Continuing Education
Updated September 2025
If your organization provides continuing education to physicians, nurses, social workers and/or other health professions and you would like your organization or event(s) to be included on this page, please e-mail us at info@texascancer.info.
Selected Continuing Professional Education Providers
Featured CE Opportunities
MD Anderson is one of 28 sites accredited by the Council for Tobacco Treatment Training Programs (CTTTP) to provide a five-day training for individuals interested in becoming credentialed as a Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS). The program offers the highest quality tobacco treatment training, based on the most up to date research evidence on tobacco treatment strategies. Our program offers more than the required 24 hours of core competencies, such as, Counseling Skills, Motivational Interviewing, Pharmacotherapy, Relapse Prevention, Treatment Planning and more.
We welcome participants from all health care disciplines and cultures. Our goal is to train interdisciplinary health care providers and public health professionals to become tobacco treatment champions for their organizations and communities. To date, we have trained more than 1,400 from across the U.S. and seven countries. Participants in this program can become credentialed to treat tobacco dependence when they successfully complete our training and pass an exam. Read more about our Tobacco Treatment Training Program findings in our article published in Advances in Cancer Education and Quality Improvement.
Upcoming Trainings (CE credits available)
Please contact
ctts@mdanderson.org if you have any questions about the program or would like to be added to the participant waiting list for trainings.
Audience Criteria
This activity is intended for health care providers and behavioral health professionals, who counsel and treat patients toward full abstinence from tobacco and nicotine products.
Prescribers Track
This particular track takes place on Thursday of the training week. The lectures covered are Pharmacotherapy, Treatment Planning, and Relapse Prevention. Please note we welcome registrants to join us on Wednesday afternoon for additional background on pharmacotherapy, but credit hours will only be provided for Thursday (up to 7 credit hours). For those who complete the 1 day training, they will obtain a certificate of attendance/completion, but are not eligible for the national exam to obtain certification by the American Heart Association (AHA) in tobacco treatment. To learn more, contact
ctts@mdanderson.org.
Scholarship Opportunity
MD Anderson's Tobacco Treatment Training Program will have scholarships available for VA employees during the 2024-2025 trainings. This is made possible by a generous donation from Mr. Ellis J. Williamson, who is a World War II Veteran and retired member of the Army Air Corps hailing from Gallatin, Texas (Cherokee County). Eligibility for the scholarship includes (1) verification of employment within a Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital or Medical Center in the United States, and (2) provide tobacco and nicotine cessation services for patients. To learn more information or inquire about eligibility for the scholarship, email
ctts@mdanderson.org.
For more information on the training, visit the website at
https://www.mdanderson.org/education-training/clinical-training/certificate-programs-review-courses/certified-tobacco-treatment-training-program.html.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Professional Oncology Education - Introduction to Cancer Survivorship Content Still Available for Viewing (CE/CME No Longer Available)
With more than 12 million cancer survivors in the United States, there is a growing need for cancer survivorship management. Lewis E. Foxhall, M.D., vice president of Health Policy and professor of Clinical Cancer Prevention at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center says the number of cancer survivors will continue to grow thanks to improvements in treatment and changes in the availability of screening and prevention interventions. In his lecture, "Cancer Survivorship Management for Health Care Professionals," Foxhall breaks down the types of cancer survivors and the duration of their survival. He gives an overview for the risk of recurrence, the risk of developing a second primary cancer, and discusses late effects from treatment cancer survivors might face. Foxhall also explains why prevention and health promotion is a critical part of care for cancer survivors.
Target Audience
This course will be of value to Primary care health professionals: physicians, physician’s assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, genetic counselors and community health workers.
Educational Objectives
At the conclusion of this educational activity, the participant should be able to:
- Understand the importance of cancer survivorship management, including the long term and late effects of cancer treatment, available treatments and tests for the cancer survivor. (knowledge)
- Incorporate evidence-based guidelines and best practices of cancer survivorship management into clinical practice. (knowledge, competence, performance, patient outcomes)
- Explain and utilize a multidisciplinary model of cancer care that integrates services to address the primary categories of care needs for cancer survivors to provide optimal care. (knowledge, competence, performance, patient outcomes)
- Assess the incidence and development of second primary cancers and implement risk reduction and screening strategies for second primary cancers to improve patient outcomes. (knowledge, competence, performance, patient outcomes)
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Expiration Date: February 6, 2019
Content Still Available for Viewing (CE/CME No Longer Available)
Lectures
- Cancer Survivorship Management for Health Care Professionals
Lewis E. Foxhall, M.D.
Vice President, Health Policy
Office of the Executive Vice President, Physician in Chief
Professor, Clinical Cancer Prevention
- Models for Multidisciplinary Cancer Survivorship Care
Alma Rodriguez, M.D.
Vice President, Medical Affairs
Professor, Lymphoma/Myeloma
- Introduction to Second Primary Cancers
Presenter: Therese B. Bevers, M.D.
Professor, Clinical Cancer Prevention
Medical Director, Cancer Prevention Center
Click here to view the lectures.
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