Cervical Cancer CancerCare Connect Education Workshops: Recent Episodes
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CancerCare's free Connect Education Workshops are a way for people to learn about cancer-related issues from the convenience of their home or office. Leading experts in oncology provide the most up-to-date information in these workshops to help you and your loved ones better understand and cope with your cancer diagnosis, treatment options, quality-of-life concerns, treatment side effects, pain management, doctor-patient communication and other important topics.
- How Being a Member of Diverse Communities May Impact Your Access to Oncology Care, Treatment, Management of Treatment Side Effects & Pain Management
- What to Expect from Your Relationship with Your Health Care Team: Is Your Health Care Team Providing You with Equitable, Excellent Care?
- What to Consider When Selecting a Cancer Care Team & Treatment Facility - Languages Spoken & Diversity of the Health Care Team
- What is Cultural Humility & How Your Care Team Practices Cultural Humility
- When to Seek a Second Opinion: Finding the Best Care
- How to Request Copies of Treatment & Pathology Reports - Your Encounter Notes
- Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team about Your Treatment Plan
- How to Self-Advocate with Health Care Staff: Language Spoken, Disability Services & Other Barriers to Health Equity
- Health Literacy: How to Become More Knowledgeable & Satisfied with Your Care
- Your Important Role in Shared Decision-Making
- Tips to Communicate with Your Health Care Team to Determine If They are the Best Team for You
- Guidelines to Improve Your Communication with Your Health Care Team, including Prepared List of Questions & Follow-Up Appointments
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of Cancer & the LGBTQI+ Community, including HIV & HPV
- The LGBTQI+ Community’s Disproportionate Cancer Burden
- Addressing the LGBTQI+ Health Disparities Gap, including Mistrust of Health Care Providers
- Barriers to Health Care Access, including Discrimination
- Health Care, Cancer Screening, Palliative & Supportive Care, Affordable Housing
- Gay Men & Lesbian Cancer Issues
- Transgender/Gender-Nonconforming People’s Cancer Concerns
- Challenges for LGBTQI+ Caregivers
- Social Security Disability Benefits for LGBTQI+ People Living with Cancer
- Military Service and the LGBTQI+ Community
- Practical, Financial, Emotional & Social Concerns
- Cancer Resources for the LGBTQI+ Community
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of Clinical Trials & Why They Are Important, in the Context of COVID, Omicron & Seasonal Flu
- Understanding Your Treatment Options, including Clinical Trials
- Concerns about Participating in Clinical Trials
- Types of Clinical Trials
- What Happens in a Clinical Trial?
- The Meaning of Informed Consent
- Benefits & Risks of Participation
- How & Where Clinical Trials are Conducted
- How to Participate in Clinical Trials
- Specific Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team about Clinical Trial Participation, in the Context of COVID, Omicron & Seasonal Flu
- Guidelines for Preparing for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology, List of Questions & OpenNotes Discussion
- Accessing Resources for Clinical Trials
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of Cancer Treatments- Definition of Adherence: Taking Your Pills on Schedule- Its Important Role in Managing Cancer- Barriers to Taking Your Pills- Practical Tips to Overcome These Barriers, including Family, Partners & Others- Computer, Tablet & Phone Reminders including Emails, Texts & Apps- Planning Ahead: Lead Time in Refilling Prescriptions, Weekends, Travel & Holidays- Communicating with Your Health Care Team about Adherence- Reminders from Your Pharmacy & Pharmacist- Clinical Trials on Adherence- Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Follow-Up Care & Discussion of OpenNotes- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- How to Protect Yourself & Your Loved Ones from COVID, Omicron & Delta Variants- COVID Vaccines & Booster Vaccines- Other Vaccines - Flu, Pneumococcal & Shingles Vaccines- COVID & People Living with Cancer- Where to Find Reliable Information Regarding this Pandemic & Its Variants- How to Protect Yourself, Loved Ones & Children from COVID & Its Variants- The