Home Study - Special Feature Webinar: Finding the Right FIT: Charting the Future of Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Military Health System

Program Description

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignancies in the United States.  Screening through multiple timely, high-quality is available and has been a key component towards sustained reductions in disease burden, though we still leave millions of patients unscreened across the country.  Due to the recent proposed reduction in screening age in response to increased rates of CRC incidence in younger adults, continued inequities in screening utilization among certain racial and socioeconomic groups, as well as screening delays due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, screening in the future is likely to change from what has been in recent decades.  This shift will require a unified effort among primary care and subspecialty providers, nursing staff, lab technicians, and informatics specialists in order to meet the demands of future screening requirements for our beneficiaries, including active duty personnel. Through education, this webinar will begin the process of developing highly reliable systems with the goal of optimizing the next generation of CRC screening within the MHS.

Target Audience

  • Primary Care Physicians (ACCME)
  • Physician  Assistants (AAPA)  
  • Nurses (ANCC) 
  • Case Managers (CCMC)
  • Other Health Care Professionals

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe the future challenges for CRC screening programs both within and outside the MHS.
  2. Compare the strengths and weaknesses of most widely available screening modalities.
  3. Apply CRC risk stratification tools in clinical practice.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 AAPA
    DHA J-7 CEPO has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.50 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Physician assistants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. DHA J-7 CEPO designated this Internet Live Course activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.50 ANCC
    The DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/ Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Internet Live Course for a maximum of 1.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.50 Certificate of Attendance
  • 1.50 CCMC
    This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for up to 1.50 CE contact hours.
    Activity Code: I00045547 Approval Number: 210000915
  • 1.50 IPCE
    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners can receive up to 1.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by DHA, J-7, CEPO. DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry's Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (ARBO/COPE), the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Dental Association’s Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP), and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Course opens: 
05/12/2021
Course expires: 
11/11/2021
Welcome Remarks Speaker(s)

Lolita T. O'Donnell, Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N.

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Opening Remarks Speaker(s)

Air Force Colonel Dianne Stroble, N.C., N.E.-B.C.

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Moderator(s)

Chin Hee Kim, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.H.C.Q.M.

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Navy Lieutenant Brett Sadowski, M.D., F.A.C.P., M.C., U.S.N

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Panel Member(s)

Army Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Laczek, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.G.

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Army Captain Andrew Mertz, M.D.

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Closing Remarks Speaker(s)

Lolita T. O'Donnell, Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N.

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Available Credit

  • 1.50 AAPA
    DHA J-7 CEPO has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.50 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Physician assistants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. DHA J-7 CEPO designated this Internet Live Course activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.50 ANCC
    The DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/ Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Internet Live Course for a maximum of 1.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.50 Certificate of Attendance
  • 1.50 CCMC
    This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for up to 1.50 CE contact hours.
    Activity Code: I00045547 Approval Number: 210000915
  • 1.50 IPCE
    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners can receive up to 1.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by DHA, J-7, CEPO. DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry's Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (ARBO/COPE), the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Dental Association’s Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP), and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
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