OVERVIEW

2026 Project ECHO – Palliative Care – Palliative Care Needs in Gynecologic Cancer Patients is organized by VCU Health Continuing Education.

Start Date: February 10, 2026
End Date: February 10, 2027

Description:
Examine issues specific to gynecologic cancers, discuss the effects of definitive radiation/radical surgery, and identify with sexual dysfunction and menopausal symptoms with Jaclyn A. Wall, MD.

Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

  • Understand common palliative care issues in patients with gynecologic cancers.
  • Describe strategies to treat and improve sexual dysfunction following treatment.
  • Describe issues in surgical palliative care and gynecologic cancer care.
Credits

Accreditation:
In support of improving patient care, VCU Health Continuing Education 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.

VCU Health Continuing Education designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

VCU Health Continuing Education designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, VCU Health Continuing Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 general continuing education credits.

Credits:
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center (1.00 hours), ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) (1.00 hours), General Attendance - Attendance without CE credit (1.00 hours), IPCE - Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours)

  • 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1 IPCE
  • 1 CE Credits
  • 1 MOC
  • 1 Contact Hours
  • TARGET AUDIENCE

    PhysicianPhysician AssistantSocial WorkerSurgeonsNurseNurse Practitioners

    SPECIALITIES

    Gynecologic OncologyFamily MedicineGeneral and Internal MedicineGeneral PracticeHospital Medicine

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