5th Annual Primary Care Oncology Day

The Mississauga Halton Central West Regional Cancer Program Presents the 5th Annual Primary Care Oncology Day: Supporting Our Diverse Communities.

Join us for an exciting day and receive updates on cancer care relevant to your practice.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of this educational program, participants should be able to:

1. Understand the implications of cultural diversity in a person's experience along the cancer continuum.
2. Identify and recognize how primary care providers can optimize their role along the cancer continuum.
3. Review and understand the latest interprofessional treatment practices in oncology.

This Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Ontario Chapter for up to 4.5 Mainpro+ credits.

For more information, please contact:

Sofia Osowski, Regional Events Coordinator

Mississauga Halton Central West Regional Cancer Program

Sofia.Osowski@thp.ca

AGENDA

• 7:30am - 8:15am | Networking Breakfast and Registration/Meet and Greet
  
• 8:15am - 8:30am | Cultural Opening Ceremony
  
• 8:30am - 8:45am | Welcome: Leslie Starr
  
• 8:45am - 9:00am | The Patient Voice
  
• 9:00am - 10:00am | Keynote Address: Cancer Screening and Diagnosis for Immigrant Canadians: Disparities and Potential Solutions | Dr. Aisha Lofters
  
• 10:00am - 10:30am | Genetics and Cancer Care | Dr. Cynthia Forster-Gibson and Loren Mackay Loder
  
• 10:30am - 11:00am | Debate: Be it resolved that FIT is the best way to screen for colorectal cancer | Dr. Andrew Bellini. Dr. Paul Philbrook and Dr. Praveen Bansal
  
• 11:00am - 11:10am | BREAK
• 11:15am - 11:45am | A New Direction for Cancer Care in our Region
• 11:45am - 12:45pm | LUNCH
  
• 12:45pm - 1:15pm | Melanoma: An Overview from the Primary Care Perspective | Dr. Sudha Rajagopal
  
• 1:15pm - 1:25pm | The Caregiver Voice
  
• 1:25pm - 2:10pm | Creating Compassion with Palliative Care: A Provincial Perspective | Dr. Ahmed Jakda
  
• 2:10pm - 3:00pm | Panel Discussion: Now what? Supporting patients after cancer treatment
  
• 3:00pm | Closing Remarks