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Teresa van Oort

Lecturer
Teresa.vanOort@UChicago.edu
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969 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

Social Work in Healthcare: The Rapidly Changing Landscape

Learn about relevant and controversial issues social workers are dealing with in hospital and healthcare settings. This course introduces students to psychosocial issues...

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Buitrago, J., Adkins, S., Hawkins, M., Iyamu, K., & van Oort, T. (2019).  Adult survivorship: considerations following CAR T-cell therapy.  Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 23(2), S42-S48.  10.1188/19.CJON.S1.42-48

Course: 43722 Social Work in Healthcare: The Rapidly Changing Landscape

Post-master's Job Experience: 

  • Executive Fellow, Kindred Healthcare
  • Assistant Market Administrator, Kindred Healthcare
  • Dedicated Advisor, The Advisory Board Company
  • Medical Social Work, University Medical Center at Brackenridge Hospital (now Dell Seton Medical Center)
  • Sr. Social Work Counselor, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Clinical Program Manager, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Sr. Quality Improvement Project Manager, UChicago Medicine

Professional Development & Speaking Engagements:

Speaker: “Social Work Productivity- Using quantitative data to show qualitative work”; June 2022, Association of Oncology Social Work

Speaker/Panelist: “Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention in an Oncology Setting”; June 2022, Association of Oncology Social Work

Speaker/Panelist: “Advance Care Planning: Implementing an Educational Program to Improve Advance Care Planning Discussion with Oncology Patients and Families”; June 2021, Association of Oncology Social Work

Poster Presentation: “The Social Work Role: Where do Oncology Social Workers fit into the Clinical Trials Process?”; June 2019, Association of Oncology Social Work

Poster Presentation: “A Vision for the Future: Embracing Technology for the Next Generation of Medical Social Workers”; October 2017, Society for Social Work Leadership Conference

Speaker/Panelist: “Caring for Patients Undergoing Car-T Cell Therapies”; April 2017, Global Academic Program (GAP) Conference

Speaker: “Service Learning Programs at Texas State”: July 2009, Service Learning Initiative Conference (SLIC) Conference