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.
Prof Mei Krishnasamy is an internationally-recognised cancer nurse and respected cancer nurse researcher in patient experiences and outcomes research. She has an established record of collaborative research focusing on the development and evaluation of models of care and strategies targeted at improving patient and carer experiences of living with cancer, demands of treatment and symptom profiles, linking experience of care innovation to improved patient outcomes. Prof Mei is the program champion for the VCCC Nurse-led Research Program and honorary Professor at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
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.
Tennille Lewin has extensive experience as a Haematology and Oncology Nurse and Nurse Unit Manager at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Since leaving Peter MacCallum Tennille has gained experience as a Cancer Services Improvement Officer with the Gippsland Regional Integrated Cancer Services to implement tumour stream multidisciplinary team meetings, region wide electronic chemotherapy prescribing and online chemotherapy administration training. Tennille then moved across to the Leukaemia Foundation Australia as the Vic/Tas Blood Cancer Support Manager, where she was involved in a National stakeholder engagement project.
Recently, Tennille worked with a team at University of Melbourne to develop resources for clinicians and consumers in a state-wide Supportive Care in Cancer refresh project (WeCan). In 2019, Tennille developed and now co-coordinates the Supportive Care and palliative Care subject for the Masters of Cancer Sciences offered at University of Melbourne and is currently undertaking her PhD at Monash University developing, implementing and evaluating a centralised model of care for people with Upper Gastro-Intestinal cancer.
