Improving the Lives of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer
Lauren Lux, MSW and Melissa Matson, MSN, RN, AGPCNP-BC and Catharine Swift, MSW, LCSW highlight tools and strategies that healthcare providers can deploy to meet the medical and psychosocial needs of the AYAs in their care.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Improving Recognition and Treatment of Cognitive Problems in Cancer
Dr. Nakamura will present on key topics related to cognitive issues experienced by patients with cancer.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Psychotherapy for Cancer-Related Distress
Cancer patients and survivors have higher rates of anxiety and depression compared to the general population. Cancer-related anxiety and depression may significantly reduce wellbeing and result in adverse treatment and survival outcomes. This lecture will provide an overview of psychotherapeutic modalities that can treat cancer-related distress.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Dos, Don’ts, and the Basics of Providing Care to Patients Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
Joe Polich, MSW, LCSWA, JD will provide a foundational knowledge to providers who come in contact with patients with cancer who are also experiencing IPV. Beginning with a quick introduction to some basic concepts of the dynamics of IPV in general, we will discuss the intersection of the provision of care to a patient with cancer and the dynamics involved in IPV.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Cancer Pathology: How Diagnosis Drives Treatment
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 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
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 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Radiation Oncology Management of Lung Cancer in NC: Update on Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Ashley Weiner, MD, PhD, presents on the role of radiotherapy for small-cell lung cancer. She provides overview of radiation oncology, and a walk through a patient's pathway from initial consultation with a radiation oncologist to treatment and follow-up. Finally, she reviews the indications for, logistics of, and side effects of radiation for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (limited and extensive stage).
Category
  • Research to Practice
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
The Ketogenic Diet for Brain Tumor Patients: A Phase 1 Trial and Beyond...
Jethro Hu, MD, will review the rationale and current evidence supporting the potential role of a ketogenic diet for brain tumor patients, focusing on a recently completed phase 1 safety and feasibility trial.
Category
  • Research to Practice
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Multidisciplinary/Multimodality Management of Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer - SPOC
Jose Gaston Guillem, MD, MPH, MBA, will describe how at UNC Medical Center a team of experts carefully reviews each individual patient during a Weekly GI Tumor Board and collaboratively develop a treatment plan which defines the specific timing and sequence of care for each patient.
Category
  • Research to Practice
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 Participation
Clinical Updates in Breast Oncology - SPOC
Innovations in breast oncology can translate to improved patient outcomes for patients with early and late-stage disease. In this webinar, Dr. Ray will discuss the latest research findings and how they can be translated into the clinical care of patients with breast cancer.
Category
  • Research to Practice
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation

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