By Teresa van Oort, MHA, MSSW, LCSW-S, and Catherine Cassingham, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C What an exciting year for learning! 2024 has only just begun and AOSW is excited to offer several opportunities to engage in learning, professional development, growth and networking!
The Board of Oncology Social Work Certification (BOSWC) has been busy reviewing its bylaws, applications and hopefully moving forward with some updates to bring it into the 21st century!
Children’s Mercy is one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the Midwest. Located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, it is a thriving hospital that is constantly changing and growing to meet the unique needs of the continuously expanding population of Kansas City and the surrounding area. Patients come to Children’s Mercy not only for the …
Wow, I can’t believe we are already nearing the end of 2018. It’s been a great year for our AOSW webinar series—and we are still going strong. There are opportunities for you to join us live for our remaining webinars on ethics and trauma-informed care presented by Christina Bach and Eileen Joyce, respectively. If you …
The city of Cleveland is known for many things—sports teams, the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame, the world-renowned Cleveland Museum of Art, and proximity to Lake Erie and its diverse culture. It is also known for its medical care (including my place of employment, the Cleveland Clinic), which brings people from all over the world to …
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Many of you were able to attend the 2018 conference in Atlanta. I hope you came away energized and have been able to apply lessons learned to your particular roles in oncology social work. A big thank you to the Conference Committee and our Kellen team for their work and commitment in the production of …
I interviewed Claudia Posadas, a clinical social worker at the National Institute of Pediatrics (INP) in Mexico City. She evaluates potential hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) patients and their families for transplantation.
Within the daily practice of oncology social work, the present moment may hold the full expression of human life—joy, sorrow, strain, stress, celebration, fear and more. Any of these expressions of human life can be difficult to stay present to—we may want more of the good stuff and try to get away as fast as …
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What now? This is the question many survivors ask when they reach the end of their treatment. In 2013 we realized we needed to assist patients in answering this question. Often they finish their treatment and are unsure what the next steps are after cancer and survivorship. We began searching for a way to assist …
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No it’s not a misprint. CaRE is Cancer Rehab and Exercise, a joint venture of the Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute (Lancaster General Health/Penn Medicine) and the YMCAs of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.