It’s no longer enough to simply know the facts of cancer rehab.  You must be able to apply your knowledge to actual patients.

Oncology Specialist Bootcamp is a 10 week program that will take you from scattered, scared, & stressed to confident, competent expert OncoPT.

Grab your seat in Oncology Specialist Bootcamp before doors close on December 7, 2022!

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Register for the Pediatric Lymphedema pre-conference workshop at CSM 2023!

Children with lymphedema often wait months to years for treatment because most therapists don’t treat pediatric lymphedema.  We’re changing this, with our pre-conference workshop at APTA-CSM 2023!

When you register for CSM, make sure you select the pre-conference workshop Pediatric Lymphedema: Treating Lymphedema to Improve Mobility.  See you in San Diego!

This episode is brought to you by our brand new Cancer Basics 2-Day Intensive Course.  

With the Cancer Basics Course, you’ll get our exact blueprint to start treating people with cancer confidently & competently.  No more ramshackling together your oncology knowledge.

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The ABPTS Oncology Specialist Certification Exam is just around the corner.  Time to buckle down on your preparation!

But that resource list can be really confusing & overwhelming.  How do you start studying & focus on what’s actually important?

By listening to this podcast episode!

Today’s episode is a recorded Q&A session I did with oncology residents Dr. Athena Manzino & Dr. Stacy Weber.  They asked their burning questions from how to get started, what resources to use, & how to be most efficient when studying with a buddy.

Listen in now so that you can form your plan & get started studying!

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Preparing for oncology specialty certification is one of the best ways to become an expert OncoPT.

However, most physical therapists get derailed before they even register for their exam.  So they stop preparing.

And this means patients don’t get your expert-level care.  So they don’t get better.

We think this is just plain wrong.  

Listen now for our 3 tips for more effective preparation so you don’t lose your mind in the process.

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Everyone is really excited about immunotherapy…but not so much about the side effects.

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CAR T-Cell Therapy has exploded onto the cancer treatment scene.

But most PTs are unfamiliar with how CAR T-Cell Therapy affects our patients.  With more patients undergoing CAR T-Cell Therapy every year, we must be prepared for WHEN (not if) we treat one of these patients.

Dr. Adam Matichak breaks down CAR T-Cell Therapy into easy-to-understand, easy-to-implement nuggets in today’s episode.  

If you’re looking for an easy button on CAR T-Cell Therapy, this episode is a must-listen!

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Immunotherapy has exploded onto the scene of cancer treatments.  In fact, we’re anticipating that most patients with cancer will be treated with immunotherapy at some point in our careers.

But what is it exactly?  And how does it work?

In this mini-episode, you’ll learn what is immunotherapy, how it works, & where to learn more about this rapidly growing area of oncology.

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It's been 10 years since the Prospective Surveillance Model (PSM) was first published.  This model saves our patients money, can prevent functional decline, & has changed our entire paradigm of how we treat people with cancer.

So why is it still so rare to see it implemented?

Buckle up, OncoPT, because there’s a lot to cover today.  But it’s soooooo needed.

In this episode, Dr. Nicole Stout dives into why Prospective Surveillance Model hasn’t taken off yet, plus what we MUST do about today.

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Are physical therapists really the health care professional who should be having conversations about death & dying with our patients?

Today’s guest & I resoundingly agree on this one.  

Back for round 2 on death & dying, Corissa Decker, RN, BSN, is continuing her interview on tough conversations.  

In today’s episode, Corissa gives us very tangible strategies to start implementing better care in our practice, both for our patients AND us.

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Can you truly prepare for your first patient dying?  Today’s guest says no.

Death & dying is absolutely a part of OncoPT, but it doesn’t get talked about nearly enough.

We may have a natural tendency to avoid these topics, but this actually hurts our patients.  So how do we start talking about death & dying?

By having these conversations ourselves.

When we talk about death & dying, we can open the door for our patients to have these conversations.  Today I’m talking about death & dying with the person I literally go to when I need to have these conversations: my sister.

Back by popular demand, Corissa Decker, RN, BSN is an oncology nurse, BMT extraordinaire, & advocate for having the hard conversations to truly improve patient care.  We talked about our first patient deaths, the injustice of not talking about death & dying, & how to start making a change in our practices.

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A 2022 JAMA report found that nearly 60% of patients with terminal cancer thought their cancer could be cured.

This is not a reflection on our patients.  This is a direct reflection of our own failings as healthcare professionals.

And it starts with our own discomfort in discussing death & dying.

We owe it to our patients to have difficult conversations.  

In this episode, I’m bringing back my interview with Dr. Liz O’Riordan, the breast surgeon who got breast cancer & host of Don’t Ignore The Elephant Podcast.

Liz encourages us to have difficult conversations by having them first ourselves.  Listen in to learn how.

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