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Optimizing APP Integration into Multidisciplinary Cancer Care Teams
Goals of this session
- Define the role of APPs within multidisciplinary cancer care teams.
- Identify effective strategies for collaboration and communication among healthcare professionals in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Analyze common barriers to APPs integration and propose solutions to enhance teamwork and coordination.
- Evaluate case studies showcasing successful models of multidisciplinary care involving APPs to extract best practices.
- Develop action plans to implement improved integration of APPs into cancer care teams within participants' own practice settings.
Panelists
Todd A. Pickard, MMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA, FASCO (PDF)
Executive Director Advanced Practice
Office of the Chief Medical Executive
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Siu-Fun Wong, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP
Volunteer Clinical Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine
University of California, Irvine (UCI) College of Medicine
Al B. Benson III, MD, FACP, FACCC, FASCO
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director for Cooperative Groups
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
of Northwestern University
Moderator
Veronica Chollette, RN, MS
Program Director
Health Systems and Interventions Research Branch
Healthcare Delivery Research Program
Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Background Reading
- Institute of Medicine. 2013. Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis. Chapter 4: The Workforce Caring for Patients with Cancer. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/18359.
- 2020 Snapshot: State of the Oncology Workforce in America. JCO Oncol Pract. 2021;17(1):30. DOI: 10.1200/OP.20.00577.
- Bruinooge SS, Pickard TA, Vogel W, et al. Understanding the Role of Advanced Practice Providers in Oncology in the United States. J Oncol Pract. 2018;14:e518-e532. DOI:10.1200/JOP.18.0018.
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Developing and Sustaining an Effective and Resilient Oncology Careforce: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25533.