Webinar - Palliative Care in Oncology: tips and tools for taking action to improve quality care and quality of life

You’re invited to a free webinar on Palliative Care in Oncology hosted by the American Cancer Society.

Date: Friday, April 24, 2015 | 12:00-1:00 pm EST

Webinar Topics:

Please join us for an interactive discussion on integrating palliative care in oncology practice, including practical tips and information to:

 Improve proficiency explaining palliative care its benefits in oncology across the care continuum among patients, families, and practitioners

 Understand how collaboration between oncology and palliative care specialists can improve outcomes along continuum of care for adults and children with cancer at any age and any stage

 Access resources available to support cancer centers and oncology teams in achieving quality care improvement measures and initiatives associated with integrated palliative care, including the Commission on Cancer palliative care standard

To Register: https://acsevents.webex.com/acsevents/onstage/g.php?d=660763860&t=a

About our guest speaker: Dr. Lynne Padgett is a Health Scientist/Program Director at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), Behavioral Research Program (BRP), Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch (BBPSB). She is the Technical Lead for the NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) in the areas of cancer survivorship and palliative care. She also is pursuing projects related to data harmonization in collaboration with the Grid-Enable Measures (GEM) team.

Dr. Padgett earned her Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Memphis in 2001 with concentrations in Behavioral Medicine and Research Design/Statistics. She holds a Master of Science and Specialist in Education degrees in Community Counseling from Georgia State University and completed a certificate program focused on the integration of theology/spirituality and psychology. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry in the Human Genetics Lab in 2003. Her program of research focuses on measurement issues related to cognition and emotional distress, as well as interventions to improve or maximize cognitive functioning. She is particularly interested in the process of implementing biobehavioral science into community clinical practice, and facilitating research with community partners. In addition, she is interested in organization factors associated with the practice of palliative care.