Learning Objectives

After participating in this activity, participants should be able to

• Explain the concept of relative risk and the difference between modifiable and unmodifiable risk factors when counseling internal medicine adult patients about recommended colorectal cancer (CRC) risk prevention strategies and screening behaviors
• Apply CRC diagnostic staging information to guideline-based multimodal treatment recommendations
• Develop a chemotherapy side effect education plan for the patient with colon cancer using the clinical process
• Modify the patient’s multidisciplinary side effect treatment plan to include prevention and treatment strategies for oral mucositis, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and neutropenia related to recommended adjuvant chemotherapy regimens

When choosing among continuing education activities, clinicians should select those that are appropriate for their educational needs. Participants in educational activities have the implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional effectiveness. Clinicians should reflect on this activity and its applicability to their own patient population, and then identify and implement appropriate practice changes.