Balancing Work & Cancer Webinar: Balancing Work & Nutrition

Maintaining a balanced diet that meets your needs while juggling work and cancer is key to preserving energy levels, managing symptoms at work and feeling better overall. However, between treatment-related challenges (such as restricted diets, medication schedules, etc.) and workplace challenges (such as limited time, stress and unreliable storage options), doing so is often hard. In this session we will explore the unique nutritional needs of working cancer survivors and practical solutions for healthy eating during the workday. We’ll discuss: 

  • How proper nutrition and eating habits can help you manage treatment side-effects on the job
  • Best practices for planning and preparing meals for your workdays
  • Tips for getting around obstacles to eating well in the workplace
  • And more!

Date & Time

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 — 6:00 PM ET/ 3:00 PM PT

Registration

All sessions are free and open to cancer patients, survivors, healthcare professionals and caregivers. Register for this live and interactive webinar by clicking “Register” below. The webinar will be hosted on the Zoom platform. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with phone and web log-in information. There is no registration deadlin

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This is the sixth of 12 sessions in our Balancing Work & Cancer Webinar series. Click here to learn more about the other sessions and register!

 All sessions are FREE and open to cancer patients, survivors, healthcare professionals and caregivers.

Sponsors

The 2024 Balancing Work and Cancer Webinar Series is made possible by its sponsors

Genentech P&G Beauty

Speaker

Karla Giboyeaux, MA, RDN, CDN

Karla is a Level II Clinical Dietitian Nutritionist and works in the cancer treatment and prevention community setting. Karla works with patients who are undergoing various types of cancer therapies and those who are interested in improving their eating habits and food choices. She has a strong interest and background in culinary arts and her focus is to help patients modify their favorite meals and inspire them to cook more healthy meals at home. Karla joined MSK’s Ralph Lauren Center in 2020. She graduated from New York University with a Master of Arts in nutrition, food studies, and public health, and earned her Bachelor of Science in nutrition and dietetics from the University of Puerto Rico. Karla is a registered dietitian-nutritionist with the CDR and a certified dietitian-nutritionist in New York state.

Accommodations

To request accommodations, please email cancerandcareers@cew.org

Accreditation

Agenda

6:00 PM – 6:05 PM ET: Welcome, Speaker Introduction

6:05 PM – 6:50 PM ET: Overview of considerations for balanced nutrition during or after treatment

6:50 PM – 7:00 PM ET: Questions

Learning Objectives

  • Attendees will be able to describe best practices for cancer patients/survivors who wish to plan for healthy, affordable meals during/after treatment.
  • Attendees will be able to describe strategies for cancer patients/survivors to ensure they are able to eat well at work during/after treatment.
  • Attendees will be able to list common side effects of cancer treatment that can potentially be minimized through dietary choices and modifications.

Credits Information

One (1) continuing education credit will be provided free of charge to eligible oncology nurses, social workers, and HR professionals upon approval from the agencies listed below.

Social Workers

  • This program is approved by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (Approval #0072) for 1 continuing education hour.
  • Cancer and Careers, #1814, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Cancer and Careers maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 06/10/2023 – 06/10/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit.

Oncology Nurses

  • Cancer and Careers is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
  • Provider approved by the State of California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 16673, for 1 continuing education credit per session.

HR Professionals

  • Cancer and Careers is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. This program is valid for 1 PDC per session for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.SHRM.org.

Requirements to Receive Credits

CEW Foundation (aka Cancer and Careers) maintains responsibility for programs. Healthcare professionals of all disciplines should contact their regulatory board(s) to determine course approval for their specific license(s) and/or certification(s). Please note that regulatory boards may not accept duplicate contact hours (i.e., CEs awarded for webinar sessions with similar titles offered in this or prior calendar years) as valid for license and/or certification renewal.

If you plan on requesting continuing education credits for a webinar series, you MUST complete all of the following steps:

  1. Register for each live webinar presentation for which you plan on requesting a CE.
  2. Prior to the session, you will receive an email with phone and web log-in information.
  3. You must attend the live presentation of the webinar Please note that participants who "listen-in" on another participant's line will not be eligible for credit.
  4. An email with links to a post-session test and an evaluation form will be sent within 48 hours of the webinar. If you do not receive this email with 2 business days of the webinar, please email cancerandcareers@cew.org
  5. Both the post-session test and evaluation form must be completed and submitted within two weeks of the date that the webinar was held. For example, if a webinar is held January 1, these two documents will be due January 15th. The date that these documents are due will be stated during the webinar, and again in the follow-up email that is sent to you.
  6. You must pass the post-session test with a score of 80% or higher. You will see your score when you submit your post-test. Please press done, regardless of your score. You will be taken to a confirmation page where you will have the opportunity to re-take the test up to two (2) additional times to obtain a score of 80% or higher. Any submissions beyond the first three will not be considered.
  7. You will be notified via email of your status in qualifying for a CE no later than 30 days after the date of the webinar. For example, for a webinar held January 1, notifications will be sent out no later than February 1.

Certificates

Those who meet all the requirements above will receive a certificate via email within 30 days of the webinar.

Bibliography

Bibliographies are available to attendees by request. To request them, please email cancerandcareers@cew.org, including the titles of the session(s).

Questions or Grievances

If you have any questions about earning continuing education credits, please email cancerandcareers@cew.org. For information on our grievance policy, please click here.

System Requirements

Live webinars will be hosted on the Zoom platform. Click here for Zoom’s system requirements for more information.