Primary Care Providers
LEVEL I
"Your Role: Why Cancer Clinical Trials Are Important for My Practice"
(4/30/2011 - Continuing Education Credits no longer available)
For primary care providers, this course is designed to prompt action on educating patients about the importance of clinical trials as an option for first line treatment, referring patients to local oncologists who participate in clinical trials, and encouraging patients to ask about clinical trials when meeting with an oncologist.
Participants will learn how to:
- Define cancer clinical trials, including how they work and their risks and benefits;
- Identify common patient barriers to cancer clinical trials participation;
- Discuss barriers faced by health care providers to making referrals, and explore ways in which these barriers can be overcome; and
- Discuss potential importance of health care providers being the first point of contact for patient participation in clinical trials.
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LEVEL II
"Your Role in Action: Primary Care Providers"
(4/30/2011 - Continuing Education Credits no longer available)
This course is intended to share practical examples of how primary care providers can engage in patient awareness of clinical trials, as well as effectively refer to and communicate with cancer clinical trial teams.
Learning Objectives:
- Review current research on primary care provider knowledge and action related to cancer clinical trials education and patient referral
- Describe strategies providers can take to effectively prepare patients for discussions with the oncologist about cancer clinical trials
- Review lessons learned in building successful relationships with oncologists and clinical trial staff
- Develop your own action plan for enhancing patient awareness and referral to oncologists participating in clinical trials
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Additional Opportunities: ENACCT offers an additional free online course for primary care providers through the Option to Options program. Free CEUs are available for physicians, nurses and social workers. Click HERE to learn more about this course.