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2 dni temu · Ovarian cancer is diagnosed in 54 U.S. patients each day, according to the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance. To help future physicians and other medical professionals recognize the disease’s warning signs, which are often misdiagnosed as common and less dangerous conditions, St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness collaborates with area medical schools in a program called Survivors Teaching Students.
Survivors Teaching Students® brings survivors and caregivers into medical education programs to educate future healthcare providers by sharing stories of diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship, along with facts about ovarian cancer.
14 maj 2024 · Deborah Polinsky, program facilitator and ovarian cancer survivor, tells News 12 that this program shows medical students the human side of medicine, noting “They may not remember our names or our faces, but they may remember something about our story.”
She volunteers for Survivors Teaching Students at Johns Hopkins, a program in which cancer survivors speak to third-year medical students to help them better understand the experience of patients with cancer and to prepare them to be better-informed and compassionate doctors.
This innovative program saves lives, one presentation at a time: helping future medical professionals diagnose the disease at its earliest, most treatable stages. Survivors Teaching Students® (STS) is an international program that is run through the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA).
Created and administered by Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA), Judy’s Mission partners by facilitating the one hour STS classroom course which allows ovarian cancer survivors to share their experiences with medical and nursing students in the greater Houston area.
8 cze 2021 · To help give rising medical professionals a patient perspective on ovarian cancer, Stacy volunteers with OCRA’s Survivors Teaching Students program.
