and special populations
- Early Detection, including screening strategies
- Treatment, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, complementary and integrative medicine
- Survivorship, including patient and provider education and how these change over time
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care, including pain and other symptom control and effective communication strategies
Focal areas for abstract submission along this continuum encompass:
- From Theory to Practice: The focus of this section is to look at innovative ways that theory or theoretical frameworks have contributed to the development of successful education programs
- Global Cancer Education: The objective is to explore opportunities for cancer education and collaboration around the world including educational methods in developing countries and learning new, global approaches to improve local issues
- Integrating New Technologies in Cancer Education: The subject has multiple foci including evaluating new and innovative types of electronic resources that practitioners may use, hearing outcomes from researchers that have studied the effect of using these technologies with patients and health care providers, and how recent technological methods should be applied in cancer education with regard to access to care and medical services
- Health Literacy/Communication across the Cancer Spectrum: The focus lies on culturally- and linguistically-appropriate cancer education that also meets the needs of patients/families with low literacy skills. This includes the evaluation of how health literacy impacts cancer prevention
- Special Populations: Best practices in pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancer education for patients/families and providers
- Patient/Family Education: Program development, management, literacy, competencies
- Healthcare Professional Education: Including medical, nursing, pharmacy, social work, etc., trainees with an additional emphasis on supporting student development
Target Audience
This conference is suited for all those interested and/or involved in cancer education, including healthcare professionals, patient and family educators, researchers, public health, medical and allied health educators and other professionals.
OVERALL GOALS
At the conclusion of the International Cancer Education Conference, the participants should be able to:
- Identify appropriate theories to develop effective programs for cancer education
- Explore practical, concrete solutions and their theoretical foundations for cancer education and understand how research in this field has progressed
- Assess best theories and practice models in cancer education and cancer education research
- Develop new skills in the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of cancer education
- Identify sources of funding for new cancer education initiatives and research
- Renew participants’ commitment and passion to eradicating cancer
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