CAPO Conference

The 2012 conference will bring together interdisciplinary professional to explore, share, learn and discuss the psychosocial aspects of cancer. CAPO’s annual conference convenes researchers, clinicians and community based organizations from several professions, including: medical, psychiatry, nursing, psychology, social work, spiritual care, nutrition, rehabilitation medicine, occupational health and radiation oncology.

Past conferences have facilitated team formations and exchanges of ideas and workshops that have resulted in research along domains such as survivorship, pediatric oncology, behavioral and social determinants of health, cancer prevention, decision-making, interventions for psychosocial screening and approaches to facilitating individual and family adaptation.

Conference objectives include:

• Exploring cancer care from theperspective of understanding human behavior, and the integration of biology and psychology
• Exploring the influence and perspectives from other areas of health, eg. mental health and chronic illness
• Building research capacity in psychosocial oncology
• Identifying best practices in clinical interventions, rehabilitation approaches and research in pediatrics and adult psychosocial oncology
• Learning about innovative programs and service delivery models, eg. health technology
• Learning about the use of complementary and alternative therapies in cancer care
• Offering opportunities for professional and community agency networking around survivorship issues

Stay tuned for further details.