September 9, 2013 - By Kris Newby
The School of Medicine is now offering a new, self-paced Continuing Medical Education class, "Practical Tips to Improve Asian-American Participation in Cancer Clinical Trials."
In the United States, fewer than 2 percent of the participants in cancer-medicine studies are Asian-Americans. This racial underrepresentation leaves researchers with knowledge gaps on the efficacy of new cancer preventions, tests and treatments for this population.
This hour-long course is designed to teach physicians and allied health professionals how to better overcome cultural, language and logistical barriers to Asian-American participation. Presented on the Coursera website, it includes three short video tutorials, an animated case study and a quiz.
Students also have the option of taking a one-credit CME exam on the course materials. The $20 processing fee for this exam will be waived for the first 200 students who complete the course. (The exam is not administered through Coursera.)
The course content development was led by Kim Rhoads, MD, MPH, assistant professor of general surgery and a member of the Stanford Cancer Institute, in collaboration with Angela Sun, PhD, MPH, national outreach director of the Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training. It was produced with support from the School of Medicine's Educational Technology Group.
Online registration is available at https://www.coursera.org/course/clinicaltrials.
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Kris NewbyKris Newby is the communications manager for Spectrum, the Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education.
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