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Preliminary program


Faculty

Professor Lesley Fallowfield, Director, Cancer Research UK Sussex Psychosocial Oncology Group, Brighton & Sussex Medical School

Doctor Pauline Leonard, Medical Oncologist, Southend University Hospital

Doctor Liz Gaminara, Consultant Hematologist and Lead Clinician for Cancer Services, Hemel Hempstead General Hospital & St Albans City Hospital

Professor Alexander Kiss, Head of Psychosomatic Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University Clinics Basel, Switzerland

Doctor Darius Razavi, Head of Psychosomatics and Psycho-Oncology Research Unit, Free University of Brussels
                

Co-ordinator

Doctor Val Jenkins, Deputy Director, Cancer Research UK Sussex Psychosocial Oncology Group, Brighton & Sussex Medical School
 

Actors

Debbie Manship (Rolecall, UK) and four others actors, two of whom will be French and/or German speaking (depending on the registrations)

 

Wednesday, 18 June 2008

09:30 – 10:00       Coffee, Welcome & Introductions

10.00 – 10.30       'Communication Skills: the key to quality cancer care' (didactic presentation)

10.30 – 11.00       Non-verbal communication (group exercise)

11.00 – 12.30       Giving sad, bad and difficult information (interactive session)

12.30 – 13.30       Lunch

13.30 – 14.00       Giving complex information (group exercise)

14.00 – 15.30       Talking about clinical trials (Module 1) (PPT, exercises & DVD clips)

15.30 – 16.00       Break

16.00 – 17.30       DVDs, group exercises & PPT presentations (group exercise)

 

Thursday, 19 June 2008

09:00 – 09:30       Handling difficult emotions – the distressed patient (PPT)

09.30 – 11.00       Demonstration role-play 1 (dealing with difficult emotions)

11.00 – 11.30       Break

11.30 – 13.00       Demonstration role-play 2 (dealing with families)

13.00 – 14.00       Lunch

14.00 – 16.00       Individual participant role-play with actors and video-taped feedback

16.00 – 16.30       Break

16.30 – 18.00       Individual participant role-play with actors and video-taped feedback


Friday, 20 June 2008

09:00 – 10:30       'Looking after yourself' - Burnout in healthcare professionals

10. 30 – 11.00      Break

11. 00 – 13.00      Individual participant role-play with actors and video-taped feedback      

13.00 – 14.00       Lunch

14.00 – 15.30       Individual participants role-play with actors and video-taped feedback    

15.30 – 16.00       Summary and Close

 

Participants will be provided with a comprehensive pack of relevant papers and handouts. Copies of their own video-taped role-play exercises will be made available.


  

 

 

 

 

 
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