— Center for Continuing Education — Archived Activities — 2024 — Live — 3rd Annual Cancer Risk and Prevention Symposium

3rd Annual Cancer Risk and Prevention Symposium

This symposium is designed to highlight the field of cancer prevention by bringing health care professionals and researchers together for a multidisciplinary discussion. Main conference topics will include access to cancer screenings in rural populations, universal genetic testing, multi-cancer detection tests, early onset colon cancer, and the psychosocial impact of hereditary cancer. Additional breakout topics for clinicians and researchers include hereditary endocrine cancer syndromes, hereditary pediatric cancer syndromes, whole-body MRI for screening, the latest research, and lightning poster presentations.

Symposium Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be better able to:

Review emerging topics and research in cancer risk and prevention.
Identify patients who are at increased risk for cancer related to a family history of cancer or genetic mutations.
Discuss opportunities to bridge health care providers and cancer researchers to progress the science of cancer risk and prevention.

General Information

Symposium Details

Target Audience

Continuing Education Credits

Friday, Feb. 23, 2024

7 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Symposium agenda

Attendance Options

In-Person
UNMC Truhlsen Campus Events Center
(located on the first floor of the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education)
619 S 42nd Street, Omaha, NE 68105

Live Stream
Via Zoom – Instructions on how to join the live stream will be sent to registered participants via email a few days before the start of the symposium.

In support of improving patient care, University of Nebraska Medical Center 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

The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this activity for up to 7.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit for the actual time spent in the activity.

Genetic Counselors

The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized University of Nebraska Medical Center to offer up to 0.7 CEUs or 7 Category 1 contact hours for the activity 3rd Annual Cancer Risk and Prevention Symposium. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor recertification.

Registration Information

Registration Fees

Physicians – $100
Other health care professionals – $50
UNMC/Nebraska Medicine employees – FREE*

*UNMC/Nebraska Medicine employees, email Missy Edwards for the registration discount code.

The deadline to register is Feb.15, 2024.

If you need assistance with online registration, please call our Registration Office at 402-559-5929.

Cancel/Refund Policy

If you need to cancel your registration, please email conted@unmc.edu no later than Feb. 15, 2024. There is a $25 processing fee for cancellations made by Feb. 15. Cancellations made after this date and registrants who fail to attend are responsible for the full registration fee.