Medical Education Initiatives
Educating the medical community — including doctors, nurses, and medical students — to achieve earlier diagnosis and better treatment for ovarian cancer is an critical component of our mission. These are the primary medical education initiatives of the Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance.
Reaching Practicing Physicians
The Reaching Practicing Physicians program provides current information about ovarian cancer to practicing physicians, with a focus on primary care doctors. This program pairs a gynecologic or medical oncologist with ovarian cancer survivors who deliver prepared talks in continuing education settings, including medical conferences and updates.
Reaching Medical Residents
The Reaching Medical Residents program provides current information about ovarian cancer to medical residents, with a focus on primary care residents. This program pairs a gynecologic or medical oncologist with ovarian cancer survivors who deliver prepared talks in residents’ educational settings.
Survivors Training Medical Students »
This powerful MOCA initiative puts ovarian cancer survivors in front of medical students who are starting their six-week ob/gyn rotation at the University of Minnesota. Ovarian cancer survivors present their stories and then take questions from the students.
Oncology Nursing Scholarship »
The Anita Lubov Memorial Fund provides funding for nurses to attend conferences that will help them improve their care of women with ovarian cancer, increase their knowledge of the disease, and enable them to educate others about ovarian cancer.