ACE Lecture Series Videos
The following are videotaped lectures of guest speakers who participated in our I*CARE Achieving Communication Excellence (ACE) lecture series.
Communicating with Families in Cancer Care (60:30)
Presented December 13, 2011.
David Kissane, M.D.,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
New York, NY
(This lecture will have CME available in Summer, 2012. Please check our Earn Free CME Credit Online link for information about lectures with CME.)
Conducting a Family Meeting Booklet Conducting a Family Meeting Blueprint
Action Methods in Developing Communication Skills (57:37)
This talk will focus on methods to enhance relationships with patients and others by creating empathic understanding and improving communication. Presented May 26, 2011.
Rebecca Walters, MS, LMHC, TEP, Director, Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute,
New Paltz, NY
Psychodrama Scenarios (20:48)
Psychobiology of Communication and
Doctor-Patient Relationships (49:06)
This talk focuses on psychobiology of communication and Doctor-Patient relationships. Presented May 10, 2011
Massimo Biondi, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry,
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Dr. Biondi's Presentation
Assuring Safe Passage: Moving Conversation
about End-of-Life Upstream (1:03:58)
This talk focuses on early values and goals discussions with oncology patients with poor prognoses. Presented March 22, 2011
Susan Block, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine,
Harvard Medical SchoolDr. Block's Presentation
How-and Why- Oncologists Should Help Patients
Make Treatment Decisions, 'Or, Is It Ever Time To Stop Chemo?' (48:40)
This talk focuses on how and why oncologists should help patients make treatment decisions, or if it is ever time to stop chemo. Presented February 1, 2011
Thomas J. Smith, M.D., F.A.C.P., Professor of Medicine and Palliative Care Research, Massey Cancer Center,
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityDr. Smith's Presentation
How Clinician-Patient Communication
Can Improve Health Outcomes (56:56)
This talk focuses on evidence-based findings that link effective communication with important health outcomes for patients and families. Presented June 8, 2010
Richard L. Street Jr., Ph.D., Professor and Head, Department of Communication, Texas A&M University
Dr. Street's Presentation
Patients and Families Facing End of Life (53:10)
This talk focuses on the role of the health care professional in delivering support to the patient and family at the end of life. Presented April 6, 2010
Eduardo Bruera, M.D., Chair, Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Spirituality and Cancer:
What Patients Want to Discuss (55:59)
This talk reviews different definitions of spirituality specifically as they relate to helping patients find meaning. Presented November 3, 2009
Lois M. Ramondetta, M.D., Associate Professor, Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterDr. Ramondetta's Presentation
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
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 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
Dr. Albrecht's Presentation
Clinical Trials at MD Anderson: Is a Clinical Trial the Right Treatment Choice for You?
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 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
Pocket Guide of Culturally Competent Communication - Free Download
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 provides a framework for enhancing the compassionate care of patients. Presented June 10, 2008
James Duffy, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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