This webinar examined evidence behind nurse-led and nurse-enabled survivorship care models, and their role in addressing health system pressures. It contains practical insights into implementing integrated, evidence-based approaches to survivorship care, including nationally defined survivorship nursing capabilities, clinic design guidance, and current research findings. Perfect for multidisciplinary cancer care teams—including cancer service executives, medical oncologists, nurses and allied health specialists looking to embed sustainable, outcomes-focused survivorship care. A resource list was created to enrich discussions on cancer survivorship for this webinar.
Facilitated by Natasha Keir, this webinar featured a multidisciplinary panel discussion supporting health professionals to build skills and confidence to communicate effectively about cancer survivorship. The webinar explored practical communication strategies to introduce survivorship concepts and resources to patients, including responding to emotional cues and de-escalating strong reactions. Accompanying this webinar, a recommended resource list to support conversations in cancer survivorship was created.
A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council Victoria and New South Wales, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.
The webinar was facilitated by Associate Professor Nicolas Hart who led a panel of experts and guided attendees through a comprehensive exploration of survivorship care for people with treatable but not curable cancers. The facilitated panel discussion explored the roles of nursing, medical and allied health professionals in improving care and outcomes by covering the topics of incurable haematological cancers, common issues experienced, ideal care, support available for people in the community as well as research and advocacy priorities for this population. The webinar also included a lived experience perspective. Accompanying this webinar, a recommended resource list for people living with treatable but not curable cancers was created.
A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Councils Victoria and New South Wales, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.
Facilitated by Professor Jane Phillips, the webinar featured a dynamic panel discussion centred around a case study and explored the roles of nurses, allied health professionals and clinicians in supporting cancer survivors who experience cancer-related neuropathic pain. It delved into topics such as screening, assessment, management strategies, interventional pain services, and referral pathways.
A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council Victoria, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.
This webinar facilitated by Professor Phyllis Butow (BA (hons), MPH, MClinPsych, PhD) included presentations from experts in this field, a cancer survivor’s experience and a Q&A session. The webinar explored the roles of nurses and allied health professionals in supporting cancer survivors who experience fear of cancer recurrence, or cancer progression.
A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.
This webinar included an interactive panel discussion focusing on sexuality and intimacy within the heterosexual and LGBTQI+ populations in the context of cancer care.
A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council Victoria, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.
This webinar focused on the role allied health professionals play in providing cancer survivorship care, particularly with the management of fatigue and weight problem. It included a survivor’s experience and an interactive panel discussion on the topics of nutrition, exercise, motivational interviewing techniques and referral pathways.
A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council Victoria, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.
The conference ‘Shifting Gears: Rethinking survivorship’ considered how recent advances in cancer survivorship research and care could be adopted, as well as how future systems could be transformed to better meet the needs of the growing survivorship population; with particular recognition to the changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Co-hosted by the ACSC and the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) Alliance.
This webinar included a combination of presentations followed by a robust panel discussion on current models of care.
A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council Victoria, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.
This webinar included a facilitated panel discussion bringing together experts who shared their insights on the context, challenges, and opportunities in cancer survivorship care in the rural or regional setting.
A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council Victoria, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.
This webinar included an interactive case review of Meg Rynderman's OAM story and discussed key features of cancer survivorship, unmet needs, common psychosocial issues and the role of clinical psychology and how cancer treatment side effects may alter allied health screening, intervention and management.
A collaboration between the ACSC, Cancer Council Victoria, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.
This webinar discussed key features of the cancer survivorship experience and the role of primary care, common issues and the need for personalised survivorship care, using team care arrangements and evidence-based tools and resources to support cancer survivors
A collaboration between the ACSC, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association.
The aim of this webinar was to increase primary health care nurses' knowledge about cancer and it's care, including understanding strategies to support patients' post-treatment. To access the recorded webinar, register your details under Register Today, enter your email address in the login bar, then select Join.
Delivered by the Australian Practice Nurses Association.
