CAMRT 2024 Conference Attendees: $0
Member Price: $10
Non-Member Price: $20.00
CAMRT reserves the right to verify membership status and to reclaim the difference between the member and non-member CPD course fees, should a discrepancy exist.
No continuing education credits
1) The Psychosocial Impacts of Radiation Tattooing for Breast Cancer Patients
Presenters:
Marcia Smoke, RTT, ACT, MSc Adjunct Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Science, McMaster University
Yueying (Lucy) Chen, Student BMRSc, Mohawk College: Mohawk-McMaster Medical Radiation Sciences Program
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the radiation therapists’ views on tattoo-less and body marker-less positioning techniques.
- Discuss methods to minimize radiation tattoo stigma.
- Describe how to educate radiation therapists on the psychosocial effects of tattoos.
- Explore how to support patients who may experience negative psychosocial impacts from radiation tattoos.
2) Prostate SBRT: Local Experience and the Patient's perspective
Presenters:
Dr. Holly Campbell,Radiation Oncologist,Horizon Health Network
Rev. Dr. Neville Gosman, Patient Partner
In this session we will review the evidence for and advantages of prostate SBRT from both the Radiation Oncologist's and Patient's perspective.
Learning Objectives:
- Briefly review the evidence for prostate SBRT
- Discuss the experience with prostate SBRT in Saint John, New Brunswick
- Present the patient's perspective after having received prostate SBRT