JADPRO Live at APSHO 2015: Focus on Education and Collaboration

This past November, over 700 nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, clinical nurse specialists, and other oncology professionals gathered at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge hotel in Phoenix to participate in the JADPRO Live at APSHO conference. This meeting was the third such JADPRO Live event focusing on the unique educational and professional needs of the advanced practitioner in hematology and oncology. The focus of the event in Phoenix was collaboration between all of the members of the oncology care team. Most of the presentations featured two speakers bringing different perspectives, educating the audience about not only the current state of management for a particular disease state, but also about collaborative practice and how it’s done at their institution: what works, what doesn’t, and what might work better in the future.