BRIDGE PCP: Building Bridges to Improve Care Delivery and Close Gaps in Healthcare Equity in Primary Care Practice

Course Description

With more than 2 million new cases to be diagnosed and 609,000 deaths expected in 2024, cancer presents enormous medical, economic, and social burdens. Social determinants of health play a role in the burdens of cancer: non-Hispanic Blacks, males, and people who are economically disadvantaged have higher rates of cancer, experience greater disease burdens, and have higher mortality rates compared with other groups. Identifying cancer at its earliest stages can improve these outcomes by allowing therapy to begin sooner, reducing treatment costs and complexity, minimizing morbidity, and improving quality of life. Primary care clinicians and other frontline providers are well-positioned to optimize cancer screening awareness and uptake with a goal for earlier cancer detection and to improve the significant racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities associated with cancer screening. This activity will educate clinicians on the state of cancer screening in the US, how to recognize and address real-world barriers to cancer screening, particularly in underserved populations, and the science behind blood-based multi-cancer early detection tests and their potential use for individuals who are at higher risk of morbidity and mortality from cancer, including cancer types with limited or inaccessible screening methods.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for primary care providers (PCPs), including MDs, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician associates (PAs).

Learning Objectives

• Discuss socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, and cultural barriers to preventive cancer screening for underserved populations and how to reduce them
• Characterize the role of blood-based cancer screening in early cancer detection, including recent clinical trial and real-world data on available and emerging blood-based MCED screening tests
• Describe strategies to introduce MCED screening into clinical practice, including patient eligibility criteria and shared decision-making
• Educate patients on the cancer screening initiatives available

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore 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.

Credit Designation Statements

Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center designates this activity for 1.25 nursing contact hours.  Nurses should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Certification Program accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.

Disclosure of Financial Relationships

The “Policy on Identification, Mitigation and Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships” of Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center requires that any individual in control of content, including faculty, participating in CME/CE activities disclose to the audience all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* in the last 24 months. Any individual in control of content who refuses to disclose, or their disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest will be recused.

Individuals with the absence of relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies will be disclosed to the audience. 

All financial relationships of individual(s) in a position to control the content of this CME/CE activity has been identified and mitigated prior to this educational activity. 

*The ACCME defines an ineligible company as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Faculty Disclosures

Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE, FACP has received grant funds for serving as a principal investigator (Funds paid to institution) from Genentech and has received consultant fees for serving as a scientific advisor from Guardant Health. Guardant Health business line and/or product is relevant to Dr. Guerra’s presentation.

Alyson Moadel-Robblee, PhD (Moderator) has reported no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies during the past 24 months.

Una T. Hopkins DNP, RN, FNP-BC, NE-BC, FACCC (Nurse Reviewer) has reported no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies during the past 24 months.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This activity may or may not discuss investigational, unapproved, or off-label use of drugs. Participants are advised to consult prescribing information for any products discussed. The information provided in this CME activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a clinician relative to diagnostic and treatment options for a specific patient’s medical condition.

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center, Integritas Communications or GRAIL, LLC. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Method of Participation/Instructions on How to Receive Credit

Estimated time to complete this activity: 1.25

To successfully earn credit for this activity, participants must achieve a minimum score of 70% or higher on the posttest. This passing score demonstrates sufficient mastery of the material covered and ensures that learners have engaged meaningfully with the content. Participants who do not initially achieve the required score will have the opportunity to review the material and retake the posttest as needed to meet this criterion.

If you are seeking credit, you must complete the evaluation at the conclusion of the activity. Your certificate can be printed immediately.

Privacy Statement

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center, Center for Continuing Professional Development (Einstein-Montefiore) is committed to protecting the privacy of personal and professional information provided by participants and educational collaborators. Einstein-Montefiore does not share personally identifiable information with third parties without the individual’s explicit consent, except as required for reporting purposes to the ACCME. To ensure the security of collected information, Einstein-Montefiore employs physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in compliance with federal regulations, effectively protecting against loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration of the data.

Collection and Use of Your Personal Information

The submission of certain personally identifiable information is necessary to award and track the credits participants may earn after completing an activity. Required items include first name, last name, middle initial, degree, email address, address and phone number. These items are necessary. Participants are also required to complete an evaluation of each activity. All evaluative information submitted is collected, retained, and used by Einstein-Montefiore to continuously improve the learning experience. Einstein-Montefiore will not transfer, sell, or share personal information with outside parties or otherwise disclose personal information unless required to in a legal process. Einstein-Montefiore will retain your personal data only for the period necessary to accomplish the stated purposes and to comply with applicable laws.

Contact Information

For questions regarding CME credit, contact Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center at cme@montefiore.org.

For technical questions related to this activity, please contact Integritas Communications at info@exchangecme.com.