Program Schedule

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Friday, March 26, 2010 

  

8:00am-8:45am

Registration, exhibits and coffee, teas, muffins and cinnamon buns  

  

8:45am-9:00am

Welcome and Greetings 

Lucanne Magill DA, LCAT, MT-BC, Professor, University of Windsor, Canada, Clare O’Callaghan PhD, RMT, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & St Vincent's Health, Melbourne, Australia (Conference Co-Chairs) and Amy Clements-Cortés, PhD, MTA, Sessional Instructor at The University of Windsor.

  

9:00am-9:30am

Introductory Remarks

Dr. Alan Wildeman PhD, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Windsor  

  

9:30-10:30am    

Chair: Dr. Alan Wildeman PhD  

Opening Keynote Plenary: 

  


Impressions on the state of cancer research – Harmony or Discord

Dr. Michael Dufresne BSc, PhD   


  

Medicine, the healing arts and music: Strange bedfellows or natural companions  

Dr. Kenneth Schneider MD, Chief Department of Oncology, Windsor Regional Hospital

  

10:30am-11:00am

Break, exhibits

  

11:00am-12:30pm

2 Concurrent Sessions, Rooms (Solis and Saturni)  

Chair: Dr. Joanne Loewy

A (Solis). Beyond Hospital Care

  

The potential health benefits of community based singing groups for adults with cancer  


Laurel Young PhD, MTA, Toronto, Ontario

  

Supportive cancer care at the end of life: Mapping the cultural landscape of music therapy in palliative care

Lucy Forrest M. Ethnomusicology, RMT, Melbourne, Australia

  

Treatment of grief and depression in women with cancer related alcohol/substance abuse problems: An evidence-based practice


Sung Hyun Yun PhD, Wilfred Gallant EdD: Windsor, Canada

  

Chair: Dr. Gerhard Tucek   

B (Saturni). Creative Research in Supportive Cancer Care Across the Lifespan 

  

Creative dialogues in evidence based medicine 

Jane Edwards PhD, RMT, Limerick, Ireland

  

Music’s relevance for paediatric cancer patients: A constructivist and mosaic research approach  

Annette Baron MMus, RMT; Clare O’Callaghan PhD, RMT; Pip Barry MMus, RMT; Beth Dun MMus, RMT: Melbourne, Australia 

  

The effects of group music therapy on psychosocial well-being and quality of life of breast cancer survivors: Doctoral research work in progress

Jody Conradi Stark MA, MT-BC, Detroit, Michigan

  

  

12:30pm-1:45pm

Lunch, exhibits

  

1:45pm-3:15pm

Opening Plenary:

Chair: Dr. Lucanne Magill

  

Maximizing the strengths of people affected by cancer

Prof. Matthew Loscalzo, L.C.S.W., Liliane Elkins Professor in Supportive Care Programs, City of Hope, Duarte, California, USA

  

Cancer prevention: Therapeutic benefit of music

Dr. Ranjana Prasad Bird PhD, Vice President, Research, The University of Windsor

  

We’re all in this together - inpatient and community based music therapy for children and families on the paediatric oncology unit

Louise Miles Post-grad Dip MT, RMT, President, Australian Music Therapy Association, Perth, Australia

  

3:15pm-3:45pm

Break, cookies and assorted juice and soft drinks

  

2 Concurrent Sessions 

3:45pm-5:15pm 

Chair:  Dr. Jane Edwards

A (Solis).Theoretical Informants and Wisdom in Oncology Practice 

  

Carol Derbyshire, Executive Director, The Hospice of Windsor & Essex County, Windsor, Ontario

  

The relevance of a multidimensional model of engagement for oncologic
music therapy 

Claire Ghetti MME, MT-BC, Anita Gadberry MA, MT-BC: Lawrence, Kansas, USA

  

Music therapy in medicine  

Demian Kogutek BMT, Rebecca Harknett MA, BMT student, Joe Graham BMT student: The University of Windsor, Ontario

  

Chair: Dr. Sheri Robb

B (Saturni). Pediatric Inpatient Oncology

  

A musical focus on five aspects of the pediatric oncology ward environment 


Tryvge Aasgaard RN, RMN, PhD, Oslo University College, Norway

  

Child life and music therapy: Working together within paediatric oncology 


Jen Burton Liang Dip. AT, OATR, Certified Child Life Specialist, Joe Graham BMT student: The University of Windsor, Ontario

  

All in good time: Music therapy in a pediatric cancer centre 


Beth Dun RMT, MMus, Melbourne, Australia

  

8:00pm-12:00am

Free admission and beverage to The University of Windsor Jazz Ensemble Concert

St. Clair Centre for the Arts

They play three jumpin’ musical sets – the Big Band Concert, The Dance and The Party – all in one magical night. 

  

  

Saturday March 27, 2010

  

8:00am-9:00am

Registration, exhibits

  

9:00am-9:45am

Opening Keynote Plenary:    

Chair: Dr. Lucanne Magill

  

The role of music therapy in care of cancer patients and families: Across the continuum of illness

Nessa Coyle APRN, PhD, FAAN, Director, Supportive Care Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

  

9:50am- 10:50am

2 Concurrent Sessions 

Chair: Dr. Russell Hilliard

A (Solis). Creative Research in Supportive Cancer Care: Adolescents and Young Adults

  

Ensuring treatment fidelity in a multi-site behavioral intervention study:  Implementing NIH Behavior Change Consortium Recommendations in the SMART Trial

Sheri L. Robb PhD, MT-BC, Debra S. Burns PhD, MT-BC, Sharron L. Docherty PhD, CPNP, Joan E. Haase RN, PhD, FAAN: USA

  

Researching in High-Definition: Integrating qualitative and quantitative data to gain a deeper understanding of a music video intervention

