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Essentials of Oncology, Solid Organ and Blood/Marrow Transplant Management for the Health Care Team
These materials are intended only for those that attended the Essentials of Oncology, Solid Organ and Blood/Marrow Transplant Management conference from March 13–14, 2023, in Scottsdale, AZ.
Activity description
For over two decades, this has been the go-to conference for health care professionals to learn firsthand from highly experienced faculty about current topics and exciting advances in the fields of transplantation and oncology.
Provided by
This activity is provided by Optum Health Education.
Commercial support
There was no commercial support received for this activity.
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of case managers, coders, dietitians, dietetic technicians, managed care nurses, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, PAs, physicians, psychologists, social workers, transplant coordinators and other health care professionals.
Learning Objectives
As a result of attending this conference, learners should be able to:
- Identify existing disparities in the field of transplantation and recognize the value of current programs and initiatives to improve equity and increase access to care.
- Report on the current and potential roles of mixed chimerism monitoring in assessing posttransplant health status and predicting long-term outcomes.
- Recognize the impact of the opioid epidemic and fentanyl-associated deaths on the donor organ supply, solid organ waiting lists, transplant candidacy, and posttransplant outcomes.
- Define the current and potential utilization of nanotechnology in transplant medicine as targeted immunosuppressive drug delivery systems.
- Compare the use of CAR T-cell therapy versus autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation in relapsed lymphoma.
- Identify clinical management strategies surrounding intestinal rehabilitation and transplantation.
- Discuss strategies to integrate optimal diagnostic testing practices for non-small cell lung cancer into practice.
- Examine the effects of the gut microbiome on cancer progression and immunotherapeutic response through inflammatory pathways.
- Report on ways that health care professionals can process and honor personal grief experienced in response to patient-related traumatic illness and loss.
- Describe recent studies on breast cancer demonstrating favorable therapeutic responses and indicating that inclusion of diversity in clinical trials can lead to improved survival rates.
Maximum CE credits available: 12.25
Monday, March 13 — Up to 6.50 CE Credits
Tuesday, March 14 — Up to 5.75 CE Credits
Accreditation statement
![]() | In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Optum Health Education. Optum Health Education 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. |
Credit designation statements
![]() | This activity was planned by and for the health care team, and learners will receive 12.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. |
Physicians
Optum Health Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PAs
The American Academy of PAs (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
AAPC-certified coders
AAPC will honor 1-for-1 CEUs for any live event offering CME credit or AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. A certificate of attendance or completion is necessary to show participation. The certificate will give the total CMEs possible for the offering. Physicians are advised to claim only the actual hours that they were present during the education. We ask that AAPC-certified members abide by this request also. One hour of instruction is worth one CEU.
Pharmacists/Pharmacy technicians
This activity is approved for 12.25 contact hours (1.225 CEUs) in states that recognize ACPE.
Attending the full program will earn 12.25contact hours (1.225 CEUs).
Unique activity number: JA0007123-0000-23-018-L01-P/T
Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 12.25 contact hours of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.
Nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Case managers
The Commission for Case Manager Certification has approved this program for a maximum of 12.25 clock hours for Certified Case Managers (CCM).
Dietitians
Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit=One CPEU).
If the activity is dietetics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60 minute hour=1 CPEU).
RD's and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Performance indicator selection is at the learner's discretion.
Managed Care Nurses
This activity has been approved for a maximum of 12.25 clock hours for Certified Managed Care Nurse (CMCN) recertification by the American Board of Managed Care Nursing (ABMCN).
Psychologists
Optum Health Education is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer continuing education for psychologists. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this program. 12.25 CE hour.
Social workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Optum Health Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive up to12.25 live continuing education credits. |
Transplant coordinators, transplant nurses, procurement transplant coordinators
The American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC) has approved this educational offering for up to 12.25 Category 1 Continuing Education Points for Transplant Certification (CEPTCs).
ILNA coding
The program content has been reviewed by the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) and is acceptable for recertification points.
Click here for a list of available ILNA points by Session. Total ILNA points available: 5.0
Disclaimer: “ONCC review is only for designating content to be used for ILNA points and is not for CNE accreditation. CNE programs must be formally approved for contact hours by an acceptable accreditor/approver of nursing CE to be used for recertification by ONCC. If the CNE provider fails to obtain formal approval to award contact hours by an acceptable accrediting/approval body, no information related to ONCC recertification or ILNA categories may be used in relation to the program.”
Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization with which they wish to obtain credit.
Available Credit
- 12.25 AAPC - Coders
- 12.25 ABTC - Transplant Coordinators
- 12.25 ACPE - Pharmacists
- 12.25 ACPE - Pharmacy Technicians
- 12.25 AMA - Physicians
- 12.25 ANCC - Nurses
- 12.25 APA - Psychologists
- 12.25 Attendance - General Attendance
- 12.25 CCMC - General - Case Managers
- 12.25 CDR - Dietitians
- 12.25 CMCN - Certified Managed Care Nurse
These materials are intended only for those that attended the Essentials of Oncology, Solid Organ and Blood/Marrow Transplant Management conference from March 13–14, 2023, in Scottsdale, AZ.
Instructions to claim credit
To claim credit you must be logged into your Optum Health Education account. The access information provided for the virtual conference platform does not work on this website and your registration information will not carry over.
- To Log In, scroll to the green bar at the top of this page.
- If you DO have an optumhealtheducation.com account, click Log in at the top of the page, enter your account information and click LOG IN
- If you DO NOT have an optumhealtheducation.com account, click Create account at the top of the page and enter your information. Click CREATE ACCOUNT
- Once logged in: under the REGISTER tab, click CONTINUE
- In the Activity Progress box on the left, click the down arrow and then Start under Evaluation
- Complete the Evaluation; follow the prompts at the bottom of the screen to submit and continue to the application for credit, and automatic certificate generation