Supportive Care: What matters most to the people you are caring for- April 15 2025

Melanoma Nursing Webinar Program

Supportive Care - what matters most to the people you are caring for

April 15, 2025 1-2 pm

This session will focus on the importance of supportive care screening in cancer care, emphasising the role of nurses in identifying and addressing the physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs of cancer patients.

Special attention will be given to various screening tools, such as the Distress Thermometer and the Nursing Equity Assessment Tool, to equip nurses with knowledge to deliver comprehensive, equitable, and personalised care.

Learning outcomes:

This webinar will equip nurses with an understanding of:

The importance of supportive care as a fundamental component of optimal cancer care
Your role in supportive care screening
The impact of social determinants of health
Tools available to enable supportive care screening

Audience: MIA program nurses - live event. Recording to be available to a larger nursing cohort.

Pre reading: No pre-reading needed

Webinar Access

You can access the live webinars using the information below:

Webinar link - https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/89980149276?pwd=YAxgtbACPR7Pawe9ojWynnXALRScoe.1

Webinar ID - 899 8014 9276

Password – 323404

Please don’t share this login information.

Speakers

Professor Mei Krishnasamy
Professor of Nursing, University of Melbourne. VCCC Alliance Research & Education Lead, Cancer Nursing

Mei is Professor of Nursing at the University of Melbourne, the VCCC Alliance Research & Education Lead, Cancer Nursing and, honorary Professor at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Mei's career has been defined by a commitment to advancing equity of access to evidence-informed cancer care by developing the capability of nurses to develop and implement value-based health service innovation. She has an established record of collaborative research focusing on the development and evaluation of models of care and strategies targeted at improving patient and carer experiences of living with cancer, demands of treatment and symptom profiles, linking experience of care innovation to improved patient outcomes.

Ms Elizabeth Crone

Specialist cancer nurse, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Liz Liz is a specialist cancer nurse at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre with over ten years’ experience in surgical oncology, operating suite, and anaesthetics nursing. Liz is an emerging health services researcher with a passion for health outcomes research, equity in cancer care and digital health equity.