The GW Cancer Center is pleased to announce the NEW
Online Academy website, which offers an improved learner experience and enhanced e-learning capabilities. The Online Academy houses eight self-paced, no-cost online trainings for public health and healthcare professionals, including:
Addressing the Need for LGBTQ-Affirming Cancer Care: A Focus on Sexual and Gender Minority Prostate Cancer Survivor
Cancer Survivorship E-Learning Series for Primary Care Providers
Executive Training on Navigation and Survivorship
Oncology Patient Navigator Training: The Fundamentals
Continuing education (CE) credits are available and vary across trainings. Click
here to enroll in a course.
Mandi Pratt-Chapman, Ph.D, associate center director for patient-centered initiatives and health equity at the GW Cancer Center, recently co-authored a study that conceptualized a patient-centered approach to survivorship care, based on cancer survivors’ experiences. Read the
paper.
Visit our YouTube channel to watch a brief video from the GW Cancer Center's Together, Equitable, Accessible, Meaningful (TEAM) training.
In this micro-snippet, presenter Camara Jones, MD, MPH, Ph.D, discusses the origin of racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Watch the clip to learn more.
7/24 Triage Cancer/Living Beyond Breast Cancer Virtual Event: Insurance and Finance Intensive
Learn more and register
RESOURCES FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
Advancing Mental Health During the Pandemic and Beyond Part of a COVID-19 miniseries from NIHCM, this
archived webinar addresses long-term implications for mental health.
Breast Cancer Helpline This
helpline, from Living Beyond Breast Cancer, connects patients and survivors to trained volunteers for emotional support, guidance and hope.
COVID-19 and Communities of Color: Implications for Health Literacy This
archived webinar from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine addresses the implications on health literacy of COVID-19 on communities of color.
Reducing Chronic Disease Through Physical Activity and Nutrition This
web page from the CDC Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity lists five action steps states and communities can take to reduce the risk of chronic diseases.
WHAT WE'RE READING
Antidiabetic Medication Adherence, Survival for Patients With Diabetes and Colorectal Cancer - Read the
press briefing or
article
Does Recent Chemotherapy Treatment Increase the Risk for COVID-19 Mortality?- Read the press briefing or
article
Jane Lowe Meisel, MD, on the Breast Cancer Advances in ASCO's Clinical Cancer Advances Report- Read the interview or report
Study Shows Sedentary Behavior Independently Predicts Cancer Mortality- Read the press briefing or
article
