Definitions
This term describes how different identities, experiences, and systems interact - shaping a patient’s overall healthcare journey
What is intersectionality?
This person administers chemotherapy, monitors treatment progress, and leads the patient's overall cancer care.
What is a pediatric oncologist?
True or False: Nurses in pediatric oncology only administer chemotherapy and do not provide bedside care or symptom management.
What is false?
This domesticated animal is known for being loyal and often called “man's best friend.”
What is a dog?
This term refers to a team of healthcare professionals from different disciplines working together to treat a patient.
What is a multidisciplinary team?
A specialist who helps children cope with medical procedures using play, education, and emotional support.
What is a child life specialist?
During a typical hospital stay, this many different healthcare professionals visit a pediatric oncology patient each day.
What is 12 to 15 staff members?
This is the fastest land animal
What is a cheetah? 🐆🐆🐆🐆
The process of customizing a treatment plan based on a patient's unique medical needs and personal circumstances.
What is personalized medicine?
A specialist who assists patients with movement, strength, and coordination after surgery or chemotherapy-related weakness.
What is a physical therapist?
Name one benefit of interdisciplinary collaboration in pediatric oncology.
What is holistic, patient-centered care?
(or comprehensive treatment planning, better communication between medical team & families, long-term support for patients, improved medical outcomes.)
This bird is the only one known to fly backward and upside down with precision.
What is a hummingbird?
This type of care focuses on improving the quality of life for children with serious illnesses, including symptom management.
What is palliative care?
A specialized doctor who studies tissue samples under a microscope to determine a patient’s exact cancer type.
What is a pathologist?
List two barriers that can make interdisciplinary collaboration difficult in pediatric oncology care.
What are lack of a centralized communication system and conflicting treatment goals?
(or delayed/incomplete handoffs, differences in urgency and workflow, overwhelming for patients)
This ancient sea creature, known as a "living fossil," has blue blood that is used in medical research to detect bacterial contamination in vaccines.
What is a horseshoe crab?
Involves an in depth care plan focused on providing the best patient care that integrates medical, psychological, and social services
What is complex pediatric care?
Super fun, super slay college kids that wear blue shirts and khaki pants with hopefully a bedazzled name badge
What is a footprints volunteer?
This percentage of the U.S. population has experienced a barrier in accessing a healthcare specialist.
What is 28%?
This deep-sea creature is sometimes called the "Dumbo octopus" due to its ear-like fins, and it lives at depths of up to 13,000 feet.
What is Grimpoteuthis?