RTi3 2022 Inter-professional Keynote
- Date: Friday, May 27, 2022
- Time: 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
- Title: Interdisciplinary Collaboration as Key to Success: Pan-Canadian Initiatives Promoting Patient Reported Outcomes in Radiation Oncology
- Inter-professional Keynote: Dr. Amanda Caissie, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Description
Dr. Amanda Caissie MD, PhD, FRCPC, Associate Professor and Department Head (interim) in Dalhousie University’s Department of Radiation Oncology (DRO) joins us as our Inter-professional Keynote Address at the 2022 virtual RTi3.
Despite the known importance of patient engagement and standardized use of patient reported outcomes (PRO) in clinical care, there remain challenges to successful clinical implementation. Facilitated through a quality improvement initiative spearheaded by the Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy (CPQR), and now guided by the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO)’s Quality and Standards Committee, patient representatives and early-adopters continue to champion expansion of PRO initiatives.
This presentation will review the evolution of a Pan-Canadian approach to PRO use in Radiation Oncology, striving to fill in gaps between clinical practice, research opportunities and guideline recommendations through multicentre and interdisciplinary collaborations.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss potential clinical benefits of patient reported outcomes (PRO)
- Increase awareness of pan-Canadian PRO and patient engagement initiatives including CPQR’s guidance documents.
- Discuss a multi-centre, interdisciplinary initiative aiming to implement an electronic PRO program.
About Dr. Caissie
MD, PhD, FRCPC
A native Maritimer, Dr. Amanda Caissie, returned to work in the Dalhousie DRO after completing medical school at Queen’s University 2007 and radiation oncology residency at the University of Toronto 2012. A McGill alumna who completed her PhD in 2005, Dr. Caissie’s current research interests focus on quality improvement (QI) in radiotherapy through inter-departmental/inter-disciplinary collaboration, including the international research consortium Learning from Analysis of Multicentre Big Data Aggregation (LAMBDA).
Her contributions to national and international radiotherapy QI initiatives include Chair of the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO) Quality and Standards Committee, committee member of the Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy (CPQR) and American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)’s Big Data Subcommittee as well as faculty of ESTRO’s Comprehensive Quality Management: Quality Assessment & Improvement course.
The RTi3 2022 Supplemental is now available in the Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences (JMIRS).