A VIRTUAL EDUCATION EVENT
In ANZGOG’s ongoing effort to offer educational opportunities to Fellows, Trainees, Registrars, and early career clinicians, ANZGOG will be conducting a Virtual Cervical & Vulvar Cancers Preceptorship.
When?
Friday 8 December 2023 | 12.00pm – 5.30pm (AEDT)
Saturday 9 December 2023 | 10.30am – 12.30pm (AEDT)
The Cervical & Vulvar Cancer Preceptorship 2023 learning objectives are:
- To learn about best clinical practice in the multi-disciplinary management of early and late stage cervical & vulva cancer.
- To understand the individualisation of management based on patient and tumour characteristics.
- To understand the options for treatment of recurrent and metastatic disease.
- To learn about the management of patients with symptoms of the disease and the side-effects of treatments
“The preceptorships foster an interdisciplinary approach to cancer management, one that allows clinicians to interact with, and learn from, one another. They are an amazing opportunity to refine one’s knowledge but are also invaluable in building connections and partnerships with colleagues and seniors. Strongly recommended!”
Dr Michael Krasovitsky, Medical Oncologist, past attendee
Meet the Co-Chairs of the Preceptorship 2023
Co-Chairs, Prof Paul Cohen and Dr Ming-Yin Lin
Paul Cohen is a consultant at the Western Australian Gynaecological Cancer Service, King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth,
Clinical Professor in the Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical School, University of Western Australia, and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Health Research, University of Notre Dame Australia. Paul’s research interests include patient-reported outcomes and the supportive care of patients affected by gynaecological malignancies, gynaecological cancer genetics, the epidemiology of gynaecological malignancies, and biomarkers to predict histological tumour regression in women with high-grade serous tubo-ovarian cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Paul is the current chair of the International Gynecological Cancer Society (IGCS) Education Committee, and the Australia and New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG) Research Advisory Committee, past program chair of the ANZGOG Annual Scientific Meeting, and a Board Director of ANZGOG and the IGCS. Paul is a member of the eviQ Cancer Genetics Reference Committee, Australian Clinical Trial Alliance Impact and Implementation Committee, and a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer.
Dr Ming-Yin Lin is a Gynaecological Radiation Oncologist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre since 2015 , where she is currently also the Director of Radiation Oncology Training (Parkville Campus).
Dr Lin graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2006 and completed specialist training at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre where she subsequently undertook a clinical and research fellowship in Gynae-Oncology and Image Guided Brachytherapy. She is actively involved in clinical research in gynaecological cancers and has a specific interest in image guided brachytherapy in the treatment of cervix, endometrial and vulvo-vaginal cancers. She presents regularly at local and international conferences and has numerous peer-reviewed publications.
Dr Lin is an active member of ANZGOG and currently serving as Chair of ANZGOG’s Cervical- Vulvo Vagina Cancer Tumour Working Group ( CVVTWG ) and a member of the Research Advisory Committee. She is also heavily involved in the teaching of trainees in gynae-oncology and radiation oncology through International Gynaecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) , Australian Brachytherapy Group (ABG) and Royal Australian New Zealand College of Radiologist (RANZCR).
If you have any questions please contact Heshani Nesfield, ANZGOG Membership Officer at heshani.nesfield@anzgog.org.au.
Endometrial Cancer Preceptorship 2022 Testimonials:
“The ANZGOG Endometrial Cancer Preceptorship was a fantastic learning experience. The process of researching a topic, synthesising information and presenting this with helpful and engaged supervisors was invaluable. In addition, watching others’ presentations in combination with the resources has given a great overview of the topic. Would recommend to anyone working in the field.”
Monica McGauran, Fellow, Gynaecological Oncology
“The ANZGOG 2023 Endometrial Preceptorship was an excellent experience. The preceptorship gave us the opportunity to review the evidence of present and emerging treatment options for patients with endometrial cancer, and will help with helping me make decisions and providing optimal patient care. My preceptor was knowledgeable and prompt with the content that we were assigned. I would recommend this preceptorship to my peers.”
Eric Fong, Registrar, Radiation Oncology
“The ANZGOG endometrial cancer preceptorship provided an amazing opportunity to learn from and collaborate with trainees and senior colleagues from a range of sub-specialities. It was an extremely worthwhile experience that helped me refine my knowledge and build confidence in management approaches and presentation skills.”
Elizabeth Driscoll, Trainee, Medical Oncology
“I found the ANZGOG Preceptorship to be a well-organised educational experience connecting early career trainees with experienced preceptors. Through my participation, I developed knowledge about my topic far beyond what I could have achieved by reading studies on my own. Several studies I reviewed were discussed from a different vantage point by other preceptorship pairs which only improved my understanding of landmark studies on endometrial cancer. I learned a lot through multidisciplinary discussions following each presentation. I would highly recommend this to all.”
Jason Phung, Registrar, Gynaecological Oncology
Meet the Preceptors
Surgeons
A/Prof Emma Allanson
Dr Lois Eva
Dr Niveditha Rajadevan
Dr Mike Burling
a/Prof Orla McNally
Dr Raj Ganendra
A/Prof Sam Saidi
Radiation Oncologists
Dr David Chang
Dr Robyn Cheuk
Dr Tiffany Daly
Dr Viet Do
Medical Oncologists
A/Prof Alison Davis
Dr George Au-Yeung
A/Prof Jeff Goh
A/Prof Kate Webber
Dr Lawrence Kasherman
Dr Michelle Wilson
Dr Sandy Simon
A/Prof Yoland Antill
Pathologists
Dr Gayanie Ratnayake
A/Prof Lyndal Anderson
Dr Marsali Newman
