Thursday, February 27, 2020, 12:00 PM - Friday, February 28, 2020, 12:00 PM, Other, Nashville, TN

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (5.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (5.50 hours)

This two half-day course is offered on February 27 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm and February 28 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm in the 8th floor conference room of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at VUMC. The course is designed to help primary care clinicians and oncologists from rural areas in Tennessee identify barriers to the continuum of cancer care in their locations and develop strategies that could potentially address them. After listening to brief lectures and panel discussions and participating in small group discussions, primary care clinicians and oncologists should be able to describe and discuss the findings of the needs assessment study conducted by VICC, identify assets and resources in their communities that can be used to improve cancer care, develop strategies for meeting the needs for improved cancer care with new resources, and examine the potential of telehealth for delivering the continuum of cancer care.

1. Describe and discuss the findings of the needs assessment study conducted by VICC
2. Identify assets and resources in their communities that can be used to improve cancer care
3. Develop strategies for meeting the needs of improved cancer care wit new resources.
4. Examine the potential of telehealth for delivering the continuum of cancer care

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.