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Firing Up Instead Of Burning Out: Tales From The Front Line Of The Cake Committee, Britainy Stephens, Msw, Lsw, Lora Rhodes, Msw, Lsw, Alison Petok, Msw, Lcsw, Gregory Garber, Msw, Lcsw
Firing Up Instead Of Burning Out: Tales From The Front Line Of The Cake Committee, Britainy Stephens, Msw, Lsw, Lora Rhodes, Msw, Lsw, Alison Petok, Msw, Lcsw, Gregory Garber, Msw, Lcsw
Kimmel Cancer Center Papers, Presentations, and Grand Rounds
This presentation will focus on an underutilized model of supportive care that can help bring back some of the human moments that can often be lost in delivering supportive oncology care. Handling the often complicated issues that arise in oncology care can take a toll on social workers and our oncology co-workers in other disciplines. In oncology care, especially in an outpatient setting, social workers often fulfill the role of emotional support not just for our patients but also for other oncology professionals. Though we are not employed to act as such, we dually assume the position of therapist and …
Measuring Patient Satisfaction In Multidisciplinary Cancer Centers: Optimize Use Of Results To Effect Change And Improve Processes, Mary-Kate Cellmer, Bs
Measuring Patient Satisfaction In Multidisciplinary Cancer Centers: Optimize Use Of Results To Effect Change And Improve Processes, Mary-Kate Cellmer, Bs
Kimmel Cancer Center Papers, Presentations, and Grand Rounds
Jefferson¹s Kimmel Cancer Center¹s multidisciplinary centers were established in 1994. The centers are a collaborative effort among radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, surgeons and other specialists involved in leading-edge cancer treatments.
The multidisciplinary center sees patients on the following days:
- Monday: Brain and Metastatic Uveal Melanoma
- Tuesday: Thoracic/Aerodigestive and Senior Adult Oncology
- Wednesday: Genitourinary and Liver
- Thursday: Small Renal Mass
- Friday: Senior Adult Oncology