4. Identifier et demander du soutien
Ms. Maureen Parkinson, Vocational Rehabilitation Counsellor, M.Ed. C.C.R.C, BC Cancer
Ms. Maureen Parkinson is the province-wide vocational rehabilitation counsellor at the BC Cancer Agency. She has also been vocational rehabilitation counsellor at a public rehabilitation hospital and vocational rehabilitation consultant to insurance companies and the court system. She has instructed and facilitated Service-Canada-funded programs on job searching and career exploration. Ms. Parkinson has a Masters in Counselling Psychology, is a Canadian Certified Rehabilitation Counsellor, and completed the Certified Return to Work Coordinator Program through the National Institute for Disability Management and Research. She has developed return-to-work and job-search seminars for cancer patients and created the guidebook “Cancer and Returning to Work: A Practical Guide for Cancer Patients” as well as on-line articles about returning to work and school. She also co-authored a paper commissioned by the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology, “Cancer and Work: A Canadian Perspective”.
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Dr. Christine Maheu, RN, PhD
Dr. Christine Maheu is an Associate Professor in the Ingram School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University. Dr. Maheu is also an Affiliate Scientist at the University Health Network and the University of Toronto. At McGill University, she teaches research methods, supervises graduate students (masters, doctoral, post-doctoral), mentors practicing nurses and students in research, and conducts research in English and French. She has held research awards with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Canadian Cancer Society, and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. These awards funded her research in psychosocial oncology, which focuses on developing and testing psychosocial interventions or measurements tools for various cancer populations. Additionally, in partnership with Ipsos Canada and funded by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, she is co-leading a nationwide survey of the needs of cancer patients for transition care from the end of their treatment to three years after their diagnosis. Dr. Maheu received awards for excellence in nursing research (2013, 2015, 2016) from Ovarian Cancer Canada, the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology, and the Quebec Association of Nurses in Oncology.
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Étape 4 sur 10 pour vous préparer à retourner au travail
Après avoir évalué les obstacles et les facilitateurs au retour au travail à l’aide du Modèle de réadaptation professionnelle pour les survivants du cancer de la première étape, et avoir une idée de vos capacités fonctionnelles (Évaluer votre fonction, étape 2) par rapport à votre travail (Comprendre les exigences de votre travail, étape 3), l’une des prochaines étapes consiste à identifier et à accéder à des formes de soutiens et à des ressources utiles. Cela pourrait inclure la demande d’être référé vers et d’obtenir de traitements médicaux, de gestion des symptômes, de réadaptation (qui peut inclure un traitement psychologique si nécessaire) et/ou vers d’autres professionnels spécialisés dans la gestion de la douleur et des symptômes, le soutien psychologique, la formation professionnelle et le travail social pour aider à surmonter ces défis.
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