Survivors Teaching Student Program - OCNA

I know that I have readers from all over the country who are OC survivors. You can help future health care practitioners learn the symptoms of ovarian cancer and diagnose it earlier by sharing your story. Please consider becoming a volunteer with the Survivor Teaching Students Program now being coordinated by my friend , Susan Leighton.

We all have a story to tell! Did you know that the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance has a program that gives you the chance to tell your story while educating future doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants? Survivors Teaching Students: Saving Women’s Lives® is an innovative educational program through which future healthcare professionals increase their understanding of ovarian cancer symptoms and risk factors so they will be able to diagnosis the disease sooner. Sharing your story and relating it to the risks factors and symptoms of ovarian cancer puts a face on the disease. It truly makes an impact on the students. Ask anyone of the hundreds of women nationwide who volunteer their time to make this program a success why they participate, and you will hear how rewarding it is to know they are helping women who will be treated by these students in the future. The reaction of the students to our stories is empowering! We need volunteers throughout the country. Training is provided. If you are ready to help, please email me, sleighton@ovariancancer.org. For more information, please visithttp://www.ovariancancer.org/about-us/survivors-teaching-students/

Dee

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