The UNC Cancer Network’s Learning Portal (learn.unccn.org) offers FREE CME, CNE, and ASRT continuing education credits for oncology professionals through our self-paced, online courses. We recruit UNC faculty and other oncology professionals to deliver lectures on the latest treatments, clinical trials, and supportive services available to North Carolina cancer patients (Please click on headline to read full article).
Deborah Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN
Survivorship Care Planning at the End of Adjuvant Treatment
https://learn.unccn.org/online-course-catalog/rn-and-allied-health-courses/
Survivorship is defined as one who remains alive and continues to function during and after overcoming a serious hardship or life-threatening disease. In cancer, a person is considered to be a survivor from the time of diagnosis until the end of life. This session will review the definition and attributes of being a survivor, what we know about survivors and their needs throughout their cancer journey. Survivorship care planning implications to meet these needs will be described and discussed.
Temitope O Keku, MSPH, PhD
Recent Advances on the Gut Microbiome and Cancer Therapy
https://learn.unccn.org/online-course-catalog/medical-and-surgical-oncology-courses/
The gut microbiome is responsible for regulation of many functions in humans including metabolism, immune responses and inflammation. This lecture will focus on the gut microbiome and their interactions with the host to influence cancer treatment outcomes.