The George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center is hosting a lung cancer screening action-planning workshop and Community of Practice to facilitate inclusion of lung cancer screening in state cancer control plans and to increase the quality of interventions programs and coalitions use to improve lung cancer screening.
Learning Objectives
- Describe high level incidence, mortality and disparities data and apply to local context
- Explain lung cancer screening, its history and current status
- Describe why providing high-quality lung cancer screening is important and its impact
- Describe strategies to increase lung cancer screening rates in a cancer control program
- Apply Health Behavior Model and Socioecological Model to inform your action plan
- Identify partners to engage with to improve lung cancer screening
- Identify metrics for evaluation, including screening rates, adherence to follow-up, cessation referrals, and quality measures
- Develop and begin to refine a tailored action plan for a comprehensive cancer control plan to improve lung cancer screening rates
Takeaways
- A ready-to-implement plan
- Connection with other CCC professionals
- Connection between like programs
- Ample example sharing
Benefits of Participation
- Mentorship from leading clinicians, researchers, thought leaders and patient advocates.
- Sustained support in the creation and implementation of quality improvement plans. Teams will create plans with guidance from training staff and faculty through preliminary planning, technical assistance at the workshop and follow-up consultation.
- Opportunities to engage with and learn from other CCC coalitions and programs.
Selection of Participants
A range of coalitions/programs from early adopters to those just starting to think about lung cancer screening will be accepted. We will be selecting participants based on a variety of factors including:
- Ability to attend and be present and engaged for all workshop activities and following Community of Practice sessions.
- Letter of support from Executive Director or Program Director identifying protected time, resources, and commitment to lung cancer screening.
- Ability to describe potential for lung cancer screening based on state, tribe or territory data.
- Degree of stakeholder commitment for lung cancer screening improvements.
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