Cancer Survivorship Professional Education

This five-part series provides an overview of cancer survivorship, including phases of cancer survivorship, current trends and models of survivorship care, and evidence-based practices to reduce long-term sequelae of cancer treatment and the enhance survivorship care delivered.

Objectives

At the end of this activity, the learner will be able to:

1. Articulate increased overall knowledge of the phases of cancer survivorship, current trends and models of survivorship care, and evidence-based practices to reduce long-term sequelae of cancer treatment to enhance the survivorship care delivered.
2. Identify the phases of cancer survivorship and unique problems associated with each phase.
3. Describe current trends in oncology intended to reduce long-term sequelae of cancer treatment.
4. Enumerate information and communication tools that enhance survivorship care.
5. Identify care models for delivery and coordination of post-treatment care of survivors.

Registration

The Cancer Survivorship Series consists of five modules which can be found on our professional education portal. Once selected, you can view details about the module and enroll. Once enrolled, you will be able to view the content and claim CE credits. 
 

Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

ABIM MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION 
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Participant completion data will be shared with and transmitted to the ACCME on the participant’s behalf. 

MD Anderson's cancer survivorship algorithms provide best practices in post-treatment care of cancer survivors. Patients are transitioned to Survivorship once there is no evidence of disease for a specific time period dependent on the patient’s cancer site. 

These algorithms are not intended to replace the independent medical judgment of the physician in the context of individual clinical circumstances to determine a patient's care. 

1. Find the cancer survivorship algorithm most appropriate for your patients, depending on cancer diagnosis, through our webpage.
2. We also recently developed an app to view the content of the survivorship algorithms that are available for download from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. Search “cancer survivorship algorithm”.

Publications

Handbook of Cancer Survivorship Care. Rodriguez MD, Dr. Maria Alma, Foxhall MD, Dr. Lewis E. Springer Publishing, 2019. (Purchase on Amazon)

Advances in Cancer Survivorship Management (MD Anderson Cancer Care Series) 2015th Edition. Rodriguez MD, Dr. Maria Alma, Foxhall MD, Dr. Lewis E. Springer Publishing, 2015. (Purchase on Amazon)

JNCI Monograph: "Cancer Survivorship Science at a Crossroads for Research and Evidence-Based Practice".  https://academic.oup.com/jncimono/issue/2021/57. 

Cancer Survivorship Grand Rounds

Undergraduate Training Program

The Office of Cancer Survivorship hosts an undergraduate trainee program for college-level seniors. For more information contact Kathy Carpenter at klcarpen@mdanderson.org.

• Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Rotation