The telehealth training is a telementoring program aimed to bring health care providers and subject matter experts together through videoconferencing (via Zoom) to increase workforce capacity to improve cancer care in the United States Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI). This model does not provide direct patient care. Instead, a team of existing health specialists and educators provide cancer education and clinical expertise to train health care providers in the local communities. The curricula cover cancer prevention, risk factor reduction, screening, diagnosis (within the context of their local resources), treatment considerations, survivorship, palliative, and end-of-life care. Case studies are intertwined in these didactic education sessions to equip healthcare providers with the knowledge and support they need to provide timely and quality cancer services in the USAPI.
While the 1-hour sessions target primarily physicians and nurses, USAPI health department staff, hospital/clinic staff, and other cancer/health advocates join these telehealth sessions. Participants receive continuing education credit or certificate for attending the live regularly scheduled series.
Originally, this project was funded from 2018-2022 by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation’s Specialty Care for Vulnerable Populations Initiative to strengthen the USAPI health systems. Beginning in 2022, the Pacific Cancer Programs voluntarily maintained monthly telehealth sessions. Effective 2024, the session will be offered quarterly on the 3rd Thursday at 4:00 PM HST (3rd Friday at 12:00 PM ChST).
Below is the tentative list of sessions for the 2026 Pacific Cancer Program’s telehealth calendar. The sessions are scheduled quarterly at 4:00PM HST (3rd Friday at 12:00PM ChST) – March, June, September, and December 2025. Sessions for the 2026 series are subject to change.
If you are interested in attending our session, please REGISTER in advance.
The continuing education credit is offered by Hawai‘i Pacific Health. In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Hawai‘i Pacific Health. Hawai‘i Pacific Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
For Physicians, Hawai‘i Pacific Health designates each session a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. For Nurses, please check with local licensing boards. Please note that in order to receive continuing education credits, you must:
To request CE/attendance certificates or if you have any questions, please feel free to email: usapidisparities@gmail.com.
To submit case studies, suggest future topics, or volunteer for upcoming sessions, please visit this LINK
Recordings from the past 2 years are available below:
Records of telehealth sessions prior to 2024
Please contact the Pacific Cancer Program Telehealth Project by emailing: usapidisparities@gmail.com
The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine Pacific Cancer Programs (PCP) are committed to integrity, civility, and respect in all of our activities. We look to you to be a partner in this commitment by helping us to maintain a professional and cordial environment. All forms of discrimination, harassment, and bullying are prohibited in any Pacific Cancer Programs activity. This policy applies to all participants in all settings and locations where the Pacific Cancer Programs work and activities are conducted, including meetings, workshops, conferences, and other work and social functions where employees, volunteers, sponsors, vendors, or guests are present.
By registering for this event, you consent to receive electronic communication related to this event and/or as it relates to the Pacific Cancer Telehealth, but not limited to: invitations to present at future events and submit relevant case studies; program announcements; recordings of presentations; updating membership databases; or requests for feedback on your experiences with the Pacific Cancer Telehealth.
By registering and attending any of the Pacific Cancer Program events, you consent to your voice, image, and likeness being recorded for use and dissemination, without payment of any kind for such use, in any language, format, or media now known or later devised, and you release the Pacific Cancer Programs from any and all claims, liability, or damages arising from any such use. The Pacific Cancer Programs will proceed in reliance upon such consent and release. If you do not consent, please do not attend the event and/or exit the telehealth registration page.