Diverse Populations Participating in Decisions About Your Care with Your Health Care Team

Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

• 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: Languages 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 Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Mandi L. Pratt-Chapman, MA, PhD, Hon-OPN-CG

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Prevention & Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, Associate Director, Community Outreach & Engagement, GW Cancer Center

NFN Scout, MA, PhD

Executive Director, National LGBT Cancer Network, VP of Social Justice, The Torvus Group, Los Angeles, CA

Guadalupe R. Palos, DrPH, MSW, RN

Former Clinical Protocol Administration Manager, Office of Cancer Survivorship, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Author and Researcher in Health Care Disparities, Caregiving & Survivorship

Maria Chi, DSW, MSW

Clinical Oncology Social Worker, Author & Researcher, Health Care Disparities, Social Determinants of Health, Psychosocial Oncology & Financial Toxicity

Bláz Bush, M.ED, (Bláz/he)

Executive Director, LGBTQ+ Health Program, Stanford Medicine, Center for Academic Medicine

Sara Grisales Jaramillo, MSW

Insights & Call Center Program Manager, CancerCare

Continuing Education Credits

(Live Only)

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

Brochure

You can download the brochure for this workshop