Monday, 13th May Inaugural Victorian Integrated Cancer Services Conference 2013

Dr Pradeep Phillip, Secretary, Department of Health

Welcome to the Inaugural VICS Conference 2013

• New advances in clinical cancer care and personalised medicine - Grant McArthur
• Keeping the person central to their cancer care:An innovative educational approach to make the health care professional stop, look. listen and reflect. - Kerry Reid-Searl

• Improving the care of patient receiving oral anti cancer therapies:A multidisciplinary holistic clinic - Vicki McLeod
• Creating Guidelines for Reactive and Prophylactic Enteral Feeding in Definitive (Chemo) Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) for Head and Neck Cancer - Nigel Anderson
• Oncology patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) - Mahesh Iddawela
• The development of a SMART (Symptom Management and Referral Team) Clinic to support patients and carers. - Adrian Dabscheck

• Bridging the void – capturing timely population-based data on cancer stage and recurrence - Helen R Farrugia
• An estimate of the rate of participation by Adolescent and Young Adults (AYA) in oncology clinical trials in Victoria: 2011 - Cat Parker
• Radiotherapy Rates in the Barwon South Western Region Integrated Cancer Services (BSWRICS) - Graham Pitson
• Improved patient care through the introduction of a Radiation Oncology dedicated PET/CT (Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography) service. - David S Binns

• Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) in colorectal cancer surgical patients– A research initiative. - Paul Strauss
• Malnutrition and Clinical Outcome in Victorian Cancer Services: results from a point prevalence study - Kathryn M Marshall
• Implementation of an MDM management program across the NEMICS network – implications for quality improvement and research - Carmel Vermeltfoort
• The Establishment of Chemotherapy at Home supported by Telemedicine - Linda Marshall

