CME, CNE, RME, and Social Work CE
After attending this activity, the target audience of physicians, nurses, physician assistants, dieticians, PhDs and other medical staff should be able to:
- Demonstrate basic principles and strategies that can be used to promote an increase in patient satisfaction with the overall care provided (knowledge, competence, performance, patient outcomes).
- Discuss options for treatment plans with patients that will be more congruent with what the patient wants and increase patient compliance to treatment plan (knowledge, competence, performance, patient outcomes).
- Interpret patient emotions and employ basic principles and strategies to acknowledge these emotions (knowledge, competence, performance).
- Demonstrate appropriate communication skills with colleagues (knowledge, competence, performance).
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center that the program chair(s), planning committee member, faculty/teacher/ author, or CME activity reviewer must disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests whose products may be discussed in the activities, if any. MD Anderson also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled use or investigational use (not yet approved for any purpose) of pharmaceutical and medical device products. Specific disclosure will be made to the participants prior to the educational activity.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Other Continuing Education:
- CNE: This program provides 1.0 Nursing Contact Hours
- This program provides 1 hour of Risk Management Education Credit.
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Social Work is an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #4607. This conference/program is approved for 0.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).