Caring for a patient with cancer can be a daunting task for family caregivers. Navigators need to help ease the burdens by providing needed information and education to make the journey doable for both the patient and the caregiver.
Explore this resource to find answers to various types of geriatric populations and see a visual of where we are headed in 2060.
The GW Cancer Center has a webinar series on professional development for oncology navigators.
The number of people diagnosed with cancer is steadily increasing while the shortage of oncology professionals is beginning to swell. What can we do?
Oncology navigators, like many other people, may be drawn to information that is novel and unusual. It is important that we know how to identify and share with patients only the reliable and trustworthy health information.
The GW Cancer Center’s Online Academy offers a number of training and education opportunities for healthcare and public health professionals to help advance patient-centered care and evidence-based public health practice.
End-of-life discussions can be difficult, but when carried out thoughtfully and repeatedly with the patient and their family caregivers, it can become one of the most fulfilling parts of a clinician’s work and success stories.
The past 2 years of the pandemic highlighted the role of oncology patient navigation as a solution to improved cancer screening during challenging times.
This toolkit presents recommended standards and best practices for training healthcare providers and staff in LGBTQIA+ cultural competence.
Oncology clinicians need to discuss attributes of a “good death experience” with patients and their loved ones to provide them the information they need at specific points in time.
