Learning to Care Seminar (3)
Learning to Care Seminar (3)
Course overview
The ESO Learning to Care Seminar is designed to explore important topics in oncology that are often overlooked at traditional congresses. It focuses on cross-cutting issues that are not specific to any single organ, including areas such as ethical challenges, communication, understanding probability and risk, patient-centered care and empowerment, as well as cultural, spiritual, sex, and gender diversity. It offers also a view on the molecular bases of these issues.
Learning objectives
- Understand key ethical principles and dilemmas in oncology and apply them to clinical decision-making.
- Recognize the importance of patient-centered care and incorporate strategies to enhance patient empowerment.
- Develop effective communication skills for engaging with patients from diverse cultural and social backgrounds.
- Identify the impact of cultural diversity on cancer care and adapt practices to provide culturally sensitive support.
- Explore the role of spiritual beliefs in patient experiences and integrate respectful, holistic care approaches.
- Distinguish between sex and gender differences in oncology and their implications for treatment and care.
- Reflect on personal biases and their potential influence on patient interactions and clinical decisions.
- Collaborate within multidisciplinary teams to address complex, non-organ-specific challenges in oncology.
- Evaluate real-world case scenarios involving ethical, social, and diversity-related issues in cancer care.
- Promote inclusive and equitable practices in oncology across diverse patient populations.
- Knowing the neuroscientific relevance and aspects of the so called "soft skills" in oncology
Dates and venue
The Learning to Care Seminar will take place on 17-18 November 2026 in the seminar room of the Fondazione Cariparo, Padua, Italy
Registration fee
Participants will be required to confirm their attendance by paying a registration fee of EUR 180,00, which includes registration to the event, coffee breaks, lunches and an official dinner. Accommodation and travel should be arranged and covered directly by the participant.
Language
The seminar will be held in English.Accreditation
ESO College member
Insurance
Contact
Opening & Introduction to the Learning to Care Seminar
Taking care of patient’s sex and gender diversity
Taking care of patient’s spiritual diversity
Taking care of patient’s cultural diversity
Patient involvement
Communicating sad and bad news: how to do it
Patient-doctor relation: a neurophysiological approach
Understanding and communicating probability and risk in oncology
Supportive care in cancer
Dealing with patient’s and oncologist’s ethical problems
Alison May Berner
Queen Mary University Of London, Wolfson Institute Of Population Health, London, UK
Anja Visser-Nieraeth
University Of Groningen, Faculty Of Religion, Culture And Society, Groningen, NL
Cristiana Sessa
Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, Gynaecology Dpt., Bellinzona, CH
Daniele Carrieri
University of Exeter, College of Medicine and Health, Exeter, UK
Fabrizio Benedetti
University Of Turin Medical School, Neuroscience, Torino, IT
Fedro Alessandro Peccatori
European Institute of Oncology, Dept. of Fertility and Procreation in Oncology, Milano, IT
Giovanni Boniolo
University of Ferrara, Dept. of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Ferrara, IT
Karin Binder
Paderborn University, Mathematics Institute, Paderborn, DE
Luzia Travado
Champalimaud Foundation, Champalimaud Clinical and Research Center, Lisbon, PT
Musarrat Maisha Reza
University of Exeter, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Exeter, UK
Ursula Ganz-Blättler
Stans, CH
Participation
