CTR Continuous Training Refinement Louanne Currence RHIT CTR

CTR = Continuous Training Refinement Louanne Currence, RHIT, CTR; Debbie Smith, CTR; Sue Vest, CTR Missouri Cancer Registry, University of Missouri-Columbia SAMPLE MODULES Objectives: To provide easy access to practical training opportunities and recruit new registrars by identifying sources for training modules, revising modules to meet the needs of hospital-based registrars and developing “real-life” exercises. Action: To meet this objective, the Missouri Cancer Registry hired an Educational Coordinator. The coordinator is an experienced hospital-based registrar with access to “real” medical records for exercise development and to physicians and cancer conferences for questions – sources not usually available to central registry staff. As an MCR employee, the coordinator combines COC and NPCR knowledge to inform hospital registrars regarding how their data interacts with MCR functions. Conclusions: By providing regional workshops developed by a hospital-based registrar (Education Coordinator) and hosted by local hospitals, attendance and participation are better and the information is more applicable to the everyday processes of a cancer registry. Training programs developed by national standard setters, central registries and others should be available to registrars and adaptable to local, state or regional usage. Supported by CDC/NPCR Cooperative Agreement #U 55/CCU 721904 -03 and a contract between the University of Missouri and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services SAMPLE MODULES