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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Complex Patient Care Topics in Hematologic Malignancies

  • Authors: Sandra Kurtin, PhD, ANP-C, AOCN; Kathryn Maples, PharmD, BCOP; Sairah Ahmed, MD
  • CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 10/11/2022
  • Valid for credit through: 10/11/2023
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  • Credits Available

    Physicians - maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

    ABIM Diplomates - maximum of 1.25 ABIM MOC points

    Nurses - 1.25 ANCC Contact Hour(s) (0.25 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology)

    Pharmacists - 1.25 Knowledge-based ACPE (0.125 CEUs)

    IPCE: 1.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit

    You Are Eligible For

    • Letter of Completion
    • ABIM MOC points

Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for hematologists/oncologists, nurses, nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), and pharmacists involved in the care of patients with hematologic disorders, including leukemias, lymphomas, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), benign hematologic disorders, and other related conditions.

The goal of this activity is that learners will be better able to implement an interprofessional team-based approach to managing patients with complex care issues such as those with graft-vs-host disease (GvHD) and those with hematologic malignancies undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies in the inpatient and outpatient settings.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Recent clinical trial data on novel therapies for patients with hematologic malignancies
    • Identification of complex clinical issues in patients with hematologic malignancies
  • Have greater competence related to
    • Managing patients with hematologic malignancies undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or CAR T-cell therapies in the inpatient and outpatient settings
  • Demonstrate greater confidence in their ability to
    • Engage caretakers in the management of patients with hematologic malignancies in an interprofessional team-based environment


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All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.


Faculty

  • Sandra Kurtin, PhD, ANP-C, AOCN

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
    Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
    University of Arizona
    Tucson, Arizona

    Disclosures

    Sandra Kurtin, PhD, ANP-C, AOCN, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Served as an advisor or consultant for: AbbVie; Amgen; AstraZeneca; Bristol Myers Squibb Company; Epizyme; Incyte; Pharmacyclics; Takeda

  • Kathryn Maples, PharmD, BCOP

    Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
    Emory Healthcare
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Disclosures

    The opinions expressed are those of Dr Maples and do not necessarily reflect the views of Emory University or Emory Healthcare. Dr Maples’s participation in this activity does not constitute or imply endorsement by Emory University or Emory Healthcare.

    Kathryn Maples, PharmD, BCOP, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Served as an advisor or consultant for: GlaxoSmithKline; Janssen; Sanofi 

  • Sairah Ahmed, MD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
    University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas

    Disclosures

    Sairah Ahmed, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships: 
    Served as an advisor or consultant for: Intellia; Novartis; SeaGen Inc.; Servier; Tessa 
    Received grants for clinical research from: Merck; Rapt; SeaGen Inc.; Tessa

Editor

  • Megan Whitney, DMD

    Medical Education Director, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Megan Whitney, DMD, has no relevant financial relationships.

Compliance Reviewer

  • Amanda Jett, PharmD, BCACP

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Amanda Jett, PharmD, BCACP, has no relevant financial relationships.

Nurse Planner

  • Leigh Schmidt, MSN, RN, CNE, CHCP

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Leigh Schmidt, MSN, RN, CNE, CHCP, has no relevant financial relationships.

Peer Reviewer

This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.


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This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

    For Physicians

  • Medscape, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Aggregate participant data will be shared with commercial supporters of this activity.

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  • Awarded 1.25 contact hour(s) of nursing continuing professional development for RNs and APNs; 0.25 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology.

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    For Pharmacists

  • Medscape designates this continuing education activity for 1.25 contact hour(s) (0.125 CEUs) (Universal Activity Number: JA0007105-0000-22-361-H01-P).

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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Complex Patient Care Topics in Hematologic Malignancies

Authors: Sandra Kurtin, PhD, ANP-C, AOCN; Kathryn Maples, PharmD, BCOP; Sairah Ahmed, MDFaculty and Disclosures

CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 10/11/2022

Valid for credit through: 10/11/2023

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