Description: 

When patients are managed based on multidisciplinary team evaluation, cancer outcomes tend to improve. This approach enhances clinical decision-making, patient experience, and overall clinical outcomes. Tumor boards play a crucial role in this process by supporting interdisciplinary teams. They enable cross-validation of diagnostic findings, identify discordance between diagnostic tests, and facilitate accurate cancer staging according to the available evidence. Additionally, tumor boards help identify contra-indications for personalized treatment selection.

Target Audience: 

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Physicians (MD or DO)

Social Workers

Learning Objectives: 

Upon completion of this course, learners should be able to:

1. Engage in interprofessional collaboration during review of difficult and unique patient cases in order gain consensus and achieve an informed decision on the ideal treatment plan for each patient presented at the Tumor Board utilizing evidence-based guidelines (i.e., NCCN).

2. Apply best practice recommendations in the practice of clinical staging documentation.

3. Engage in shared decision-making discussions with the patient and family about palliative care preferences, genetic testing, or smoking cessation as applicable.

4. Demonstrate cultural humility in the ability to deliver culturally appropriate care, free of implicit biases, for families of diverse cultural backgrounds and belief systems. This includes learning from the patients and families directly about how they perceive health and illness as well as respond to various diseases, symptoms, and treatments.

Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases (AB 1195 & 241):

Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:

Implicit bias

FitzGerald, C., Hurst, S. Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: a systematic review. BMC Med Ethics 18, 19 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-017-0179-8Social

Social determinant of health

Alcaraz KI, Wiedt TL, Daniels EC, Yabroff KR, Guerra CE, Wender RC. Understanding and addressing social determinants to advance cancer health equity in the United States: A blueprint for practice, research, and policy. CA Cancer J Clin. 2020 Jan;70(1):31-46.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31661164/

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.  

– Provider Designee/Verification:  Kerri Maya, MSL, RN

Session date: 
01/15/2025 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm PST
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

    In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, 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.

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Jointly accredited provider, with commendation, interprofessional continuing education
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditHour(s)

    In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, 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.

    Sutter Health certifies this Live activity was designated for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditHour(s). Non-physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Jointly accredited provider, with commendation, interprofessional continuing education
  • 1.00 ANCC

    In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, 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.

    This course/program has been awarded 1.00 ANCC contact hour(s). Sutter Health is accredited provider of nursing continuing professional development. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Jointly accredited provider, with commendation, interprofessional continuing education
  • 1.00 ASWB-ACE

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Sutter Health 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. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 continuing education credits.

    ASWB, ACE approved continuing education
  • 1.00 CA BRN

    This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hour(s) by Sutter Health, which is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. (Provider Number 17182). Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    BRN, California Board of Registered Nursing
  • 1.00 IPCE

    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

    IPCE Credit

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