EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
INTERDISCIPLINARY
ONCOLOGY INTEREST GROUP
THE MISSION OF OIG
The goal of this student interest
group is two-fold; first, to increase
awareness of oncology as a
specialty for each respective
discipline and second; to promote
interdisciplinary education and
awareness of the roles of the
various health disciplines. With the
oversight of faculty advisors from
each of these disciplines, the
student steering committee will
decide on the topics of mutual
interest. At each monthly meeting
there will be an educational
presentation by an oncology fellow,
resident, faculty or an advanced
practice nurse. This organization
will act to bridge the many
disciplines of oncology and the
students will have the opportunity
to interact closely with faculty,
residents and fellows.
What Cancer Cannot Do
Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple love.
It cannot shatter hope.
It cannot corrode faith.
It cannot eat away peace.
It cannot destroy confidence.
It cannot kill friendship.
It cannot shut out memories.
It cannot silence courage.
It cannot quench the spirit.
~~Author unknown
Faculty Advisors:
Peter J. Kragel, MD
Director of Leo Jenkins Cancer Center
Darla Liles, MD
Brody School of Medicine
Ann M. Schreier, RN, PhD
ECU College of Nursing
Carolyn K. Pugh, MHS, PA-C
ECU Physician Assistant Program
Kimberly Winslow
Brody Medical Science Bldg. 7S10
Greenville, NC 27858
Phone | 252.744.3546
Email | [email protected]
The ECU Oncology Interest Group
was designed with our future
patients in mind. As students from
diverse medical professions, we
strive to develop a successful and
effective way to collaborate as a
healthcare team. It is our goal to
identify our individual strengths and
use them in an integrated setting to
create an innovative and positive
patient experience.
OIG
ONCOLOGY INTEREST GROUP
Steering Committee Members
Benjamin Hulkower
Lindsey Fix
Craig Pymento
Adam Hill
Dmitri Zouev
Nandita Rao
MEDICAL STUDENTS
Melissa Ricker
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
STUDENTS
Austin Lane
NURSING STUDENTS
Peter Kragel, MD
Darla Liles, MD
Ann Schreier, RN,
PhD
Carolyn Pugh,
MHS, PA-C
FACULTY ADVISORS
The purpose of this organization is to
increase interest in the field of oncology
among health professional and graduate
students through experiential and
interdisciplinary learning, to foster
interdepartmental dialogue to develop
our skills working as a multidisciplinary
team, and to discuss the state of
oncology research, prevention,
diagnosis, treatment, and our roles in
the field of oncology in the future.
ECU receives grant for interdisciplinary
oncology student group
Thoracic Tumor Board
Shadowing Experience
College of Nursing Press Release
August 10, 2011
On the third Thursday of every month,
students are given the opportunity to
participate in the thoracic tumor board at the
Leo Jenkins Cancer Center. Students get to
observe a real interdisciplinary team
collaborating and working together to
determine treatment plans and therapeutic
interventions. The students can then interact
with the patients discussed and further
shadow in their specific areas of interest.
East Carolina University has been awarded
an Oncology Nursing Society Foundation
grant that will develop a student oncology
interest group to increase awareness of the
oncology specialty and explore roles of
various health disciplines in oncology. This
$3,000 grant is funded by Meniscus Limited.
The College of Nursing, Brody School of
Medicine and the Physician Assistant
Studies program in the College of Allied
Health Sciences will work together to form
student interest groups in each discipline.
Student leaders from each group will meet
with faculty advisors to plan their monthly
meetings for the academic year.
The groups will consider topics related to
pain management, alternative therapies,
hematological malignancies and thoracic
oncology with a focus on multidisciplinary
teams and communication between
disciplines.
Previous Topics of Discussion
November, 2011
“Cancer Pain”
Ann M. Schreier, RN, PhD
Associate Professor Director, Alternate Entry MSN
Concentration ECU College of Nursing Immediate
Past President of ASPMN
January, 2012
"The Role of Palliative Care in Chronic
Disease" Susan Redding RN, MSN, FNP-BC
Lead Practitioner Palliative Care Program, PCMH
February, 2012
"The Role of Nurse Navigators in Cancer Care"
Judy Koutlas RN, MS, OCN GI Oncology Nurse
Navigator UNC Cancer Network Leo Jenkins
Cancer Center