For Society for Acupuncture Research International Conference Attendees
Introduction: An integral component of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s (MSK) mission is our commitment to providing high-quality educational opportunities to healthcare professionals from around the world. MSK is a proud supporter of the Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) 2021 International Research Conference “Pandemics, Pain, & Public Health: Roles and Relevance of Traditional East Asian Medicine.” Our organizations share a vision of producing cutting-edge research, advocacy, and educating the medical community about the science and practice of acupuncture.
As a thank you for registering for the SAR conference, you can now enroll in an MSK Integrative Medicine online course at an exclusive discounted rate. Choose from one of the following options:
25% discount for two courses, Fundamentals of Integrative Oncology and Fundamentals of Oncology Acupuncture
- Total Price: $420, Regular Price: $560
20% discount for choice of one course:
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Fundamentals of Oncology Acupuncture; regular price is $495
- $396 total price for all students
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Fundamentals of Integrative Oncology; regular price $125 to $65
- $100 for MDs, PhDs, APPs
- $52 for acupuncturists and RNs
For questions about our courses and enrolling, please contact Lauren DeMarzo, MSK Education & Outreach Coordinator at [email protected]
About Our Courses
Fundamentals of Integrative Oncology
Course Description:
Advances in early detection, surgical techniques, and pharmacological treatments have made it possible for people with cancer to live more actively than ever before. Health systems nationwide have responded to improvement in outcomes and survival rates with making clinical services about integrative and wellness therapies more accessible. This multidisciplinary course offers healthcare providers who specialize in cancer care with essential guidelines for making safe and personalized recommendations for the use of integrative therapies to their patients. You will study the current state of evidence for the use of non-pharmacologic approaches to improve cancer-related side effects such as chronic pain, insomnia, nausea and vomiting, and stress. You will also be given communication strategies to have meaningful patient-centered conversations about supportive and survivorship care in clinic.
Length:
Four hours
Learning Objectives:
- Define integrative oncology and its role in cancer care.
- Enhance proficiency in communicating with patients and caregivers about evidence-based uses of integrative modalities.
- Identify safe and supportive integrative treatments for specific cancer-related symptoms and side-effects.
- Identify common and preventable herb-drug interactions.
- Summarize current state of supplement use among people with cancer.
- Optimize evidence-based practice in lifestyle and side-effect management across the cancer care continuum.
Course Agenda:
- What is Integrative Oncology? The history, definition, and guidelines of a growing field of medicine. Speaker: Jun Mao, MD, MSCE. Laurance S. Rockefeller Chair in Integrative Medicine. Chief, Integrative Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Supportive lifestyle change: providing guidance and motivation on nutrition, exercise, and sleep behaviors. Speaker: Eugenie Spiguel, NP, Advanced Practice Provider. Integrative Medicine Nurse Practitioner, Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Mind-Body medicine approaches: supporting people coping with trauma and quality of life changes. Speaker: Shelly Latte-Naor, MD. Director, Mind-Body Medicine. Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Fundamentals of nutritional supplements and herbal medicine. Speaker: Gary Deng, MD, PhD. Medical Director, Integrative Medicine Service
- Acupuncture in supportive cancer care: treating acute, chronic, and long-term side effects. Speaker: Ting Bao, MD, DABMA. Director, Integrative Breast Oncology. Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Words matter: effective communication strategies for providers and their patients. Speaker: Shelly Latte-Naor, MD. Director, Mind-Body Medicine. Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Credit:
The NCCAOM has designated this distance online education course with 4.0 Professional Development Activity (PDA) points
Fundamentals of Oncology Acupuncture
Course Description:
In this foundational course, you will learn about the diagnosis, staging, and essential treatments for cancer and how acupuncture fits within the model of comprehensive pain and survivorship care to people with cancer. You will be given guidelines on how to treat the acute and chronic symptoms of the side effects that result from this disease, including pain, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, and neuropathy.
Length:
12.5 hours
Learning Objectives:
- Describe how primary tumor staging affects clinical outcomes and conventional treatment for cancer patients.
- Explain the contemporary science for acupuncture mechanisms of action
- Discuss the palliative care approach to cancer pain and symptom management
- Explain the clinical approaches for treating cancer-related side effects with acupuncture
Agenda:
- understanding cancer
- breast cancer
- lung cancer
- unlocking the paradigms and paradoxes of prostate cancer
- gynecological cancers
- cancer treatment modalities and symptom management
- mainstream pain management
- psychiatric and psychological problems among the cancer population
- the palliative care approach to pain and symptom management
- acupuncture mechanisms of action
- acupuncture for cancer-related pain
- chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
- chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
- cancer-related fatigue
- acupuncture for hot flashes
- provider-to-patient communication in the oncology setting
- talking to patients about integrative therapies
- acupuncture safety and clinical practice guidelines
- herb and drug interactions
- integrative approaches to cancer prevention
Credit:
The NCCAOM has designated this distance online education course with 12.5 Professional Development Activity (PDA) points