2009 AACI Annual Meeting

描述(由申请人提供)：美国癌症研究所协会(AACI)代表美国学术和独立癌症中心网络的利益，这些中心是美国和世界各地一流的癌症研究和治疗机构。AACI促进癌症中心的合作，制定通用战略，以改善公众获得癌症临床试验和新的早期发现、预防和治疗方式的机会。 由癌症中心主任和行政管理人员组成的2009年AACI年会项目委员会制定了一项会议计划，其中包括几种学习形式--讲座、小组讨论和小型研讨会--向我们独特的受众提供重要的、最新的内容。没有其他节目提供针对全国癌症中心领导人的需求而量身定做的关于癌症研究和患者护理问题的信息，并为他们提供一个论坛，让他们与同行讨论这些问题并制定最佳实践。 在会议结束时，医生和其他卫生保健专业人员应该能够总结计划的内容，讨论其在临床实践中的应用，并将信息传达给支持癌症中心干预的行政领导。该计划的教育目标以及医生和其他医疗保健专业人员的学习目标是认识到由于缺乏获得优质医疗服务的机会而面临的社区挑战，了解国家卫生研究院(NIH)、疾病控制和预防中心(CDC)、食品和药物管理局(FDA)和国家癌症研究所(NCI)正在实施的针对癌症中心的新规则和规定，并制定必要的战略来加强癌症中心的合作。这次会议将为癌症机构实施必要的改革提供关键的工具和信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) represents the interests of the nation's network of academic and freestanding cancer centers--the premier institutions for cancer research and treatment in the United States and throughout the world. AACI fosters cancer center collaborations that produce universal strategies for improving the public's access to cancer clinical trials and new early detection, prevention, and treatment modalities. The 2009 AACI Annual Meeting program committee of cancer center directors and executive administrators has developed a conference plan that incorporates several learning formats-- lecture, panel discussion and mini-symposium-to deliver vital, up-to-date content to our unique audience. No other program presents information on cancer research and patient care issues that is tailored to the needs of the nation's cancer center leaders, and provides a forum for them to discuss the issues and develop best practices with their peers. At the end of the conference, physicians and other health care professionals should be able to summarize the program content, discuss its application in clinical practice, and convey the information to administrative leaders who support cancer center interventions. The program's educational objectives, and the physicians and other health care professionals' learning objectives, are to recognize the challenges faced by the community due to a lack of access to quality care, to understand the new rules and regulations that are being implemented for cancer centers by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Cancer Institutes (NCI), and to develop necessary strategies to increase cancer center collaborations. The conference will provide critical tools and information for implementing necessary changes at cancer institutions.