?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F21385%2F&rft.title=Ovarian+cancer+workshop+program+at+the+University+of+Pittsburgh%3A+survivors+and+clinicians+working+together+to+educate+future+practitioners&rft.creator=Deas%2C+Jessica&rft.description=Abstract%3A+Existing+programs+within+ovarian+cancer+nonprofit+organizations+where+survivors+of+the+disease+teach+health+practitioner+students+exist%2C+but+their+evidence+base+needs+to+be+strengthened+in+order+to+better+understand+their+effect+and+generalizability+within+current+health+practitioner+education.+Amid+concerns+that+health+practitioner+education+does+not+involve+patients+in+empowering+roles+or+encourage+empathy+for+patients+among+the+soon-to-be+medical+professionals%2C+giving+patients%2Fsurvivors+leadership+roles+and+a+forum+to+have+their+voices+heard+is+likely+to+be+beneficial+to+all+parties+involved.+The+National+Ovarian+Cancer+Coalition+(NOCC)+Pittsburgh+Chapter+has+an+existing+speaker%E2%80%99s+bureau+program+that+utilizes+both+clinician+and+survivor+teaching+to+reach+future+health+practitioners%2C+with+a+one-hour+presentation+given+on+a+volunteer+basis.+The+objective+of+this+thesis+is+to+propose+an+enhanced+implementation+plan%2C+as+well+as+offer+an+evaluation+plan+that+will+be+sustainable+for+the+NOCC+Pittsburgh+Chapter.+Current+non-student+participants+will+be+polled+to+build+a+larger+network%2C+with+an+internal++communications+strategy+laid+out+to+continue+to+grow+and+strengthen+the+program.+Students+will+complete+empathy+questionnaires+before+presentations%2C+and+again+with+a+two-month+follow+up+survey.+Survivor+participants+will+complete+empowerment+surveys+via+email.+Data+will+be+analyzed+and+presented+to+network+members+regularly+via+email%2C+with+a+final+in-person+presentation+at+the+end+of+the+one-year+program.+The+public+health+impact+of+an+innovative%2C+evidence-based+health+education+program+can+be+measured+in+greater+survivor+involvement+and+practitioner+empathy%2C+with+an+endpoint+of+better+health+outcomes+among+future+patients.+&rft.date=2014-06-27&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F21385%2F1%2FDeas_J_2014thesis.pdf&rft.identifier=++Deas%2C+Jessica++(2014)+Ovarian+cancer+workshop+program+at+the+University+of+Pittsburgh%3A+survivors+and+clinicians+working+together+to+educate+future+practitioners.++Master's+Thesis%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++