includes poster viewing

• Adopting the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) model of care at Eastern Health - Judy Allen
• Establishing a wellness program in a comprehensive cancer centre - the challenges of integration. - Tamara L Boatman
• Improving practice: Implementation and evaluation of an eLearning program for health care professionals in supportive care of cancer patients at Peninsula Health - Lisa Brady
• Implementing supportive care screening into routine clinical practice for cancer patients: Barriers and enablers - Lisa Brady
• More than the sum of the episodes – understanding the cancer journey. - Amanda Byrne
• Implementation and Review of an Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Program within a Tertiary Cancer Hospital - Yvette Console
• Sustaining supportive care through staff, patients and carer empowerment - Angelina Cutri
• Agreed region-wide cancer clinical guidelines based on tumour stream type for improvement in overall 5 year survival - Sharon Daly
• A regional model for sustainable change through redesigning cancer care Loorham, M. Davis, H. Brady, L. Liersch,S. Tobias, T. - Heather Davis
• The development of evidence based guidelines on the conduct of multidisciplinary cancer meetings (MDMs). A modified Delphi study.  - Bianca Devitt
• Perceptions and attitudes to early integration of palliative care for patients with incurable lung cancer: results of a survey. - Katie Doan
• Use of Data to Engage Clinicians - Heather Davis
• Two models of group based education for cancer survivors - Priscilla Gates
• The development and implementation of survivorship care plans across the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre - Priscilla Gates
• Development of a nurse-led survivorship intervention for long-term survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma - Priscilla Gates
• Implementation of MDM Software at Western Health - Dishan H Gunawardana
• Using Data for Western Health Haematology Service Analysis - Kathy Hendry
• Colorectal Collaborative Follow-Up Model of Care at Western Health - Ilana Hornung
• Self-managing survivorship‘Moving forward with confidence’ - Paula Howell
•  Identification of Cancer Pathways for General Practitioners and other clinicians in the West Hume region of Victoria. - Michelle Judd
• Addressing the unmet needs: the story of an information program for people with brain tumours.  - Dianne Legge
• Can we improve the care of older people with cancer through targeted supportive care assessment; capacity building and partnerships with sub acute ambulatory care services? - Carrie Lethborg
• The challenges of developing a nurse led survivorship model of care – Initiating a service within a regional and a rural domain. - Donna Lever
• Nutrition impact symptoms in cancer patients: results from a point prevalence study in Victorian Cancer Services - Jenelle Loeliger
• Clinician practices related to cancer malnutrition in Victorian cancer services. - Kathryn M Marshall
• Exploring the supportive care experiences of people with blood cancers from a culturally and linguistically diverse background- a qualitative study - Linda Marshall
• A Coordinated Care Program for the Palliation of Patients with Acute Leukaemia. - Cheree Masterson
• The tyranny of distance in the establishment of multidisciplinary cancer care - Kaye Matthews
• Engaging with Consumers – A Regional Participation Strategy - Michelle McKimmie
• Cancer Care Improvements Project, looking at cancer service improvements in a rural health service. - Patricia A Minter
• Modifying Conventional Program Logic Approaches to Incorporate Longitudinal Evaluation of Rural Cancer Service Improvement Programs: The Gippsland Chemotherapy Nurse Preceptor Program - Kerrie Missen
• Up-skilling regional speech pathologists and dietitians to manage patients with head and neck or upper gastrointestinal cancer - Kerrie Missen
• An exploration of the relationship between funding and patient accrual to oncology clinical trials: Additional Funding Intervention Trial (AFIT) - Cat Parker
• More than a Multi-Disciplinary Meeting (MDM) management tool - Louise M Patterson
• Nutrition Strategy: take home meals - Mary Anne Silvers
• Cancer Action Victoria - Empowering Rural Consumers - Sandra Slatter
• A retrospective study to observe nutrition outcomes in patients requiring surgery for upper gastro-intestinal cancer - Bree Voegt
• Cancer Survivorship and the role of the Primary Health Care Nurse (PHCN) - Robyn Wallace
• Cancer Care Coordinators: A synthesis of the literature to inform cancer control advocacy - Rachel Whiffen
• Leveraging technology to strengthen the delivery of multidisciplinary care: SMICS’ multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting room upgrade  - Wendy Wild
• Developing a model for best practice nutrition services in paediatric oncology - Jane Williamson
• Evaluating the patient experience of the long-term follow-up clinic for survivors of childhood cancer - Jane Williamson
• Survivorship- How are we doing? State-wide Key Performance Indicators in a Long Term Follow-up Program - Jane Williamson
• Working together: an integrated model of care for cancer services in the Grampians Region - Bridget Wislang
• Multidisciplinary Cancer Education - reaching rural and remote health professionals - Kirsty Yates

• Development and implementation of a novel nutrition support program to improve the nutrition care of ambulatory patients in the chemotherapy day unit - Jenelle Loeliger
• A pilot study investigating the relationship between the level of compliance with a swallowing exercise program and swallowing outcomes for patients with head and neck cancer undergoing (chemo)radiotherapy. - Amanda Dwyer
• Victorian Patient Management Frameworks: Achievements and future directions - Jessica Delaney
• Lymphoedema: experience of a cohort of women with breast cancer followed for four years after diagnosis - Robin J Bell

• Cancer Link Nurse - Kate Morrissy
• Patients' and Health Professionals' perspectives on the outcomes and conduct of multidisciplinary cancer meetings (MDMs). - Bianca Devitt
• Developing a performance data suite to facilitate lean improvement in a chemotherapy day unit. - Danielle A Murray
• Utilising existing community-based supportive care and aged care resources for older patients with cancer - Updated results of the Care Coordination in the Older Adult with Cancer (CCOAC) project - Christopher Steer

• Empowering Youth Engagement through the Victorian and Tasmanian Youth Cancer Advisory Board (YCAB) - Lucy Holland
• Psychosocial support for rural people living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis - Jan Pascal
• Adding Value to the Cancer Patient's Experience - Clare McGinness
• Making the law work better for people affected by cancer - Deborah K Lawson

• Integrating primary care into cancer services - Jon Emery

Panel members include:

                 John McNeil AM (Monash University)

                 Emeline Ramos  (Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre)

                 Peter Fitzgerald (Department of Health)

                 Michael Coory (Murdoch Children's Research Institute)