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Non-Members - $20

Virtual Meeting 7:00 pm 

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Number of Contact Hours: 1.0

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Facilitator: Susanne Giannitti OTR/L

Speaker: Heather Studwell MS, OTR/L, MBA, CLT-LANA

                     Oncology Survivorship Coordinator, Greenwich Hospital

Bio/Background of the Speakers:

ConnOTA community of practice members are OT practitioners who are actively working in home care, who have worked in home care, or are seeking to work in home care.  Members bring their expertise and skillset as well as questions and a strong desire to use social learning theory to learn, share, and pool knowledge.

Learning Objectives Attendees Should Achieve:

This hour-long presentation and discussion will allow participants to:

1.Understand the basics in oncology that rehabilitation professionals should consider when treating this population.

2.Gain an overview of the essential rehabilitation process in oncology, specifically the role of OT in home care.

3. Pool…those resources and knowledge and make them easily available to other CoP members.

Summary of Event: 

 Cancer and its treatment often cause physical, psychological, and cognitive problems. These problems can make it harder to do daily activities or return to work. Occupational therapy is uniquely qualified to provide patient-centered care that can optimize a person’s functional status and quality of life through preventive, restorative, supportive, and palliative oncology interventions. The physiological impact of cancer and oncology-related treatments is profound - it is crucially important that rehabilitation providers have the appropriate knowledge and training to address all the patient's body systems that have been (or may be) affected by their cancer or its treatment and provide optimal resolution of these functional impairments.

This event is sponsored by Connecticut occupational therapy practitioners. ConnOTA is supporting this event by overseeing the award of CEUs for registered participants.