Programme

12th PSYCHOSOCIAL ONCOLOGY
NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE
‘The big “C”: Communication’
Friday 21 November 2014
8:00am
Registration desk opens
9:00am
Opening ceremony and Powhiri: Avenue Room
Welcome
Address by Hazel Neser, PONZ President
9:30am
A Consumer Perspective: Avenue Room
9:40am
Keynote address, Avenue Room: Professor Phyllis Butow
10:40am
Morning tea: Fergusson Room
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm
Stream One: Avenue Room
“Talking about Grief & Bereavement” :
Addressing professional grief in an Acute
Oncology Hospital
Justin Gulliver
Spirituality: navigating liminal space
Sande Ramage
Advance Care Planning – Conversations
that Count
Susy Transom
Stream Two: Steeple Room
Cancer Stories Of New Zealand / He Kahui
Korero Taumahatanga O Te Mate
Pukupuku: Key Findings
Joanne Doherty & Tira Albert
Compassionate Listening: a means to
connect and communicate in order to
rediscover the art of nursing practice.
Peter Kimble
Mauri Ora - Kia oho- Kia Mataara (being
alive, awake)
Stephanie Turner
12.30pm Lunch
Communicating with traditional men
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
Heather Heron Speirs
Communication tensions experienced by
men awaiting a prostate biopsy
Dot Brown
I've learned that people will forget what
you said, people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made
them feel. Maya Angelou
Corrianne Simpson and Margaret Alve
3.00pm
Afternoon Tea: Fergusson Room
3:20pm
A Consumer Perspective: Avenue Room
3:30pm
If grief is normal why do we need
guidelines?
Bridget Marshall, Sande Ramage, Simon
Allan, Lee Hefford, Maria Berrett, Kate
MacKenzie, Graham Black
Self-management support intervention
during cancer treatment: A phase I/II
intervention trial study
Inga O’Brien, Diana Sarfati, Louise Signal,
Janine Bycroft
Writing reader-focused information: Tips
for developing resources people want to
read
Sarah Stacy-Baynes
The Role of the Radiation Therapist in
Establishing a Psychosocial Care Package
for Patients receiving Radiation Treatment
for Breast Cancer within Wellington
Radiation Therapy department
Jennifer Drew and Kelly Lloyd
A panacea for all seasons? A randomised
controlled trial comparing mindfulness to
relaxation in chemotherapy patients.
Lisa M. Reynolds, Ian P. Bissett, David
Porter, Nathan S. Consedine
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:30pm7.00pm
What doctors have up their sleeves:
Creating hope for oncology patients
Catherine Hughes
Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer: Genetic
Counselling in Aotearoa New Zealand
Alison McEwen, Christopher Butler,
Samantha Wake, Mary-Anne Young
Exploring Health Literacy needs of NZ
refugees and migrants with cancer
Bee Teng Lim and Helen Moriarty
Cancer Society Drop-in Sessions: a
component of the Cancer Support Services
Virginia Lee
Drinks & Quiz, Hotel Coachman
Saturday 22 November 2014
8:00am
Registration desk opens & PONZ AGM (breakfast: Fergusson Room)
9:00am
PONZ Outstanding Service Award: Avenue Room
9:05am
A Consumer Perspective: Avenue Room
9:15am
Keynote address, Avenue Room: Dr George Laking
10:15am
Morning tea: Fergusson Room
10:40am
11:10am
11:40am
Stream One: Steeple Room
Stream Two: Avenue Room
Changes in psychosocial functioning in Communication with self and others
radiation oncology patients: risk
Fiona Hewerdine
factors, screening and intervention
Michelle Davey and Kathryn Taylor
A Qualitative Study Exploring Factors
Communication is easy isn’t it?
Impacting the Therapeutic Outcome
Gay Dungey
and Experiences of Clients using a
Psycho-Oncology Service
Colette Nixon
Supportive Care Project: An opportunity to communicate about a model of
communication
Sue Wragg
12:40pm
Lunch
1:40pm
Panel Discussion: Avenue Room
2:40pm
Presentation of Doug Sexton Award: Avenue Room
2:45pm-3:00pm Conference close and Poroporaki: Avenue Room