This series will serve as an educational forum to bring clinicians together to discuss medical and patient care knowledge for patients with GI related cancers.

Course Director:
Lisa Wrbanich, RN, BSN, OCN; Nurse Navigator Oncology, Aurora BayCare Medical Center

Planner point of contact:
If you have any questions regarding the series, please contact Lisa Wrbanich at [email protected]. 

Overall Objectives:

1. Apply evidence-based methods for improving care to patients diagnosed with or currently undergoing treatment for GI cancer.
2. Develop treatment plans based on discussions to improve patient outcomes.

Target Audience:  
This activity is designed for physicians, nursing, social workers, and other healthcare professionals.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Advocate 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.

Credit Statements

American Medical Association (AMA) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate 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 1.0 general continuing education credits.

Board Recognition Statement

American Board of Surgery (ABS)

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

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