This workshop will help you develop skills to clarify your clinical questions and build a project to explore, address or evaluate your initiative. No previous practice change experience is needed – just a desire to ask questions and learn how to answer those questions, and a drive to improve care.
Professor Mei Krishnasamy is Director of the Academic Nursing Unit at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the VCCC Alliance Research & Education Lead, Cancer Nursing. She is the program champion for the VCCC Alliance Nurse-Led Research Program and is honorary Professor of Cancer Nursing at the University of Melbourne.
Professor Krishnasamy leads a program of supportive care research that focuses on improving access to and coordination of care for adults with cancer; addressing the impact of social determinants of health on patient outcomes, and the development and evaluation of nurse-led interventions. Her research is informed by embedded consumer engagement and encompasses the breadth of patient care from diagnosis to treatment and follow-up.
Dr Sharon de Graves' nursing career spans over 25 years, with a background in paediatric and adolescent oncology and cancer nursing more broadly. She has expertise in the fields of nursing research, education, leadership and management, and is recognised for her contribution to the development of services and standards of practice for children and adolescents with cancer.
Sharon believes that nurses are in a unique position to be able to recognise, ask, and respond to critical questions that are essential in driving quality, safe, and innovative cancer care. She is passionate about developing opportunities and supporting nurses to integrate research and inquiry into their everyday practice.
This workshop will incur a discounted $25 fee (excl. GST) and is only open to nurses who work with people affected by cancer.
Nurses attending this workshop will go in a draw to win a CNSA annual membership.
