Free CE online now about MDS
- June 24, 2020
- e-Learning
Target Audience
Nurse practitioners, nurses and oncology social workers involved in the care of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
Course Content Level for Social Workers: Intermediate and Advanced
Description
This webinar will provide a basic overview of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS): focusing on strategies for diagnosis and patient management. Risk assessment, treatment options, the role of various members of the healthcare team in addressing treatment goals, guidance for patients and caregivers in treatment decision making, as well as resources for patients, caregivers and healthcare providers will be discussed.
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Describe the various types and subtypes of MDS
- Identify tests used to diagnose disease and monitor treatment of MDS
- Explain the overarching goals of treatment for the types of MDS
- Explain approved and emerging treatment option for MDS, including stem cell transplantation, and the role of clinical trials
- Describe the roles of the pharmacist and the nurse in treating patients with MDS
Faculty
Sangmin Lee, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Attending Physician
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY
Peter Campbell, PharmD, BCOP
Clinical Pharmacy Manager
Hematology/Oncology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, NY
Ayelet Nelson, MSW, ANP-BC
Leukemia Outpatient Nurse Practitioner
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY
Continuing Education
Approval for nurses has been obtained by the National Office of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society under Provider Number CEP 5832 to award 1.0 continuing education contact hours through the California Board of Registered Nursing.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)Provider Number 1105, 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 as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. LLS maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 12/10/17-12/14/2020. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credit.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is recognized by the New York State Education Departments State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0117. LLS maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers will receive 1.0 clinical CE contact hours for this activity.
Participants must attend the free webinar in its entirety and submit the online evaluation form to earn credit. Once submitted, the certificate will be automatically generated as a PDF online.
Providers
This program is provided by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
