Workshop
Diverse Populations Participating in Decisions About Your Care with Your Health Care Team
Event Date
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET
Presented in Collaboration with:
- Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology APSHO
- American Cancer Society
- American Psychosocial Oncology Society
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Association for Molecular Pathology
- Black Womens Health Imperative
- Cancer Justice
- Caregiver Action Network
- Intercultural Cancer Council
- Joe's House
- The LGBT Cancer Project
- National Center for Frontier Communities
- Cancer Nation
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network NCCN NCCN Guidelines for Patients
- NeedyMeds
- Prevent Cancer Foundation
- Redes en Accion The National Latino Cancer Research Network
- Research Advocacy Network
- Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation
- Triage Cancer
This activity is supported by Novartis Oncology and an educational grant from Janssen Biotech, Inc., administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC. CancerCare’s application for continuing education credits for this program is supported by the Diana Napoli Fund.
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
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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 [email protected] after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed and submitted within two weeks of the live program.