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CME / ABIM MOC

Simulation Situation: Individualizing Care for Patients With Skin Cancer

  • Authors: Michael A. Davies, MD, PhD; Janice M. Mehnert, MD
  • CME / ABIM MOC Released: 10/23/2023
  • Valid for credit through: 10/23/2024, 11:59 PM EST
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  • Credits Available

    Physicians - maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

    ABIM Diplomates - maximum of 1.00 ABIM MOC points

    You Are Eligible For

    • Letter of Completion
    • ABIM MOC points

Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for oncologists, dermatologists, pathologists, surgeons, and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

The goal of this activity is for learners to be better able to comprehensively treat patients with skin cancer.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Demonstrate improved performance associated with
    • Ordering appropriate diagnostic tests to adequately assess patients with skin cancer
    • Creating a customized care plan for a patient with skin cancer
    • Mitigating potential treatment-related adverse events associated with therapies for skin cancer
    • Educating patients receiving therapy for skin cancer on potential treatment-related adverse events


Disclosures

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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

  • Michael A. Davies, MD, PhD

    Professor and Chair, Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology
    Professor, Translational Molecular Pathology, Genomic Medicine, Systems Biology
    Anne and John Mendelsohn Chair in Cancer Research
    University of Texas
    MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas

    Disclosures

    Michael A. Davies, MD, PhD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: ABM Therapeutics; Apexigen; Array BioPharma; Bristol Myers Squibb Company; Eisai Inc.; Genentech; Iovance; Merck; Novartis; Pfizer, Inc.; Roche; Vaccinex
    Research funding from: ABM Therapeutics; LEAD Pharma
    Contracted researcher for: Pfizer, Inc.

  • Janice M. Mehnert, MD

    Professor of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Associate Director for Clinical Research
    Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU
    Director
    Melanoma and Cutaneous Medical Oncology
    New York, New York

    Disclosures

    Janice M. Mehnert, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: Merck
    Research funding from: Bristol Myers Squibb Company; Incyte Corporation; Kinnate; Merck; Novartis
    Owns stock (publicly traded) in: Pfizer, Inc.

Editors

  • Stephanie Baumhover, PharmD, BCPS

    Medical Education Director, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Stephanie Baumhover, PharmD, BCPS, has no relevant financial relationships.

  • Tristin Abair, PhD

    Senior Medical Writer, Medscape, LLC 

    Disclosures

    Tristin Abair, PhD, has no relevant financial relationships. 

Compliance Reviewer

  • 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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  • Medscape, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 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 1.0 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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    Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.

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CME / ABIM MOC

Simulation Situation: Individualizing Care for Patients With Skin Cancer

Authors: Michael A. Davies, MD, PhD; Janice M. Mehnert, MDFaculty and Disclosures

CME / ABIM MOC Released: 10/23/2023

Valid for credit through: 10/23/2024, 11:59 PM EST

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ABOUT THIS ACTIVITY
How would you treat these patients presenting with skin cancer?

Enhance your clinical skills as you engage with patients in an objective and realistic interactive simulation. Treat patients, diagnose medical conditions, and prescribe medications. There are no limits to your choices—order from thousands of labs, diagnoses, devices, and drugs using an intuitive patient chart-based interface.

Powerful metrics track your performance and provide instant expert feedback on your decisions. Upon completion, results will be presented, along with author commentary on each case.

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