Doing Better Together: Improving Cancer Care for People with Incarceration Histories - SPOC
There are more than 56,000 North Carolinians incarcerated in local jails, state and federal prisons, and juvenile facilities across the state, and another 68,000 are on parole or probation in the community. The experience of incarceration is associated with higher allcause and cancer-specific mortality rates, making it an important to consider as a social determinant of health. Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD will introduce the epidemiology of cancer in prisons and jails, describe the massive cancer health disparities that are created and exacerbated by the criminal legal system, and inspire action to improve cancer care for patients impacted by the criminal legal system.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.50 ASRT
  • 1.00 ODS
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Cost $0.00
Colorectal Cancer: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Screening Strategies - SPOC
Lisa M. Gangarosa, MD provides an overview of epidemiologic trends in colorectal cancer (CRC) modifiable and non modifiable risk factors for CRC, and screening strategies for CRC.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.25 ASRT
  • 1.00 ODS
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Cost $0.00
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Community-Inclusive Interventions to Achieve Equity in Cancer Care - SPOC
Samuel Cykert, MD, and Christina Yongue, MPH, MCHES, describe the long-lasting racial disparities in breast and lung cancer care, and some of the root causes for these inequities. Participants will learn how a community-academic-medical partnership addressed these disparities by designing system-change interventions based on antiracism principles.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Cost $0.00
Cancer Pathology: How Diagnosis Drives Treatment - SPOC
Yuri Fedoriw, MD, provides a general background of cancer pathology and tissue diagnosis. The development of testing methods and their application will be discussed, as will the limitations and challenges of cancer classification.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Cost $0.00
Role of Specialty Pharmacy - SPOC
Sonali Acharya, PharmD. will explain the role of specialty pharmacies. We will discuss accreditation requirements for specialty pharmacies, process to determine which medications are considered specialty and specifically the benefits of a healthcare system specialty pharmacy.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Cost $0.00
Cancer Prevention in Adolescence: How Do We Make a Difference? - SPOC
This course explores two ways to protect today's adolescents from a future cancer diagnosis: HPV vaccination and alcohol use prevention. For each topic, we will examine the latest evidence on cancer risk, address common misconceptions about risk reduction, and preview UNC-based research to advance prevention science in partnership with parents and primary care professionals.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.25 ASRT
  • 1.00 ODS
  • 1.25 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Cost $0.00
Cancers of Unknown Primary and the UNC Undiagnosed Cancer Clinic - SPOC
Jonathan Sorah, MD, will describes the work-up, characterization, and treatment of cancers of unknown primary and also present data/successes of our undiagnosed cancer clinic and future plans.
Category
  • Advanced Practice Provider
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.25 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Cost $0.00
GVHD: An Overview of Graft vs Host Disease Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant - SPOC
Megan McElfresh, PA-C, provides an overview of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of graft vs host disease post hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
Category
  • Advanced Practice Provider
Format
  • Non-Credit Course
Credits
  • 1.00 Participation
Cost $0.00
CAR-T 101: Overview of CAR-T Therapy and Management of Toxicities - SPOC
Megan McElfresh, PA-C, will review chimeric antigen receptor therapy, associated side effects, and the treatment or prevention of side effects.
Category
  • Advanced Practice Provider
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Cost $0.00
Cancer Related Pain Management from a Palliative Care Perspective - SPOC
Cindy Kelly, FNP-BC, ACHPN, and Vineeta Rao, PharmD, BCPS, review opioid and nonopioid treatment options for cancer-related pain. Their presentation addresses patients with cancer and substance use disorder and also cancer patients that are in remission, but who still present with persistent pain.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Non-Credit Course
Credits
  • 1.00 Participation
Cost $0.00

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