2025 Frank M. Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health
Overcoming Barriers to the Delivery of Cancer Care in Underserved Populations
Friday, April 11, 2025
The National Civil Rights Museum
7:30 AM – 3:00 PM (breakfast and lunch will be provided)
Activity Overview: The Frank M. Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health was established at the UT Health Science Center in 1979 through a designated fund within the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. The mission of the Norfleet Forum is to focus on the improvement of the health status of the citizens who reside in Memphis / Shelby County, the State of Tennessee, the nation, and the world, through concern for effective health policies and organization. The 2025 Norfleet Forum focuses on overcoming barriers to the delivery of cancer care in underserved populations.
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Objectives:
- Bring together national and local thought leaders to participate in both didactic and panel discussions outlining how social determinants of health present challenges in the delivery of cancer care within ours and similar communities.
- Present current programs and initiatives within the community that are directed toward overcoming the challenges faced in delivery of cancer care in disparate patient populations.
- Foster the exchange of ideas and facilities potential collaborations among established cancer programs, local not-for-profit organizations, healthcare workers and administrators, researchers, and community leaders toward improving the delivery of high-level cancer care to traditionally underserved patients within the community.
Disclosure Statement:
The University of Tennessee College of Medicine is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidence based. Individuals involved with planning, reviewing, and presenting content for this activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies within the past 24 months, regardless of the amount. The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. Individuals must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. The UT College of Medicine, the CME staff, and Activity Director have taken appropriate steps to identify and mitigate relationships prior to the individuals assuming their roles.
5.75 CME / CEU credits provided
AMA Credit Designation: The University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCOM) designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Education for Non-Physicians: The UTCOM will issue Certificates of Participation to non-physicians for participating in this activity and designates it for CEUs using the national standard that 1 hour of educational instruction is awarded .1 CEU.
Accreditation: The UTCOM is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Registration:
There is no cost to attend this forum.
Registration is available at https://cenow.uthsc.edu/content/2025-norfleet-forum