ACE Lecture Series Videos

See videotaped lectures of guest speakers who participated in our I*CARE Achieving Communication Excellence (ACE) lecture series. To view exclusive interviews with these speakers go to the Roundtable interviews.

I*CARE ACE Lecture Series

Robert Buckman, MD, PhD Humour As A Coping Strategy (58:55)
This talk reviews the role of humour as it plays in interpersonal communication. Presented on June 9, 2009
Robert Buckman,M.D., Ph.D., Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Hospital
Dr. Buckman's Presentation

Terrance L. Albrecht, Ph.D. Provider Communication And Patient Accrual
To Cancer Clinical Trials (1:01:24)
This talk reviews the critical role that interpersonal communication behaviors play in effectively communicating with patients about clinical trials – to enhance decision making by improving the processes of informed consent and informed refusal. Presented on April 30, 2009
Terrance L. Albrecht, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute,
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.
Dr. Albrecht's Presentation

Dr. Antonella Surbone Cross-Cultural Aspects Of Communication
With Cancer Patients (1:05:52)
This talk reviews how culture influences people's perceptions of health and illness and how it affects communication in clinical oncology. It provides strategies to increase negotiation skills needed to communicate effectively with cancer patients in multicultural clinical settings. Presented on February 26, 2009
Antonella Surbone,M.D., Ph.D, F.A.C.P., Professor of Medicine, New York University
Lecturer on moral philosophy and bioethics University of Rome and Turin, Italy
Dr. Surbone's Presentation

Anthony Back, M.D. What To Say When The Chemo Did Not Work (42:36)
This talk reviews the strategies and common pitfalls for dealing with difficult situations in which anticancer therapy has been ineffective - how to support hopes, how to maintain trust, how to make transitions in goals of care. Presented October 21, 2008
Anthony Back, M.D., Professor of Medicine
Division of Medical Oncology, University of Washington

Making Connection: The Art And Science
Of Compassion (1:05:28)
This talk reviews recent advances in the neuroscience of social relationships and will provide a framework for enhancing the compassionate care of patients. Presented on June 10, 2008
James Duffy, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

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