Shared Decision Making

Ep115: Why When and How to Get a Second Opinion Part II

Jun 18, 2023 | Shared Decision Making, The Caregiver Relationship

Overview

Part 2 of New module: Why, When, and How to Get a Second Opinion and Why, When, and How to Change Doctors

When you’ve just been given the “gallows news”, your head is spinning and you are sick to your stomach!!!

Your family and friends are likewise devastated and don’t know what to do or how to help.

So everyone starts screaming for you to travel to the big city to get the “Hallowed Second Opinion” and switch doctors.

But is this the right thing to do or will it just make things worse.

Over the next 3 weeks Angel and Dr E take a deep dive on the second opinion and changing doctors.

As always there is more than meets the eye!

Referenced on the show

CROC gratitude shout outs

Angel Santana – Have Faith Let It Begin
Rod Freeman – Small Biz Up

Charlotte Larsen – http://www.charlottelarsen.net/
Michael Benzaia – https://www.michaeljohnbenzaia.com/

Wishing all of our cancer survivors a very long, healthy, happy and cancer-free life.

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Ep114: Why When and How to Get a Second Opinion

Jun 11, 2023 | Shared Decision Making, The Caregiver Relationship

Overview

New module: Why, When, and How to Get a Second Opinion and Why, When, and How to Change Doctors

When you’ve just been given the “gallows news”, your head is spinning and you are sick to your stomach!!!

Your family and friends are likewise devastated and don’t know what to do or how to help.

So everyone starts screaming for you to travel to the big city to get the “Hallowed Second Opinion” and switch doctors.

But is this the right thing to do or will it just make things worse.

Over the next 3 weeks Angel and Dr E take a deep dive on the second opinion and changing doctors.

As always there is more than meets the eye!

Referenced on the show

CROC gratitude shout outs

Angel Santana – Have Faith Let It Begin
Rod Freeman – Small Biz Up

Charlotte Larsen – http://www.charlottelarsen.net/
Michael Benzaia – https://www.michaeljohnbenzaia.com/

Wishing all of our cancer survivors a very long, healthy, happy and cancer-free life.

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Ep94: Who is your health concierge?

Jan 15, 2023 | Shared Decision Making, The Caregiver Relationship

Overview

Who is your health concierge? Who is your health concierge? Your spouse? Your children? Your oncologist? Your GP? Although those are all good and appropriate answers, on this week’s podcast, Angel and Dr E teach you the tricks and mechanisms to take ownership of your life; especially your health and teach you how to be your own health concierge.

Referenced on the show

CROC gratitude shout outs

Angel Santana – Have Faith Let It Begin
Rod Freeman – Small Biz Up

Charlotte Larsen – http://www.charlottelarsen.net/
Michael Benzaia – https://www.michaeljohnbenzaia.com/

Wishing all of our cancer survivors a very long, healthy, happy and cancer-free life.

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Ep20: Patients As Partners In Research – Part 2

Jul 11, 2021 | Shared Decision Making

Overview

Part 2 of 2 – Patients as partners in research

Please join Angel and Dr. E as they are joined by Dr. Dawn Stacey and Claire Ludwig, two impactful and groundbreaking researchers, who share their novel research papers, ideas, and advocacy with the CROC nation in 2 not to be missed episodes.

Dr. Dawn Stacey

Dawn Stacey RN PhD CON(C) holds a Research Chair in Knowledge Translation to Patients and is a Full Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Ottawa. She is a Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute where she is Director of the Patient Decision Aids Research Group. She is the principal-investigator for the Cochrane Review of Patient Decision Aids, co-chair of the Steering Committee for the International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration (IPDAS), and co-investigator for the Cochrane Review of Interventions to Improve the Adoption of Shared Decision Making. Her research program website is http://decisionaid.ohri.ca.

Full Professor and RN, PhD, CON(C), FCAHS, FCAN, FAAN

2005 Ph.D. Population Health University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

2000 M.Sc.N. Nursing University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

1987 B.Sc.N. Nursing McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

Claire Ludwig

RN PhD(c) is a PhD candidate at the School of Nursing, University of Ottawa

Module: Patient Empowerment

Episode: Patients as partners in research Part 2

Referenced on the show

Today’s Kick Off Story: Claire Ludwig’s Story

The Carmen Framework

CROC gratitude shout outs

Angel Santana – Have Faith Let It Begin
Rod Freeman – Small Biz Up

Charlotte Larsen – http://www.charlottelarsen.net/
Michael Benzaia – https://www.michaeljohnbenzaia.com/

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Ep19: Patients As Partners In Research – Part 1

Jul 4, 2021 | Shared Decision Making

Overview

Part 1 of 2 – Symptom Management using COSTaRS Practice Guidelines

Please join Angel and Dr. E as they are joined by Dr. Dawn Stacey and Claire Ludwig, two impactful and groundbreaking researchers, who share their novel research papers, ideas, and advocacy with the CROC nation in 2 not to be missed episodes.

Dr. Dawn Stacey

Dawn Stacey RN PhD CON(C) holds a Research Chair in Knowledge Translation to Patients and is a Full Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Ottawa. She is a Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute where she is Director of the Patient Decision Aids Research Group. She is the principal-investigator for the Cochrane Review of Patient Decision Aids, co-chair of the Steering Committee for the International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration (IPDAS), and co-investigator for the Cochrane Review of Interventions to Improve the Adoption of Shared Decision Making. Her research program website is http://decisionaid.ohri.ca.

Full Professor and RN, PhD, CON(C), FCAHS, FCAN, FAAN

2005 Ph.D. Population Health University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

2000 M.Sc.N. Nursing University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

1987 B.Sc.N. Nursing McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

Claire Ludwig

RN PhD(c) is a PhD candidate at the School of Nursing, University of Ottawa

Module: Patient Empowerment

Episode: Patients as partners in research Part 1

Referenced on the show

Today’s Kick Off Story: “How you doin’?” at the Jersey shore

COSTaRS Website

CROC gratitude shout outs

Angel Santana – Have Faith Let It Begin
Rod Freeman – Small Biz Up

Charlotte Larsen – http://www.charlottelarsen.net/
Michael Benzaia – https://www.michaeljohnbenzaia.com/

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Ep16: “Patients First” – A universal motto

Jun 6, 2021 | Shared Decision Making

Overview

Join Dr. E and Angel as they continue with last week’s guests from around the world to compare and contrast US oncology care with that of other countries.

Module: Shared Decision Making

Episode: “Patients First” – A universal motto

Referenced on the show

Today’s Kick Off Story: Is our system broken?

CROC gratitude shout outs

Angel Santana – Have Faith Let It Begin
Rod Freeman – Small Biz Up

Charlotte Larsen – http://www.charlottelarsen.net/
Michael Benzaia – https://www.michaeljohnbenzaia.com/

Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash

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