Education and Training News

May Cancer Programs Conference Agenda Now Available

The preliminary conference agenda for ACS Cancer Accreditation Programs: Continually Advancing Quality Cancer Care is now online.

We encourage you to review the agenda and register to attend this comprehensive conference that will examine requirements and compliance strategies for the CoC and NAPRC standards and preview the new NAPBC standards, which will be released this year.

The conference will be held on May 20–22 in Denver, CO. In-person capacity is limited, so it’s best to register right away if you want to attend in person. The on-demand portion of the conference will be available in early July.

To learn more about the conference or to register, visit the conference web pages.

Submit Your Abstracts for the ACS Quality and Safety Conference by March 13

The Call for Abstracts for the 2022 ACS Quality and Safety Conference, July 15–18, is closing soon! Submit your abstracts by March 13.

Individuals at participating sites are encouraged to submit a 250-word abstract for poster presentation. The abstract should relate to surgical quality improvement initiatives, including the development, implementation, or validation of best practices.

We are also interested in operational best practices relating to workflows around collecting data and reporting. Abstracts should utilize data from one or more of the ACS Quality Programs.