9th Annual Cancer Survivorship Conference

April 22, 2022

To provide health care professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to promote evidence-based care to oncology patients and their families throughout the survivorship continuum.

Target Audience

Virtual attendance of oncology and non-oncology providers including physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, social workers, and other health care providers working with patients and families surviving cancer across the nation.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this program, attendees will:
• Have increased knowledge of health promotion, assessment, and needs management strategies in survivorship.
• Identify local, regional, and national health promotion resources that are available for healthcare providers and survivors.
• Have increased knowledge of methods to promote adherence throughout all phases of survivorship.

Additional Information

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.50 AAPA Category I CME
  • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 4.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.50 ASWB
  • 4.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
06/02/2021
Course expires: 
12/31/2022
Event starts: 
04/22/2022 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
04/22/2022 - 5:00pm EDT
Cost:
$1.00

Agenda:

7:30 am  Microsoft Teams Log In/Industry Breakout

8:00 am  Welcome 
Catherine M. Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN
Kathleen Bryte, MSN, RN, OCN

8:10 am  Medication Adherence 
Shrina Duggal, PharmD, BCOP

8:55 am  Adherence to Ehealth Symptom Management Interventions 
Heidi Donovan, PhD, RN

9:55 am  Break/Industry Breakout

10:15 am KEYNOTE: Enhancing Adherence Among Cancer Survivors – Integrating the PCP in the Cancer Team 
Kevin Oeffinger, MD, FASCO

11:00 am Achieving Equity in Survivorship Cancer Care 
Margaret Quinn Rosenzweig PhD, FNP-C, AOCNP

11:45 am Break/Industry Breakout

12:05 pm KEYNOTE: Moving Through Cancer: Exercise as Standard of Care in Oncology 
Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, FACSM, FTOS, FNAK

1:05 pm    Closing 
Catherine M. Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN
Kathleen Bryte, MSN, RN, OCN

1:15 pm    Adjournment/Industry Breakout

1:30 pm    Microsoft Teams Log Off

Live Virtual Conference

Virtual Attendance via Microsoft Teams

Course Director:
G. van Londen, MD, MSc
Director, Cancer LiveWell Survivorship Program
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and Magee-Womens Cancer Program

Faculty:
Heidi Donovan, PhD, RN 
Professor of Nursing and Medicine Co-Director 
National Rehabilitation Research & Training 
Center on Family Support 
University of Pittsburgh 
Director 
GynOnc Family CARE Center 
Magee Womens-Hospital of UPMC

Kevin C. Oeffinger, MD, FASCO 
Duke Cancer Institute (DCI)
Director, DCI Center for Onco-Primary Care
Director, DCI Supportive Care and Survivorship Center
Professor of Medicine
Division of Medical Oncology
Department of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Secondary appointments:
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Department of Population Health Sciences

Margaret Quinn Rosenzweig PhD, FNP-C, AOCNP, FAAN 
Distinguished Service Professor of Nursing 
Professor of Medicine 
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing 
Associate Director of Catchment Area Research 
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, FACSM, FTOS, FNAK
Distinguished Professor of Public Health Science
Penn State College of Medicine

Shrina Duggal PharmD, BCOP
Program Manager
Clinical Oncology Pharmacy
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

Planning Committee:
Catherine M. Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Nursing and Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Nancy Glunt Hoffman Endowed Chair in Oncology Nursing
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing 
Co-Leader, Biobehavioral Cancer Control Program

Kathleen Bryte, MSN, RN, OCN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist 
Patient, Family, and Community Education
Nurse
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC Passavant

Jill A. Brufsky, PharmD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh

Kayla Bylinowski, PA-C
University of Pittsburgh Physicians 
Division of Gynecologic Oncology 
Magee-Womens Hospital

Sara B Maloney, LCSW, MSW
Lead Patient Navigator
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC with Hillman Cancer Center

Faculty Disclosure:
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity including members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, and/or content reviewers have disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients.

The following relevant financial relationships were disclosed:
• Kevin Oeffinger, MD, FASCO Consultant: Grail, Inc.

No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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. 

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.5 contact hours.

Physician Assistant (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 4.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Social Work
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh 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. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 4.5 continuing education credits.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 4.50 AAPA Category I CME
  • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 4.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.50 ASWB
  • 4.50 Attendance

We gratefully acknowledge support from the following exhibitors for this activity:
• AbbVie
• Amgen Oncology
• AVEO Oncology
• Bayer
• EMD Serono
• Genentech
• GSK
• Janssen Oncology
• Jazz Pharmaceuticals
• Karyopharm Therapeutics
• Kite Pharma
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• Merck & Co. Inc.
• Pfizer
• Regeneron Sanofi Genzyme
• Sanofi
• Sanofi Genzyme
• Varian, a Siemens Healthineers Company

Price

Cost:
$1.00
Please login or register to take this course.

Online registration is now closed.

For more information, contact Brittni Prosdocimo at bittnerb@upmc.edu or 412-623-3671

Registration deadline: Friday, April 15, 2021.

All cancellations must be made in writing and emailed to Brittni Prosdocimo at bittnerb@upmc.edu. Cancellations made on or before Friday, April 15, 2021, will be refunded. No refunds will be given for cancellations made after Friday, April 15, 2021.

Tuition:
There is no fee for UPMC employees.
Tuition for all non-UPMC other health care providers is $25.