In a message dated 3/16/99 9:04:31 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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As a breast cancer survivor, RN, mother of 2 girls tell her to GET ANOTHER
OPINION!!! (shouting intended) & check this out:
Oak Tree Technologies, in collaboration with SUNY Stony Brook, is
launching a new Internet site dedicated to providing cancer education
and information for primary care health providers and for families with
cancer.  On-line education courses
accessible by professionals will  appear every 6-8 weeks, during which
time the course will be open for continuous CE registration.
Courses will be written by highly qualified advanced practice nurses.
Students will have the opportunity to interact with faculty and with
each other in an on-line forum. Learning activities will focus on case
study presentations included in the course material.  Hard copy packets
of  associated readings will be sent to registered students.
Continuing education credits will be available for students who pay a
registration fee, complete simple on-line pre-and post-tests and an
evaluation questionnaire

Courses will be archived for future reference.

The first course to be offered is on Breast Cancer : Increasing
awareness of prevention/screening and early diagnosis and treatment
strategies related to breast cancer. this course has been developed for
the professional nurse and nurse practitioner in
primary care.  12 CEcredits have been granted by NYSNA.

Future courses include;Non-Pharmacological Pain Relief In Nursing Care
of Cancer Patients; Ethical Assessment and Decision Making in Cancer
Care;  Reaching Underserved Populations in early diagnosis and treatment
strategies.

Hot-Links will be provided to carefully screened web sites.
A patient education page will accompany each course.

This Web site is partially funded with a grtant from NIH, the National
Institute of Nursing Research.



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