Cancer Care Projects at Stanford University and Palo Alto VA

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1070 ArastraderoPalo Alto, CA 94305 United States

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Improving Cancer Care Delivery

Flexible Schedule | Virtual Opportunity

We are conducting several ongoing patient-centered research projects to improve cancer care delivery for patients with cancer. We need assistance from volunteers to help us with these projects at the VA and the ones that we are coordinating through Stanford. All work can be done remotely. Specifically, we need volunteers who would be willing to help with calling patients to assess symptoms, assisting with our data collection efforts, and helping us to organize our spreadsheets, collect surveys, distribute surveys and who are interested in cancer care research opportunities. While all volunteers are welcome, we are in great need of bilingual volunteers who speak English and Spanish or other languages as well.

Date Posted: Oct 10, 2022
Spanish/English Bilingual Opportunity to Assist with Cancer Care Program

Flexible Schedule | Virtual Opportunity

About Us: Led by Dr. Manali Patel, the Partnerships to Advance Cancer Care group is a lab with staff at Stanford University and the Veterans Affairs Health Administration that conducts patient-centered research projects to improve cancer care delivery for patients with cancer. About You: We are seeking English/Spanish bilingual volunteers to help us with transcription and translation of Spanish and English language patient interviews and patient-facing health education, surveys, and research documents. Both writing and speaking skills required. You may engage in doing initial translation or reviewing translations conducted by others. All work can be done remotely. There may also be opportunities to participate in conducting interviews with patients or clinicians once trained. Who might like this volunteer opportunity? Undergraduate premedical students, medical or nursing students, persons interested in careers in health services research or public health, medical translators or interpreters.

Date Posted: Oct 18, 2022
Supporting Veterans with Cancer - Palo Alto Area

Flexible Schedule | Palo Alto, CA 94304

Led by Dr. Manali Patel, our Partnerships to Advance Cancer Care group is providing veteran patients with cancer with health education resources to better assist them with advanced care planning and symptom management. This work is part of a quality improvement program, and we survey veteran patients about their care experiences. We also connect them with available resources. We are seeking volunteers who can assist with conducting survey calls with patients to understand their satisfaction with care and any barriers they face to optimal cancer care. You should be confident making phone calls and engaging with diverse patients over the phone. We will provide training on how to conduct the surveys. This opportunity is on-site only, at the VA in Palo Alto. Volunteers can select shift times during the hours of 8am-5pm Monday to Friday. This opportunity is ideal for nursing or medical students, premed students, folks interested in public health or health services careers (including research), those with a personal connection to cancer, and retired health services folks looking to continue using their skills in a part-time volunteer capacity.

Date Posted: Oct 18, 2022

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The mission of our organization is to improve the delivery of care for patients with cancer.

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We currently conduct several ongoing community and VA-based research trials to improve the way we deliver care for patients with cancer. We have an ongoing research project at the VA to improve symptom management and assessment for patients with cancer and several which are coordinated throughout Stanford to improve cancer care delivery by assisting patients with goals of care discussions after a diagnosis of cancer in the community.

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