Debra S. Burns PhD, MT-BC, Kristin Stegenga RN, PhD, Sheri Robb PhD, MT-BC, Joan Haase RN, PhD, FAAN: USA

  

Chair: Dr. Tryvge Aasgaard

B (Saturni). Music Therapy Pioneers

  

Music therapy in palliative/hospice care.........from its beginning through my professional lifespan

Susan Munro-Porchet MA, MTA, CMT, Zürich, Switzerland

  

“Music Entrainment Desensitization and Reprocessing” as a music therapy trauma intervention in cancer care

Prof. Tian Gao MMT, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China  

  

10:50-11:20am 

Break, exhibits, coffee, teas, croissants and blackberry scones

  

11:20am-12:50pm

2 Concurrent Sessions 

Chair: Dr. Lucanne Magill

A (Solis). People Living with Cancer

  

Music therapist heal thyself:  When the MT becomes the patient 


Lisa M. Gallagher MA, MT-BC, Parma, Ohio, USA

  

Navigating icebergs: Facing the fear and anguish of cancer through music therapy. A cancer survivor's experience. (1 hr workshop) 


Maria Logis MA, New York, USA

  

Chair: Dr. Debra Burns

B (Saturni). Knowledge and Skills Informing Practice

  

Ethno-music-therapy in cancer treatment 

Prof. Mag. Dr. Gerhard Tucek, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria

  

An experiential workshop of musical options in integrative cancer care (1 hr workshop) 


Andrew Rossetti MMT, Barcelona, Spain, Joanne Loewy DA,  LCAT, MT-BC, New York, USA    

  

12:50pm-2:15pm

Lunch, exhibits and OPERATHERAPY Video   

  

2:15-3:45pm 

Opening Plenary:

Chair: Dr. Nessa Coyle

  

Music, culture and resiliency

Joanne Loewy DA, LCAT, MT-BC, Director, The Louis Armstrong Music Therapy Centre, Beth Israel Medical Centre, New York, USA

  

Music therapy’s contribution to supportive cancer care: Patients, families and staff across the lifespan

Lucanne Magill DA, LCAT, MT-BC, The University of Windsor

  

Advancing supportive cancer care through music therapist-researcher partnerships

Clare O’Callaghan PhD, RMT, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & Caritas Christi Hospice, St Vincent's Health, Melbourne Australia  

  

3:45- 4:15pm

Break, exhibits, assorted juice and soft drink, chips and NutriGrain bars

  

4:15pm-5:15pm

2 Concurrent Sessions 

Chair: Prof. Matthew Loscalzo

A (Solis). Alleviating Isolation

  

Vocal improvisation alleviates intrapersonal isolation (1 hr workshop) 


Makaria Psiliteli MA, MT-BC, Flushing, New York, USA  

  

Chair: Susan Munro-Porchet

B (Saturni). Music therapy in “end of life” care

  

Episodes of relationship completion through song in palliative care 


Amy Clements-Cortés PhD, MTA, Baycrest Centre, Toronto and The University of Windsor, Ontario

  

“When the Music Has Ended…” Meaning management in life while facing death

Karie Rippin Bilger BMT, MTA, Guelph, Ontario

  

  

Sunday March 28, 2010

  

8:00am-9:00am

Registration, exhibits

  

9:00am-9:45am

Opening Plenary:

Chair: Dr. Clare O’Callaghan

  

Providing Supportive Care for Cancer Patients 

Margaret Fitch RN, PhD, Odette Regional Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada

  

9:50am-10:50am 

2. Concurrent Sessions 

Chair: Beth Dun  

A (Solis). Psychodynamic informants for practice

  

The interplay of attachment and withdrawal in the parent-child relationship in paediatric cancer care at the end of life: A role for music therapy 


Lucy Forrest M. Ethnomusicology, RMT, Melbourne, Australia

  

To the rescue of the inner self: Music therapy with children and adults suffering from cancer

Nathalie Leduc, MA, MTA, Montreal, Quebec

  

Chair: Demian Kogutek

B (Saturni). Legacy Work

  

Recorded music therapy legacy projects with pediatric patients with end staged cancer and their families

Brian H. Schreck MA, MT-BC, Cincinnati, OH, USA

  

Songwriting in palliative care – creating and leaving a legacy

Stephanie Thompson RMT, Hobart, Australia    

  

10:50-11:20am 

Break, coffee, teas, croissants and fruit filled Danish 

  

2. Concurrent Sessions 

11:50-12:50pm

Chair: Prof. Tian Gao

A (Solis). Diverse Skills and Individualized Care

  

The project: A lengthy case study with a cancer patient

Demian Kogutek BMT, Windsor, Ontario

  

Maximizing resources for palliative care music therapy: A town and gown collaboration

Sandi Curtis, PhD, MTA, MT-BC, Concordia University

  

B (Saturni). Staff Caregivers

  

“I remember when…Recognizing bereavement needs of health providers in cancer care” 

Karen Popkin MA, LCAT, MT-BC, New York, USA

  

Music therapy’s effects on compassion fatigue and team building of professional hospice caregivers 


Russell Hilliard PhD, MT-BC, Rosemont, IL, USA

  

12:50pm-1:30pm 

Closing Ceremony

  

Closing remarks: 

Sandi Curtis PhD, MTA, MT-BC, Concordia University

Clare O’Callaghan PhD, RMT, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & St Vincent's Health, Australia

Lucanne Magill DA, LCAT, MT-BC, The University of Windsor

  

Closing musical celebration  

  

  

  

© 2009 The Music Therapy Centre, University of Windsor

          An International Conference on Music Therapy and Supportive Cancer Care              
           New horizons in care across the lifespan