Program Description
The goal of this activity is to educate clinicians about the association between cancer and exposure to 9/11 terrorist sites as well as health services the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) offers survivors and responders at risk of exposure or undergoing treatment for cancer.
Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Explain why the WTCHP added cancer to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 (Zadroga Act)
- Recognize what cancers and screenings are covered by the WTCHP
- Identify the process for determining the WTC-relatedness of a disease in a patient with cancer suspected to be due to WTC exposure
- Analyze the healthcare status and needs of a patient with cancer suspected to be due to WTC exposure
Faculty/Credentials
Elizabeth M. Ward, PhD
Senior Vice President, Intramural Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia
Michael A. Crane, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
Mark R. Farfel, ScD
Director, WTC Health Registry, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, New York, New York
David J. Prezant, MD
Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
Origination Date
March 1, 2017
Expiration Date
March 1, 2019
Target Audience
Administrators, CHES Certified Health Educators, Licenses Practical/ Vocational Nurses, MDs, Medical Assistants, Medical Students, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Technicians, Other Health Educators, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Physician Assistants, Program Managers, Registered Nurses
Format
Enduring Material
Contact Information
World Trade Center Health Program
202-245-0625
Accreditation Statements
CME activities with Joint Providers: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Medscape, LLC. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the (ACCME®) to provide medical education for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this enduring material for a maximum of .5 CME AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides .4 CNE contact hours.
CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer .04 CEU's for this program.
CPE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
This program is a designated event for pharmacists to receive .04 CEUs in pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number is 0387-9999-17-097-H04-P
Category This activity has been designated as Knowledge-based.
Once credit is claimed, an unofficial statement of credit is immediately available on TCEOnline. Official credit will be uploaded within 60 days on the NABP/CPE Monitor.
For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer (1.0) CPH recertification credits for this program.
CDC is an approved provider of CPH Recertification Credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners. Effective October 1, 2013, the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) accepts continuing education units (CEU) for CPH recertification credits from CDC. Please select CEU as your choice for continuing education when registering for a course on TCEOnline. Learners seeking CPH should use the guidelines provided by the NBPHE for calculating recertification credits. For assistance please contact NBPHE at https://www.NBPHE.org
Disclosure
In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use.
CDC, our planners, our content experts, and their spouses/partners wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters.
Planning committee reviewed content to ensure there is no bias.
Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Medscape, LLC are jointly providing the CNE for this activity.
CDC did not accept commercial support for this continuing education activity.
To receive Continuing Education (CE)
Follow these steps to earn CME/CE:
- Read the target audience, learning objectives, and author disclosures.
- Study the educational content online or printed out.
- Complete the activity
- Complete the Evaluation at TCEOnline
- Pass the posttest at 100% at TCEOnline
FEES: No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.
Hardware/Software Requirements
To access activities, users will need:
- A computer with an Internet connection.
- Internet Explorer 8.x or higher, the latest versions of Firefox or Safari, or any other W3C standards compliant browser.
- Adobe Flash Player and/or an HTML5 capable browser may be required for video or audio playback.
- Occasionally other additional software may be required such as PowerPoint or Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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