The Evolving Role of Advanced Practice Providers in Oncology Care

Education on this topic is necessary and timely, particularly as the use of advanced practice providers (APPs) is rapidly expanding. There are a variety of models that practices can use to assign work and allocate resources; however, underutilization can result in employee satisfaction issues, high burnout, and wasted resources. This activity provides guidance and best practices on utilization of APPs.

Target Audience

This educational program is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians/oncologists, nurse practitioners, nurses, PAs, pharmacists, and other health care professionals who manage patients with cancer.

Learning Objectives

Following this program, participants should be able to:

  • Review key principles to consider when assembling an interprofessional oncology care team that includes advanced practice providers (APPs).
  • Recognize the importance of fostering relationships between APPs and other members of the interprofessional oncology care team to facilitate collaboration and improve patient outcomes.
  • Discuss strategies to support and empower APPs to pursue professional development and leadership opportunities.
Additional information
Supporters: 

Supported by educational grants from AstraZeneca; Coherus BioSciences; Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC; Eisai; Exact Sciences; Genentech, a member of the Roche Group; GRAIL, LLC; GSK; Janssen Biotech, Inc., administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC; Lilly; Menarini-Stemline; Novartis; Novocure; Olympus Corporation of the Americas; Sanofi; Sirtex; and Taiho Oncology, Inc. Supported by independent educational grants from Daiichi Sankyo; Incyte Corporation; and Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA. Supported by independent medical education grants from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Supported by a grant from Pfizer Inc. Supported by a medical education grant from Karyopharm Therapeutics. This project has been made possible in part by a grant from Varian Medical Systems, a Siemens Healthineers company/Global Medical Education Grant Program.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credit
  • 1.00 ACPE contact hours
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC contact hours
  • 1.00 ASWB continuing education credit
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
06/15/2024
Course expires: 
03/01/2025
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
Recorded Presentations from the NCCN 2024 Annual Conference

Moderator

Todd Pickard, MMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA, FASCO
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Panelists

Rondeep Brar, MD
Stanford Cancer Institute

Dori Klemanski, DNP, APRN-CNP
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center -
James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute

Wendy Vogel, MSN, FNP, AOCNP, FAPO
Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology (APSHO)

 

NCCN Continuing Education Disclosure Policy

It is the policy of NCCN that all planners, faculty, moderators, authors, reviewers and anyone involved in the planning and delivery of NCCN continuing education activities are expected to disclose ALL financial relationships they have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies. The ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence require that individuals who refuse to provide this information will be disqualified from involvement in the planning and implementation of accredited continuing education presented by NCCN. NCCN identifies, mitigates and discloses to learners all relevant financial relationships.

In addition, all content has been reviewed to ensure education promotes safe, effective patient care and does not promote the products or services of an ineligible company. Content, including any presentation of therapeutic options, is fair, balanced, evidence-based, scientifically accurate, and free of commercial bias and marketing. 

Definitions  

Ineligible Company: An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Relevant Financial Relationships: Financial relationships of any dollar amount occurring within the past 24 months are defined as relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of an ineligible company. There is no minimum financial threshold. We ask for disclosure of ALL financial relationships with ineligible companies, regardless of the amount and regardless of the potential relevance of each relationship to the education.

Faculty Disclaimers

All faculty for this continuing education activity are competent in the subject matter and qualified by experience, training, and/or preparation for the tasks and methods of delivery.

Faculty presentations may include discussion of off-label use. Faculty will disclose that the use in question is not currently approved by the FDA per the product labeling or marketing.

Faculty Disclosures

The faculty listed below have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

Dori Klemanski, DNP, APRN-CNP
Todd A. Pickard, MMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA, FASCO 
Wendy Vogel, MSN, FNP, AOCNP, FAPO

The faculty listed below has the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Rondeep Brar, MD 
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Honoraria
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Honoraria 
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation: Honoraria

NCCN Staff Disclosures

The planner listed below has the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Crystal Denlinger, MD, FACP 
2seventy bio: Grant/Research Support
AbbVie, Inc.: Grant/Research Support
Bluebird bio: Grant/Research Support
Bristol Myers Squibb: Grant/Research Support
Eli Lilly and Company: Grant/Research Support
Genentech, Inc: Grant/Research Support
GSK: Grant/Research Support
Pfizer Inc: Grant/Research Support
sanofi-aventis U.S.: Grant/Research Support

None of the other planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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In support of improving patient care, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) 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.

Physicians
NCCN designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
NCCN designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour.

Pharmacists
NCCN designates this knowledge-based continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hours (0.10 CEUs) of continuing education credit. UAN: JA4008196-0000-24-051-H01-P

PAs
NCCN has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. Approval is valid until March 1, 2025. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credit
  • 1.00 ACPE contact hours
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC contact hours
  • 1.00 ASWB continuing education credit
  • 1.00 Participation

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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