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Full time opening for Cancer Registrar at Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Full time opening for Cancer Registrar at Minneapolis VA Medical Center. Apply at link below.
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/468740100
Job posting closes Friday, May 19th.
NCRA Training Link
Dear Wisconsin Cancer Reporters,
As part of getting ready for the transition from Collaborative Stage to directly-assigned clinical and pathologic Tumor, Nodes, Metastases (TNM) staging and SEER Summary Stage in 2015-2016, the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA) is providing free training. For those reporters that are new to cancer registry work and reporters that need a refresher, this is a great opportunity to receive training on the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM coding and SEER summary stage.
While WCRS never stopped requiring SEER summary stage, these training sessions provide an excellent refresher and additional information since the requirement for benign brain tumor reporting began in 2004.
These training sessions are the educational modules that were presented in May at NCRA’s 2014 annual conference during the CDC National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) Education and Training Coordinators’ Workshop. They have been posted on the NCRA website. This link will direct you to the presentations, http://www.cancerregistryeducation.org/tnm-ss-resources .
Presentations include:
Results of the AJCC-NCRA Educational Needs Assessment
The National Transition to Directly Coded Stage
CDC-NPCR Transition to Directly Coded Staging: Overview of Transition Activities
CDC-NPCR Transition to Directly Coded Staging: General Rules SEER SS 2000
CDC-NPCR Transition to Directly Coded Staging: Guidelines for Assigning SS 2000
CDC-NPCR Transition to Directly Coded Staging: General Rules for AJCC
CDC-NPCR Transition to Directly Coded Staging: AJCC – Review of Four Cases
If you do not need CE hours, you can watch these presentations for free by clicking directly on the presentation icon. If you would like to purchase CE hours please fill out the viewing form that is available on ths NCRA website and mail payment and form to:
NCRA
Attn: Store/CCRE CEs
1330 Braddock Place Suite 520
Alexandria, VA 22314 USA
You can also find a link to the presentations on the WCRS website at http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/wcrs/reporterinfo/index.htm
Sincerely,
Laura Stephenson
QA Manager
Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System
2012 WCRA BY-LAWS
WCRA 2012 Bylaws Report August 22, 2012
At the WCRA Annual Meeting (Fall 2011) a proposal was made to change wording from active to member and the category of associate member to be abolished. This action would require a change to the WCRA Bylaws. The following change is proposed and must be ratified by 2/3 of the membership.
Article III
Membership
SECTION 1: The classes of membership shall be divided as follows:
CURRENT WORDING
A. ACTIVE
An active member shall be one who is directly involved with any or all facets of Cancer Registry work; that is, one who works directly with the operation, function or supervision of Cancer Registry and has paid the current dues. Active members who left the Cancer Registry field may renew as active members. An active member shall be entitled to full membership privileges including the right to vote, to hold office, to serve as chairman or member of a committee, and to receive printed matter of the Association.
B: ASSOCIATE:
An associate member is one who is not directly involved with the Cancer Registry work itself, but has an interest in Cancer Registry work or in the field of oncology and has paid current dues. An associate member is entitled to limited membership privileges including the right to receive printed matter of the Association and to serve as chairman or member of the committee. An associate member cannot vote nor hold office.
PROPOSED CHANGE
Article III
Membership
SECTION 1: Membership shall be defined as follows:
MEMBER
A member shall be one who is directly involved with any or all facets of Cancer Registry work; that is, one who works directly with the operation, function or supervision of Cancer Registry or one who is not directly involved with the Cancer Registry work itself, but has an interest in Cancer Registry work or in the field of oncology and has paid the current dues. A member shall be entitled to full membership privileges including the right to vote, to hold office, to serve as chairman or member of a committee, and to receive printed or electronic material from the Association.
To be proposed at Fall 2012 meeting for vote:
CURRENT WORDING
SECTION 4:
Membership dues for the fiscal year are payable at the Annual Meeting. Members who have not paid their dues by the end of the Annual Meeting will be notified that membership will be forfeited if dues are not received by December 31st.
SECTION 5:
New members who join the organization after May 1st will be charged one-half the amount of the annual dues.
PROPOSED CHANGE
SECTION 4:
Membership dues for the fiscal year are payable at the Annual Meeting. Members who have not paid their dues by the end of the Annual Meeting will be notified that membership will be forfeited if dues are not received by December 31st.
All membership dues, renewal and new, will only be accepted from the Fall Meeting until December 31.
STRIKE SECTION 5
Repsectively submitted,
Pat Recely, Bylaws Chair