American Psychosocial Oncology Society 4th Annual Conference

描述(由申请者提供)：美国心理社会肿瘤学会(APOS)第四届年会将于2007年3月1日至4日在德克萨斯州奥斯汀举行，将提供唯一的全国性跨学科论坛，来自肿瘤学、精神病学、心理学、社会工作、护理、牧养、咨询、治疗和患者权益倡导领域的约400名代表可以分享有关如何提高癌症幸存者生活质量的最新信息。亚太癌症协会第四届年会的主题是“在不同的社区促进高质量的心理社会癌症护理”；它致力于制定战略，以加强弱势群体获得心理社会护理的机会。参加会议的参与者将获得与以下方面有关的技能和能力：(A)向研究人员和从业者传授确定和吸引倡导团体的方法，这些团体可以合作制定战略，改善族裔、少数民族和医疗弱势群体的获得和治疗；(B)确定研究人员和从业者可以利用的资源和战略，以改善少数民族、少数民族和医疗弱势群体在心理社会癌症护理方面的获得、治疗和结果；(C)将尖端的多学科研究成果转化为参与者自己机构中与痛苦评估和管理、症状管理和整个护理过程中的生活质量问题有关的临床和教育方案；(D)了解研究人员和从业人员之间合作的价值，以改进为癌症环境中的患者及其家属提供最先进的医疗和心理社会治疗；以及(E)促进癌症协会的资源，并与协会成员和该领域的其他领导人建立网络，以形成宝贵的专业和非专业合作。年会以一整天的实践研讨会开始，为心理社会肿瘤学专业人员和患者倡导者提供创新的临床技能，主题包括解决多样性问题的社区研究、围绕不同社区的概念和衡量问题以及姑息治疗等。随后的会议将讨论生存问题、少数群体和服务不足人群的心理社会服务、生活质量问题等。会议将以为期半天的以技能为基础的研讨会结束，研讨会的重点是减少心理社会护理方面的健康差距。对会议的评估将包括与会者对整个计划的反应，以及会议对后续APOS计划和活动的影响。接受发表的摘要将发表在《心理肿瘤学》杂志的增刊上，并将在APOS网站上公布。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) 4th Annual Conference, 1 - 4 March 2007 in Austin, TX, will provide the only national interdisciplinary forum where an estimated 400 representatives from the fields of oncology, psychiatry, psychology, social work, nursing, pastoral care, counseling, therapy and patient advocacy can share the latest information on ways to improve cancer survivors' quality of life. The APOS 4th Annual Conference theme is "Promoting Quality Psychosocial Cancer Care across Diverse Communities"; it is dedicated to developing strategies to enhance access to psychosocial care among the underserved. Participants attending the conference will gain skills and competence related to (a) teaching researchers and practitioners methods for identifying and engaging advocacy groups who can collaborate to build strategies that will improve access and treatment for ethnically diverse, minority and medically vulnerable populations; (b) identifying resources and strategies that researchers and practitioners can employ to improve access, treatment and outcomes in psychosocial cancer care among ethnically diverse, minority and medically vulnerable populations; (c) translating cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research findings into clinical and educational programs in participants' own institutions related to the assessment and management of distress, symptom management and quality-of-life issues across the continuum of care; (d) understanding the value of collaboration between researchers and practitioners to improve the delivery of state-of-the-art medical and psychosocial cancer care for patients and their families across cancer settings; and (e) promoting APOS resources and networking with APOS members and other leaders in the field to form valuable professional and lay collaborations. The Annual Conference begins with a full day of practical workshops, providing psychosocial oncology professionals and patient advocates with innovative clinical skills on topics such as community-based research addressing diversity issues, conceptual and measurement issues surrounding diverse communities and palliative care, among others. Subsequent sessions will address survivorship, psychosocial services for minority and underserved populations, quality of life issues, and more. The conference will close with a half-day dedicated to skills-based workshops centered on reducing health disparities in psychosocial care. Evaluation of the conference will include participant response to the overall program and the impact of the sessions on subsequent APOS programs and activities. Abstracts accepted for presentation will be published in a supplement to the journal Psycho-Oncology, and presentations will be posted on the APOS website.