Optimizing APP Integration into Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Teams
Goals of this session
- Define the role of APPs within multidisciplinary cancer care teams.
- Identify effective strategies for collaboration and communication among healthcare professionals in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Analyze common barriers to APPs integration and propose solutions to enhance teamwork and coordination.
- Evaluate case studies showcasing successful models of multidisciplinary care involving APPs to extract best practices.
- Develop action plans to implement improved integration of APPs into cancer care teams within participants' own practice settings.
Panelists
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Todd A. Pickard, MMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA, FASCO (PDF)
Executive Director Advanced Practice
Office of the Chief Medical Executive
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Siu-Fun Wong, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP
Volunteer Clinical Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine
University of California, Irvine (UCI) College of Medicine
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Al B. Benson III, MD, FACP, FACCC, FASCO
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director for Cooperative Groups
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
of Northwestern University
Moderator
![Veronica Chollette](https://cdn.statically.io/img/healthcaredelivery.cancer.gov/images/webinars/chollette.jpg)
Veronica Chollette, RN, MS
Program Director
Health Systems and Interventions Research Branch
Healthcare Delivery Research Program
Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Background Reading
- Institute of Medicine. 2013. Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis. Chapter 4: The Workforce Caring for Patients with Cancer
. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/18359
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- 2020 Snapshot: State of the Oncology Workforce in America
. JCO Oncol Pract. 2021;17(1):30. DOI: 10.1200/OP.20.00577
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- Bruinooge SS, Pickard TA, Vogel W, et al. Understanding the Role of Advanced Practice Providers in Oncology in the United States
. J Oncol Pract. 2018;14:e518-e532. DOI:10.1200/JOP.18.0018
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- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Developing and Sustaining an Effective and Resilient Oncology Careforce: Proceedings of a Workshop
. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25533
.