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Visiting Mayo Clinic Faculty Members to Speak at Conference

We are delighted to announce that we will be collaborating with the organisers of the Inaugural Cancer Symposium which is being held at the Duxton Hotel from 13 – 18 February 2011.

Visiting Mayo Clinic Faculty Members from the world-renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota will be speaking at both the Symposium and our conference. This will be a unique opportunity to hear presentations from some of the foremost experts in their fields.

More information on the Inaugural Cancer Symposium >

Invitation to attend

The 16th NZNO Cancer Nurses Section Haematology and Oncology Conference organising committee warmly invites you to be involved in this important event. The Wellington Blood and Cancer Centre (WBCC) have been bestowed the pleasure of organising this next biennial conference, to be held on the 18th and 19th February, 2011.

We have chosen the Wellington Convention Centre as our venue where numerous successful health-related conferences have been held. We hope that those attending will be able to enjoy some of the sights, sounds and tastes of Wellington from this central location.

A lot of innovative work is going on throughout primary health care and the cancer and haematology treatment centres in New Zealand. We believe that this work should be recognised and most importantly shared.

Our theme is to encourage working towards a common goal of providing best possible patient outcomes through evidence based practice. We hope that with this collaboration we will enable our centres to function efficiently, safely and compassionately for an increasing treatment population. We would also like to focus on preventative care and minimising the effect of disparities amongst the cancer population.

Our team from WBCC consists of nurse specialists, educators, unit co-ordinators, an associate charge nurse manager, community cancer nurses and we have enlisted the help of a professional conference organiser, Confab Conference and Event Consultants Ltd.

The keynote speakers will be captivating, innovative people, recognised within their field with a vast amount of knowledge and experience in oncology/haematology and the health care arena within New Zealand. Different skills, approaches and innovative ideas which are improving outcomes for cancer patients will be presented.

Topics we hope to include are:

Initiatives in health promotion and disease prevention
Successful screening programmes
Genetics
Nurse-led initiatives in improving treatment outcomes

Organising committee

Caroline Strafford
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Medical Oncology

Joanna Delahunty
Wellington Blood & Cancer Centre Ambulatory Care Nurse Coordinator

Katie Whytock
Wellington Blood & Cancer Centre Nurse Educator

Lisa Speedy
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Haematology

Dawn McPherson
5 North Inpatient Unit Haematology/Oncology/Renal Nurse Educator

Annette Hodds
5 North Inpatient Unit Haematology/Oncology/Renal Associate Charge Nurse

Debbie Farmer
Community Cancer Nurse

Call for abstracts

We warmly invite you to submit an abstract for the conference and take up this opportunity to share your work with your colleagues. Your presentations will make a difference to the success of this conference. We are happy to answer any questions you may have regarding this process. Submissions close Wednesday 1 December, 2010.

Our themes include:

Nurse Led Clinical Practice Initiatives
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Enhancing Quality of Life
Educating Cancer Nurses Novice to Expert
Practice Development Competencies
Linking Research to Practice
Psycho-Social Issues

We trust that these themes will prove to be inspiring and bring greater understanding to the cancer nursing community.

We will be offering awards in the following categories:

Best First-time Presentation
Best Poster Presentation
Best Oral Presentation
Most Innovative Idea

More detail on how to submit an abstract and who to contact should you need some guidance [PDF] >

Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities

There are many opportunities for intending sponsors and exhibitors to make a worthwhile contribution to the overall success of this National Conference which are outlined in the conference and exhibition prospectus [PDF]. We invite you to consider these opportunities and confirm your interest by completing and returning the relevant enclosed application form/s. You are also welcome to contact us should you wish to discuss the opportunities in more detail. Please direct all requests to:

Trish Scott
Conference Manager
Confab Conference and Event Consultants Ltd
Phone: 03 3323 085
Fax: 03 3323 084
Email: trish@confab.co.nz

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