OVERVIEW

2021 Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers (APOSW) Virtual Conference is organized by Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers (APOSW) and will be held from Apr 12 - 14, 2021.

Theme: Virtually Together: Lessons of Support, Community, and Being Essential in Pediatric Oncology Social Work.

Accreditation:
Social workers will receive up to 16 clinical CE contact hours for this activity. Upon completion of this program and submission of the CE activity evaluation, a certificate of completion will be issued to attendees via email within 30 days.

Goal:
To provide a collaborative learning opportunity for oncology social workers to address the needs of families impacted by childhood cancer.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this conference, participants will be able to:
• Explain and apply social work theory, evidence-based practice, interventions, and techniques to address psychosocial care, barriers to care, and programmatic needs of pediatric patients and family members from diagnosis through survivorship, and into the bereavement process.
• Describe evidence-based practice to support pediatric cancer patients and their families through discussions of research studies, outcomes, and recommendations in the field of pediatric oncology social work.
• Identify and discuss the psychosocial needs of children diagnosed with cancer and their families toward compassionate end-of-life care, healing and future positive growth.
• Evaluate methods for professional development through leadership.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.