Dates to Remember

Psychosocial Academy Workshops
25 - 26 May 2010

12th World Congress
27 - 29 May 2010

Abstract Submission
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Notifications were made in March

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*Now Open!*

Congress Program

Full Congress program now available!

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Concurrent Session Schedule

Poster Schedule

Congress Program at a Glance*

The program listed below is an at-a-glance program; it does not include all of the details of individual presentations, but it provides an overall schedule of events for the Congress. A limited number of concurrent sessions are also scheduled at the same time as the Plenary Sessions listed below. For a detailed schedule, see the links above.

Tuesday and Wednesday, 25 and 26 May 2010

Psychosocial Academy Workshops

Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Time	Session Number	Session Information
6:00 pm- 7:30 pm		*Opening Ceremonies & Reception*

Thursday, 27 May 2010
Time	Session Number	Session Information
8:30 am- 9:15 am	P1	Measuring Outcomes: Physical and Quality of Life Issues^† Patricia A. Ganz, MD, Professor of Health Services and Medicine, Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health
9:15 am- 10:00 am	P2	Measuring Outcomes: Existential and Specific Psychosocial Issues^† William Breitbart, MD, Chief, Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Harvey Chochinov, OM MD, PhD, FRSC, Director, Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit Pierre Gagnon, MD, FRCPC, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec- Psycho-oncologie
10:00 am- 10:30 am		Refreshment Break
10:30 am- 11:30 am		Concurrent Sessions & Posters
11:30 am- 12:30 pm		Concurrent Sessions & Posters
12:30 pm- 1:30 pm		Lunch (included in Congress registration)
1:30 pm- 2:15 pm	P3	Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care as a Dimension of Palliative Care^† Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, Professor, Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope
2:15 pm- 3:15 pm		Concurrent Sessions & Posters
3:15 pm- 3:45 pm		Refreshment Break
3:45 pm- 4:15 pm	P4	Person-Centered Cancer Care: Making the Vision a Reality^† Margaret Fitch, RN, PhD, Head, Oncology Nursing and Supportive Care, Psychosocial & Behavioural Oncology, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre
4:15 pm- 4:45 pm	P5	The Person-Centred Care Improvement and Established Communication Skills Training for Nurses and Oncologists in Switzerland^† Dr. Patrice Guex, Professor in psychiatry and in psycho-social medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, Chief of the Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital
4:45 pm- 5:45 pm		Concurrent Sessions & Posters
7:00 pm- 11:00 pm		Gala Dinner (separate registration fee applies)

Friday, 28 May 2010
Time	Session Number	Session Information
8:30 am- 8:55 am	P6	An Innovative Model of Community Cancer Support: From High Touch to High Tech^† Mitch Golant PhD, Senior Vice President, Research & Training, Cancer Support Community, Uniting The Wellness Community & Gilda's Club Worldwide
9:00 am- 9:30 am	P7	Separate and Joined: A Unique Partnership Between Community- and Hospital-Based Cancer Support Services^† Suzanne O’Brien, MA, Program Director, Executive Director, Hope & Cope, Jewish General Hospital
9:30 am- 10:00 am	P9	The New Reality of Community Nursing in Cancer Care^† Ursula M. Courtney, RGN, M MedSc, MBA
10:00 am- 10:30 am		Refreshment Break
10:30 am- 11:30 am		Concurrent Sessions & Posters
11:30 am- 12:30 pm		Concurrent Sessions & Posters
12:30 pm- 1:30 pm		Lunch (included in Congress registration)
1:30 pm- 2:15 pm	P10	Hope, Meaning, and Coping^† Susan Folkman, PhD, Professor Emeritus, UCSF
2:15 pm- 3:00 pm		Awards Presentations Presentation on IPOS 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology in Antalya, Turkey Sedat Özkan MD, PhD, Head of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Istanbul University
3:00 pm- 3:30 pm		Refreshment Break
3:30 pm- 4:30 pm		Concurrent Sessions & Posters
4:30 pm- 6:00 pm		Concurrent Sessions & Posters

Saturday, 29 May 2010
Time	Session Number	Session Information
8:30 am- 9:15 am	P12	Patient’s and Relatives’ Distress and Hope: Optimizing Communication in the Context of Uncertainty^† Darius Razavi, MD, PhD, Psychosomatic and Psycho-Oncology Research Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles
9:15 am- 10:00 am	P13	The Spiritually Dynamic Nature of Hope: Keeping the Lamp Lighted^† Mary Johnson, MA, Chaplain, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
10:00 am- 10:30 am		Refreshment Break
10:30 am- 11:30 am		Concurrent Sessions & Posters
11:30 am- 12:30 pm		Concurrent Sessions & Posters
12:30 pm- 1:00 pm		Closing

*This program is subject to change.

^†Please note that all Plenary Sessions will be delivered in English only; however, translation sets for French-speaking attendees will be made available for all Plenary Sessions.

Hope, Meaning & Science for quality of care in psycho-oncology and palliative care

Congress Program

Full Congress program now available!

Congress Program at a Glance*

Tuesday and Wednesday, 25 and 26 May 2010

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

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Thursday, 27 May 2010

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Friday, 28 May 2010

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Saturday, 29 May 2010

Time

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Session Information

*This program is subject to change.

†Please note that all Plenary Sessions will be delivered in English only; however, translation sets for French-speaking attendees will be made available for all Plenary Sessions.

^†Please note that all Plenary Sessions will be delivered in English only; however, translation sets for French-speaking attendees will be made available for all Plenary Sessions.