Course Directors: Nicole Gannon, PA-C; Winston Tan, MD, Victoria Alegria, ARNP; Ashton Ritter, PA-C; Yanyan Lou, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic’s 3rd Annual Therapeutic Advances for Advanced Practice Providers and Nurses: Hematology/Oncology Patient Care and Challenges 2019 will be held in Jacksonville, Florida. This continuing medical education (CME) conference will focus on the needs of advanced practice providers, nurse practitioners, ARNPs, and nurses regarding the care of patients with hematologic and oncologic malignancies. The course will feature lectures, case presentations, panels discussions, interactive group discussions, and a poster session. Topics will include developing treatment plans for patients with multiple presentations of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), CAR T cell treatment and therapy complications, challenging gastrointestinal malignancy cases, multidisciplinary approaches toward treatments for cancer patients, and indications for immunotherapy and associated complications. This year we are proud to offer 4.5 hours of pharmacology content.
Target Audience
This course is designed for advanced practice providers, chemotherapy nurses, fellows and community physicians.
Learning Objectives
- Develop a treatment plan for a patient with multiple presentations with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
- Demonstrate understanding about CART cell treatment and be able to recognize and manage complications of this type of therapy.
- Discuss and recognize the different challenging cases in gastrointestinal malignancies.
- Incorporate a multidisciplinary approach toward the treatment of each cancer patient.
- Improve awareness of the indications for immunotherapy and formulate a treatment plan for these complications.
Attendance at this Mayo Clinic course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.
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