The Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre (OICC) Idea to Implementation Research Residency at The Centre for Health Innovation December 7, 2020 Dugald Seely, ND, MSc Founder and CEO, The Centre for Health Innovation Executive Director, OICC and Research & Clinical Epidemiology, CCNM Affiliate Investigator, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa P. [...] Integrative oncology aims to optimize health, quality of life, and clinical outcomes across the cancer care continuum and to empower people to prevent cancer and become active participants before, during, and beyond cancer treatment.” Witt et al. [...] Goals are to improve quality of life, manage of side effects, help with speed recovery, prevent recurrence, and provide education for a healthy lifestyle. [...] Opportunities to support patients • Assist in the decision-making process for complementary care • Provide therapy that can be integrated safely into conventional treatment plans • Improve the patient’s ability to tolerate conventional therapy more easily • Activate and strengthen the bodies internal defenses against cancer • Educate and empower patients Goals: 1. [...] Extend life Who we are Clinic offering multidisciplinary patient centred whole-person care Educational resource for community and health care practitioners Active in research Expanding into non-cancer care Pillars of care Healthy Nutrition Healthy Movement Healthy Mind/Body/Spirit Healthy Environment Healthy Physiology Alongside and in support of conventional treatment Patient flo.
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