Increasing Role of Telemedicine/Telehealth Appointments- How to Prepare for Your Telemedicine/Telehealth Appointments, including Prepared List of Questions, Follow-Up Appointments, Quality-of-Life Concerns & Discussion of OpenNotes- Working Closely with Your Health Care Team about Your Wishes & Health Care Directives- Tips to Manage the Practical, Emotional & Financial Stresses Related to COVID, Omicron Variants & Cancer- Self-Care & Stress Management Tips- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Disproportionate Burden of COVID, Omicron & Cancer on People of Color - Social Determinants of Health, including Language Spoken & Health Literacy - Influence of the Local & Regional Environment in Which You Live - Effect of COVID & Omicron on Health Care Systems - How Race May Impact Your Access to Oncology Care, Treatment, Management of Treatment Side Effects & Pain Management - Tips to Find Your Best Care Team - Access to Cancer Treatment in the LGBTQ Community - The Role of Housing, Cost of Treatment & Care on Your Health - Food & Pharmacy Deserts - Food Insecurity: Tips to Increase Your Access to Health Promoting Nutrition - Job Commitments, Access & Transportation to Treatment - How Telehealth May Help in Advancing Your Health Equity - Tips to Cope with Health Care Disparities: Valuing Your Identity - Guidelines to Communicate with Your Health Care Team - Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of Cancer Survivorship- Managing Post Treatment Side Effects/Late Effects- Quality-of-Life Concerns- Fear of Recurrence- Finding Your New Normal- The Importance of Treatment Summaries- Follow-Up with Your Oncologist & Primary Care Doctor, including Discussion of Health Screening & Concerns- Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Definition of a Caregiver- What Research Tells Us About Caregivers’ Well Being- Caregiving for an Older Adult- Caregiving for a Younger Adult- Couples, Partners, Siblings & Friends- Challenges of Caregivers for Cancer Survivors- Family, Partners & Friend Communication- Care Coordinator Challenges & Tips- Stresses on Family, Partners, Friends & Loved Ones- Coping with Holidays, Birthday & Special Occasions- Managing Family, Friends, Partners & Traditions- Long-Distance Caregiving- Practical Tips for Managing Caregivers’ Stress- Strategies for Self-Care- Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology & Prepared List of Questions- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of Cervical Cancer, including Diagnosis and Staging, in the Context of COVID-19, Omicron & Seasonal Flu- Combination Treatments- How Precision Medicine & Testing Inform Your Treatment Decisions- New & Emerging Treatment Approaches- The Role of the Pathologist- Biomarkers, Diagnostic Technologies & Sequencing of Treatments- Updates on Clinical Trials- How Research Increases Treatment Options- Nutrition & Hydration Tips & Suggestions- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview & Definition of Diagnostic Technologies & Biomarkers in the Context of COVID-19 - How Diagnostic Technologies & Biomarkers Shape & Improve Treatment Decisions - Why the Molecular Portrait of Cancer is Important - The Role of the Pathologist - Benefits of Diagnostic Technologies, Biomarkers & Precision Medicine - Predicting Response to Treatment - Clinical Trials: How Research Contributes to Your Treatment Options - Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team - Guidelines for Preparing for Telehealth Appointments with Your Health Care Team, including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Quality-of-Life Concerns & Discussion of 2021 Care’s Act - Questions for Our Panel of Experts
- Overview of Cancer Treatments- Definition of Adherence: Taking Your Pills on Schedule- Its Important Role in Managing Cancer- Barriers to Taking Your Pills- Practical Tips to Overcome These Barriers, including Family, Partners & Others- Computer, Tablet & Phone Reminders including Emails, Texts & Apps- Planning Ahead: Lead Time in Refilling Prescriptions, Weekends, Travel & Holidays- Communicating with Your Health Care Team about Adherence- Reminders from Your Pharmacy & Pharmacist- Clinical Trials on Adherence- The Role of Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments- Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Follow-Up Care & Discussion of OpenNotes- Questions for Our Panel of Experts