Achieving Patient-Centered Care: Updates in Policy, Practice and Research

Achieving Patient-Centered Care: Updates in Policy, Practice and Research is organized by Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW).

Accreditation:
1.0 CE Credits

Description:
Efforts to develop and evaluate strategies that overcome barriers to the successful adoption and implementation of evidence-based interventions and changes in practice patterns has been recommended as an important means of promoting greater integration of psychosocial care into routine cancer care. Collaborative efforts are needed, not only across disciplines but also among social workers involved in clinical practice, research, and policy to ensure that psychosocial care becomes a consistent and universal reality for all persons affected by cancer. This presentation will include an update on Commission on Cancer guidelines for patient-centered care, with a focus on distress screening and survivorship care planning. It will highlight the important role that social workers can play to influence the uptake of psychosocial care at their own cancer centers. Presenters will provide concrete examples of strategies they have considered to improve uptake and implementation of psychosocial care services. The session will conclude with a discussion of prior efforts and new opportunities for oncology social workers to influence successful implementation of psychosocial care through an integration of research, practice, and policy.

Learning Objectives:
• Discuss efforts to promote policies, clinical practice, and research that promotes patient-centered care across cancer centers in the United States.
• Identify successful strategies that social workers can use to enhance uptake and implementation of distress management protocols and survivorship care plans.
• Examine opportunities intended to facilitate social workers involvement and influence in the derivation of clinical strategies, policies, and research to promote patient-centered care.