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Resource Development Team 2023

Authors:
Melba Sheila D’Souza, PhD, MPhilN., MScN, BScN, RN, CMSN, CCNE
Ruby Gidda, RN, BSN, MEd
Danielle Wittal, RTT, MSc
Catherine Dixon, BSN, RN, CON(C)

Educational Technologies: Brenna Clarke Gray, PhD, MA
Instructional Design: Marie Bartlett, MA
Copyediting: Kaitlyn Meyers, BA, DCS
Production: Jessica Obando Almache, BCS

Other Contributors:
Amy Strank, RN, BSN
Matthew Savoy, RN, BSN
Karma Lalli, BSN

Virtual Simulation:
Karma Lalli, BSN
Sumeeti Chhabra, BSN

Special Thanks to Partnerships & Collaborators

  1. Interior Health Long Term and Senior Care
  2. Thompson Rivers University School of Nursing
  3. University of British Columbia Okanagan
  4. Canadian Foundation for Policy Research
  5. British Columbia Cancer Agency (Abbotsford)
  6. British Columbia Cancer Agency (Kamloops)
  7. Kamloops Massage Matters
  8. Royal Inland Hospital Foundation 
  9. Breast Cancer Society of Canada
  10. Breast Cancer Survivorship Kamloops
  11. Canadian Mental Health Association
  12. Give Cancer the Finger Kamloops
  13. InspireHealth Supportive Cancer Care Society Canada
  14. Kamloops Breast Cancer Support Group
  15. Kamloops Cancer Supportive Care Society 
  16. Kamloops Immigrant Services
  17. Look Good Feel Better
  18. May Cause Radiance
  19. Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority 
  20. Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic
  21. Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice Revelstoke
  22. Sensational Survivors City of Kamloops

Communication

Melba D’Souza
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Chappell Family Building for Nursing and Population Health
Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8
mdsouza@tru.ca
250-371-5539

Ruby Gidda
Executive Director, BC Cancer Abbotsford & Provincial Professional Practice (Nursing & Allied Health)
Adjunct Faculty, School of Nursing – University of British Columbia
BC Cancer
Abbotsford, BC V2S 0C2
ruby.gidda@bccancer.bc.ca

Danielle Wittal
RTT, MSc
Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8
danielle.wittal@interiorhealth.ca

Catherine Dixon
Territorial Specialist – Cancer Care
Territorial Operations – Cancer Care
Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority – Yellowknife Region Government of the Northwest Territories
catherine_dixon@gov.nt.ca

Resource Information

Citation:
D’Souza, M. S., Gidda, R., Wittal, D., & Dixon, D. (2023). Interdisciplinary approaches to psychosocial oncology. Breast Cancer Canada, Breast Cancer Society of Canada Grant. Canada. https://cancercareeducation.trubox.ca/

Lead Principal Investigator:
Melba D’Souza, PhD, MPhilN, MScN, BScN, RN, CASN, CMSN©

Co-Principal Investigator:
Ruby Gidda, RN, BSN, MEd

Date Created:
January 9, 2024

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