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An Interactive, Multi-Method Learning Experience

Presented by:
Melissa's Living Legacy Foundation, The American Academy on Physician and Patient and Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, Rochester, NY

IF YOU ARE A PRACTITIONER WHO TREATS TEENS WITH CANCER, THIS WORKSHOP IS A MUST.
  TEENS - Here's Your Chance:
Tell your medical team how you want them to talk to you. What works? What doesn't? What do you need? Got any good advice?

This innovative program studies the normal challenges of adolescent development in the context of a cancer diagnosis and teaches effective communication and relationship skills necessary for optimal interaction with your teen patients and their families. Developed with input from several teens, this course targets the difficulty many practitioners face when dealing with teenage cancer patients.


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Here's what the teens told us: "I wish they'd just get to the point instead of beating around the bush. I can take it." "It was like I wasn't even in the room. They just talked to my parents." "The docs just don't know how to connect." Talking with teenagers can be tough!



When: Friday, January 21, 2005 (6:00-8:30 pm - dinner included)
Saturday, January 22, 2005 (8:00-4:30 pm - breakfast and lunch included)
 
Where: U of R School of Medicine & Dentistry Conference Center
Elmwood Ave (Kornberg Medical Research Bldg)
Rochester, NY
 
Cost: Practicing Physicians, $95
Others: $75
URMC Staff/Students: No charge
 
Credits: 10 CME credits will be awarded; approval for nursing contact hours is pending.
 
Contact:  Lauren Spiker, info@teenslivingwithcancer.org, 585-334-0858


   
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