Delaware Cancer Consortium 2024 Retreat
Delaware Cancer Consortium 2024 Retreat - Vision. Purpose. Action. Coming Together to Eliminate Cancer Dispartities
| Release Date | March 8, 2024 |
| Expiration Date | May 10, 2024 |
| CME | 3.5 credits |
Delaware Cancer Consortium 2024 Retreat - Vision. Purpose. Action. Coming Together to Eliminate Cancer Dispartities
Tuesday, April 9, 2024; 9:00am - 3:30pm
Registration Deadline: April 2, 2024
Location: Bally's Conference Center, Ballroom D 1131 N. Dupont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901
Event Questions: For ALL event questions, please contact Christinette Dixon, MS at christinette.dixon@delaware.gov
Overview
This event addresses — and hopes to one day help eliminate — cancer disparities. Featuring exciting speakers, panel discussions, and more. The Delaware Cancer Consortium retreat will include The Honorable Bethany Hall Long, Lieutenant Governor, State of Delaware and an informative presentation on Cancer Disparities by Kandace P. McGuire, MD FACS, Professor of Surgery, Chief of Breast Surgery, Senior Medical Director, Cancer Service Line at Virginia Commonwealth University, Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center among many other exciting guests and speakers.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for all physicians from all specialties, pharmacists,physician assistants, nurses, and nurse practitioners, as well as residents, and medical students, pharmacists, and social workers.
Statement of Need
There is a need to decrease racial disparities in breast and lung cancer screening and treatment. Integrate lung cancer treatment methods in practice. Utilize the goals and objectives outlined in the 2022 Delaware Cancer Consortium five-year plan to improve performance, patient care, and outcomes.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity learners should be able to:
- Describe the factors that lead to disparities in breast cancer
- List the lung cancer prevention recommendations
- Interpret factors related to breast and lung cancer survivorship
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Medical Society of Delaware and Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Section - Cancer Prevention & Control Bureau. The Medical Society of Delaware is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
It is the policy of the Medical Society of Delaware (MSD) to comply with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education (CME). In keeping with these standards, all faculty participating in continuing medical education provided by MSD are expected to disclose to the activity audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of their presentations.
Joint providership of CME by MSD in no way implies endorsement of any product or service.
This activity is not supported by commercial funding.
Credit Designation Statement
The Medical Society of Delaware designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
Faculty and Disclosures
In accordance with the appropriate accrediting bodies, all planners, teachers, and authors with control over activity content are required to disclose to the provider any relevant financial relationships (those held by the planner or significant other, currently or within the last 24 months) with commercial interests/ineligible companies. Accredited providers are required to provide this information to learners before the start of an activity.
The following is a list of the faculty, along with any information they have disclosed regarding their relevant financial relationships.
Dawn Hollinger, MS, MA (Planner, Activity Director) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Christinette F. Dixon, MS (Planner, Coordinator) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Heather Bittner-Fagan, MD, MPH (Planner, Speaker) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Helen Arthur, MHA (Planner) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Paulette Robinson-Wilkerson, MS (Planner, Moderator) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Rosemary Doughten (Planner) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Nicholas J. Petrelli, M.D., FACS (Planner, Speaker) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Charles Mulligan Jr., MD (Speaker) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Christine Argento, MD (Speaker) - on advisory board for Cook Medical; consultant for Olympus, Cook Medical, Biodesix, Boston Scientific, Intuitive; receives financial benefits from CHEST, ATS and Olympus (faculty for teaching) - All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.
Elle B. Sheaffer (Panelist/Patient) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Erika Narducci (Panelist/Patient) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Erica N. Saunders (Panelist) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Kathleen Connolly (Moderator) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Lisa M. Schritizinger, RN (Speaker) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Natalie Belcher (Panelist/Patient) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Scott Seigel, PhD (Speaker) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Stephanie Marie Cumella (Panelist/Patient) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Stephanie Belinske (Moderator) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Patricia Corinne Earnest (Panelists/Patient) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Susan Weldon (Panelists/Patient) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Sumitha Nagarajan (Moderator) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Dawn Johnson Leonard, MD, FACS (Speaker) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Victoria S. Blinder, MD (Speaker) - has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose
Disclaimer
All information contained within this activity is intended for educational purposes only. Physicians and other health care professionals are encouraged to consult other sources and confirm the information contained in this educational event. No single reference or service can take the place of medical training, education and experience. This educational event does not define a standard of care, nor is it intended to dictate an exclusive course of management. This information should not substitute for a visit or consultation with a health care provider.
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