Provincial Cancer Care Conference

Celebrating 40 Years of Provincial Shared Care

On Thursday afternoon, an interactive workshop on compassion fatigue, burnout and resilience will be facilitated by Rebecca Brown, Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Western Ontario. During this workshop, “Running on Empty: Caring for Self While Caring for those with Cancer” participants will learn to recognize and effectively respond to signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue and burnout; and will practice personalized techniques to mitigate these, both in personal and professional contexts. Rebecca Brown is a Canadian Certified Counsellor and an Associate at TEND Academy with over a decade of experience delivering workshops and conferences on compassion fatigue and resilience throughout Canada and the US.

On Thursday evening, Paul Krismer will explain the science of positive psychology and will invite health care professionals to reflect on the association between healthy interpersonal relationships, positive working environments and team performance improvement during his keynote address “The Serious Business of Positive Emotions”.  Paul Krismer is a certified executive coach with over 15 years of experience teaching the practical application of positive emotions as a means to achieving organizational and personal excellence.

The conference sessions on Friday morning will focus on the diagnosis and treatment of Melanoma.  Sessions during the afternoon will include a mix of plenary presentations, breakout sessions and “short snappers” on a variety of topics of interest to a multidisciplinary audience.

As part of the Friday program, Dr. Brent Zanke, conference Guest Speaker, will offer a thought provoking presentation on the “Future of Personalized Medicine in Cancer Care”. Dr. Brent Zanke is a graduate of the Universities of Manitoba and Toronto and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada with specialty certification in internal medicine and medical oncology.  He is founder and Chairman of ArcticDx, a Canadian molecular diagnostics company involved in developing genetic tests that predict future disease, drug toxicity and the efficacy of existing therapies for a variety of diseases.

The Provincial Cancer Care Conference enables Manitoba health care professionals in oncology to come together and participate in a high quality educational program designed to meet the diverse learning needs of this multidisciplinary professional group.

All health care providers with an interest in Oncology are welcome to attend!

Join this excellent educational event and network with colleagues from throughout the province and beyond!

We thank Southern Health-Santé Sud – Portage Community Cancer Program for being this year’s conference co-host.

Our continuing partnership with the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation allows us to make this conference possible each year.

On-line registration available on June 18, 2018

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If you have any questions, please contact Liz Azinha at (204) 784-0225