Cancer Survivorship Professional Education
Patients are living longer after treatment. And, for most of the 20 million cancer survivors in the U.S., life doesn¡¯t return to its pre-diagnosis normal.
As cancer patients transition from active treatment toto survivorship, having an interprofessional care team that understands and can respond to their evolving health needs can significantly improve their quality of life.
Â鶹ӳ» MD Anderson Cancer Center is dedicated to advancing the field of cancer survivorship by offering reliable resources and establishing strong connections with community care providers who are committed to supporting cancer survivors and maximizing their outcomes.
Cancer Survivorship Certification for Health Professionals
The Cancer Survivorship Certification for Health Professionals is a free, certified program that equips community care providers with critical knowledge to effectively manage the long-term side effects and overall health needs of cancer survivors.
Comprised of three certificates ¨C silver, gold and platinum ¨C this program builds upon the knowledge gained in each tier to create a comprehensive understanding of best practices in survivorship care.
Complete online modules to learn the foundations of cancer survivorship care, including domains of survivorship care and disease-specific management for breast, prostate, colon, and lung cancer.
This certificate requires about 5.5 hours of asynchronous online learning to complete.
Apply your knowledge to case-based scenarios and explore more topics related to cancer survivorship, including management of adolescent and young adult survivors, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, prostate cancer screening and integrative medicine.
This certificate requires about 3.5 hours of asynchronous online learning to complete.
Completion of the Silver Certificate is a prerequiste for this course.
Platinum Certificate
Become a member of our Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes (ECHO) program, which offers live, synchronous learning through telementoring. Didactic and case-based lectures offer insight into the latest advancements in cancer survivorship care and tangible solutions to managing complex cases.
This certificate requires attending at least six live, one-hour virtual sessions.
Completion of the Silver and Gold certificates is a prerequiste for this series.
Ready to start?
Visit our Professional Education Portal to register for the Silver Certificate and begin learning today.
Additional Resources for Cancer Survivorship Care
MD Anderson offers other evidence-based resources to help community health care providers effectively manage sequelae of cancer treatment. Learn more about these resources below.
Algorithms
MD Anderson's cancer survivorship algorithms provide best practices in post-treatment care of cancer survivors. Patients are transitioned to Survivorship once there is no evidence of disease for a specific time period dependent on the patient¡¯s cancer site.
These algorithms are not intended to replace the independent medical judgment of the physician in the context of individual clinical circumstances to determine a patient's care.
- Find the cancer survivorship algorithm most appropriate for your patients, depending on cancer diagnosis, through our webpage.
- We also recently developed an app to view the content of the survivorship algorithms that are available for download from the . Â鶹ӳ» ¡°cancer survivorship algorithm."
Reference Materials
Publications
Handbook of Cancer Survivorship Care. Rodriguez MD, Dr. Maria Alma, Foxhall MD, Dr. Lewis E. Springer Publishing, 2019. (Purchase on )
Advances in Cancer Survivorship Management (MD Anderson Cancer Care Series) 2015th Edition. Rodriguez MD, Dr. Maria Alma, Foxhall MD, Dr. Lewis E. Springer Publishing, 2015. (Purchase on )
JNCI Monograph: "Cancer Survivorship Science at a Crossroads for Research and Evidence-Based Practice". .
Clinical Resources
Patient Education Booklets
Tobacco Treatment Program
Active Living After Cancer
Cancer Survivorship Clinical Program
For consultation on development of clinical programs, contact kmramsey@mdanderson.org.
Research & Clinical Education
Cancer Survivorship Grand Rounds
Cancer Survivorship Grand Rounds are held four times each year: February, April, September and November. Those interested in attending this series may or email survivorship@mdanderson.org to request to receive information about upcoming sessions.
Undergraduate Training Program
The Office of Cancer Survivorship hosts an undergraduate trainee program for college-level seniors. For more information contact Kathy Carpenter at klcarpen@mdanderson.org.
Clinical Education
About our office
MD Anderson's Cancer Survivorship team aims to address the outcomes of cancer and its therapy, and to improve cancer survivors' health and quality of life, through integrated programs in patient care, research, prevention and education. To ensure smooth coordination of care between oncology and primary care, MD Anderson is committed to providing educational resources to support external providers in the management of cancer survivors.
Leadership
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Cancer Survivorship
Co-Director, Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program
Director, Childhood Cancer Survivorship Program
Katherine Gilmore
Director of Survivorship Programs
Cancer Survivorship
Email: survivorship@mdanderson.org
Our Labs
Learn more about our faculty and research taking place in our labs.
Conferences
View conferences available for continuing education credit.