OVERVIEW

The goal of this online continuing education course is to provide acupuncturists with a framework for evidence-based clinical practice in cancer care and to share new advances in integrative oncology research.

This course will introduce, review, and reinforce the detection and treatment of certain cancers to prepare students for work within the hospital setting. Students will learn the causes and symptoms of common acute and chronic cancer-related side effects. MSK’s experts in oncology acupuncture practices and research will present current research and clinical approaches to providing acupuncture for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, pain, cancer-related fatigue, hot flashes, and neuropathy.

TARGET AUDIENCE

• licensed acupuncturists
• doctors of oriental medicine
• Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) professionals

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Describe how primary tumor staging affects clinical outcomes and conventional treatment for cancer patients.
• Explain the contemporary science for acupuncture mechanisms of action
• Discuss the palliative care approach to cancer pain and symptom management
• Explain the clinical approaches for treating cancer-related side effects with acupuncture

Create a detailed acupuncture treatment plan for cancer-related side effects

ACCREDITATION

Memorial Sloan Kettering is an approved PDA provider #299 of the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).

The NCCAOM designates this distance online education program for a maximum of 12.5 PDA points.

For more information please visit the official event page.