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Collecting Family History with Sufficient Detail (CME)
Practice asking the right questions to elicit enough information to assess family history disease risk.
Collecting sufficient family history information is an important step in identifying patients who are at increased cancer risk and, therefore, may need increased screening. Most patient intake forms do not collect specific enough information about the conditions in the family to allow you to assess risk appropriately. In this course, you will watch a short video that demonstrates collecting information for a targeted family history. You will practice asking the right questions to elicit enough information to assess family history disease risk and be presented with tools to help make this task easy to implement in your practice.
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CME Information and Disclosures
Jointly Provided by The Jackson Laboratory and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education
Original Release: April 24, 2014
Renewal Date: July 1, 2023
Expiration Date: June 30, 2026
Learning Objectives
- Collect family history to guide evaluation of cancer risk
Target Audience
Practicing primary care providers as well as students and residents.
Accreditation
The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Claiming Your Credit
In order to claim credit 1) answer the pre-assessment questions, 2) work through the module content in its entirety, 3) successfully complete the post-assessment answering 2 out of 4 questions correctly and 4) complete the evaluation.
Conflict of Interest Policy
All faculty members participating in CME activities sponsored by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.
Planners, Writers, and Reviewers
- Emily Edelman, MS, CGC – The Jackson Laboratory
- Therese Ingram, MA – The Jackson Laboratory
- Kalisi Logan, MS, CGC - The Jackson Laboratory
- Kate Reed, MPH, ScM, CGC – The Jackson Laboratory
- Linda Steinmark, MS, CGC – The Jackson Laboratory
- Hayley Dunnack Yackel, PhD, RN, CMSRN, OCN – Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute
- Fatima Amir, MS, CGC - Genome Medical
Disclosure Statement
The activity director, the co-activity director, planning committee, writers and reviewers for this educational event have no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that needs to be disclosed. This educational event will not be discussing the off-labeled or investigational use of any product or device.
Actors are being used in this program and are presenting information that has been scripted for them. They were not involved with the educational content of this activity.
Commercial Support
This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.
References
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Committee Opinion No. 478: Family History as a Risk Assessment Tool. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2011; 117(3):747-750. Reaffirmed 2020.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Committee Opinion No. 793: Hereditary Cancer Syndromes and Risk Assessment. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2019; 134(6):e143-e149.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practice Bulletin No. 147: Lynch Syndrome. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2014; 124(5):1042-1054.
Berliner JL, Cummings SA, Boldt Burnett B, Ricker CN. Risk assessment and genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndromes—Practice resource of the National Society of Genetic Counselors. J Genet Couns. 2021; 30(2):342-360.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). NCCN Guidelines for Detection, Prevention and Risk Reduction. (Requires free registration).
Owens DK, Davidson KW, Krist AH, et al. Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer. JAMA. 2019; 322(7):652-.
Smith RA, Andrews KS, Brooks D, et al. Cancer screening in the United States, 2019: A review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and current issues in cancer screening. CA Cancer J Clin. 2019;69(3):184-210.
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Disclaimer
All information in Cancer Genetic Clinical Education is provided for educational purposes only. This information is not a substitute for clinical guidance or the consultation of a medical professional. Always seek the advice of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in Cancer Genetic Clinical Education. Reliance on any information in Cancer Genetic Clinical Education is solely at your own risk. The Jackson Laboratory does not endorse or recommend any specific procedures, tests, products, services, health professionals or other information that may be found in Cancer Genetic Clinical Education.