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About ACS Online CME

Letter from the Director
Introduction
Mission Statement of the American Cancer Society Continuing Medical Education Program
Accreditation
About CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Multimedia CME and Other CME Activities
CME Advisory and Editorial Boards

Letter from the Director
Welcome to the American Cancer Society’s Online CME Web site! The American Cancer Society (ACS) provides free online Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities to assist physicians and other health care professionals in improving and maintaining knowledge and skills relevant to all aspects of cancer control, including cancer prevention, early detection, and diagnosis, as well as treatment and rehabilitation of people living with cancer.

This Web site provides access to journal-based CME activities and quizzes from CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians and multimedia CME activities based on ACS guidelines for prevention and early detection of cancer. We hope that features such as online scoring of quizzes, automatic tracking of CME credit hours earned, and printable certificates will make your CME experience convenient and efficient. And, we hope that our course content will contribute to your effectiveness in attaining our mutual objectives of “preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy, and service.”

We plan to add new CME activities on a regular basis, and to add continuing education activities for other health care professionals in the near future. The ongoing improvement of this program depends upon input from those of you who participate in these CME activities, and we welcome your comments and suggestions.

Ted Gansler, MD, MBA
CME Director
Editor, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
ACS Director of Medical Content

Introduction
ACS Online CME offers users a diverse collection of Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities on all aspects of oncology, from cancer prevention and diagnosis to treatment and palliative care. It is a free service offered to all registered users. If you are not currently a registered user and would like to participate in the online CME activities offered on this site, please register now. Upon registering, users may: Each registered user is provided a unique online personal folder (My CME) that maintains a collection of completed CME courses as well as access to printable certificates for completed courses.

Mission Statement of the American Cancer Society Continuing Medical Education Program
Purpose The mission of the continuing medical education program of the American Cancer Society is to promote continuing education in all aspects of cancer, including cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliation.

Content Areas Educational activities contain information on all aspects of cancer, including cancer causes and risk factors, interventions for cancer prevention, early detection and diagnosis, treatments of all types, and strategies for rehabilitation and palliative care.

Target Audience Target audiences of the American Cancer Society CME program reflect the multidisciplinary nature of cancer control, and include medical specialists and primary care physicians in community and academic practice settings; medical residents, fellows, and students; basic biomedical science researchers; epidemiologists and public health professionals; nurses, social workers and other healthcare professionals.

Type of Activities Provided The American Cancer Society CME program includes journal-based activities; multimedia activities that utilize the Internet, CD ROM, and other electronic media; and jointly sponsored conferences.

Expected Results of the Program The American Cancer Society CME program is expected to enhance the knowledge and skills of physicians and other health care and cancer control professionals to increase their effectiveness in cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care.

The ACS continuing medical education program is supported by the ACS and guided by the Continuing Medical Education Advisory Committee of the ACS National Board of Directors.

Accreditation
The American Cancer Society, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Cancer Society, Inc. designates this educational activity for a maximum of .5, 1, 2, or 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Activities approved for American Academy of Family Physicians Prescribed credit are so designated in their instructions.


About CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
CA is a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society providing cancer care professionals with up-to-date information on all aspects of cancer prevention, early detection, treatment of all forms, palliation, advocacy, quality of life, and more.

Published six times per year, CA is the most widely circulated oncology journal in the world, with a circulation of approximately 95,000, including primary care physicians; medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists; nurses; other health care and public health professionals; and students in various health care fields. Although CA is an oncology journal, it is not a journal only for oncologists. Its articles cover a wide range of oncology topics relevant to the diverse professional interests and activities of the CA readership.

Most recently, the ISI Journal Citation Reports showed that CA has retained its top ranking as the #1 cited journal in the category of oncology for eight out of the last nine years.

In every issue, CA offers one or more CME activities based on articles appearing in the journal. After reading the article and successfully completing the quiz you will receive a printable certificate from the American Cancer Society for the corresponding amount of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and American Academy of Family Physicians Prescribed credit per CME quiz.


Multimedia CME and Other CME Activities - Quiz available on March 9, 2004. Release date to view the activity is April 12, 2004.
Multimedia CME is a peer-reviewed activity of the American Cancer Society and is based on ACS guidelines for cancer prevention and early detection. Some of the Multimedia activities are available through several mechanisms such as:
After viewing the Multimedia activity and successfully completing the quiz (a score of 70% or better is required) you will receive a printable certificate from the American Cancer Society for the corresponding amount of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Quiz Expiration for Multimedia CME

Colorectal Cancer and Early Detection 2004: December 31, 2007

CME Advisory and Editorial Boards

Continuing Medical Education Advisory Committee

Richard Wender, MD, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Otis Webb Brawley, MD, ACS Staff
Ted Gansler, MD, MBA, ACS Staff
Carissa A. Gilman, MA, ACS Staff
Lamar S. McGinnis, MD, ACS Medical Consultant

Editorial Board, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Editor-in-Chief
Otis Webb Brawley, MD

Editor
Ted Gansler, MD, MBA

Managing Editor
Carissa A. Gilman, MA

Journals Director
Esmeralda Galán Buchanan

Journals Coordinator
Alita Cosby-Morgan

Editorial Assistant
Monika Faltiss

Associate Editors

Grant W. Carlson, MD
Winship Clinic, Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Patricia A. Ganz, MD
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, CA

Marcia Grant, RN, DNSc, FAAN
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, CA

Frederick L. Greene, MD, FACS
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, NC

Martin Mahoney, MD, PhD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY

Kenneth Pienta, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

William T. Sause, MD
LDS Hospital Radiation Center
Salt Lake City, UT

John J. Stevens, MD
American Cancer Society
Atlanta, GA

Charles R. Thomas, MD
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR

Michael Thun, MD
American Cancer Society
Atlanta, GA

Andrew Vickers, PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Richard Wender, MD
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA


American Cancer Society National Officers

President
Elmer E. Huerta, MD, MPH

Chair of the Board
Marion E. Morra, MA, ScD

Chief Executive Officer
John R. Seffrin, PhD


Editorial Oversight for Multimedia CME

Multimedia CME activities are based on cancer prevention and early detection guidelines developed by ACS Advisory Panels and approved by the ACS National Board of Directors. These activities are reviewed by volunteer and staff members of the appropriate advisory panels.


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