Behind the Guidelines: Insights into the Standard of Care in Oncology 2021
Each month, the NCCN Guidelines® Insights will be published in JNCCN – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
The goal of this project is to ensure that members of the interprofessional oncology care team, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other relevant health care professionals, have the knowledge and skills necessary to understand how and why important decisions are made in the development of NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®), and apply this information to clinical decision pathways in oncology.
Target Audience
This educational series of articles is designed to meet the educational needs of oncologists, nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals who manage patients with cancer.
Learning Objectives
Following this program, participants should be able to:
- Integrate into professional practice the updates to NCCN Guidelines.
- Describe the rationale behind the decision-making process for developing the NCCN Guidelines.
NCCN Continuing Education Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of NCCN that every 12 months, all faculty, moderators, activity planners and all internal planning staff participating in NCCN continuing education activities are expected to disclose any financial relationships with a commercial interest. In addition, all faculty presentations have been reviewed to ensure education is fair and balanced and that clinical content presented supports safe, effective patient care. Individuals who do not disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from involvement in the CE activity as a content developer, planner, or presenter.
Full disclosure of faculty relationships will be made prior to the activity.
This program has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians and will award contact hours for nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals.
Price
Required Hardware/software
To access this activity, users will need:
- A device with an Internet connection
- Adobe Reader or other PDF reader software for article and certificate viewing/printing