Announcements-Upcoming Webinars and Recently Posted Training Courses
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- Next SWOG Quarterly Quality Assurance webinar: Friday, 12/11/2026 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT.:
Navigating Complex Consent Scenarios Webinar:
- Presented by:
- Sean Horkheimer, JD, CIP, IRB, Principal Chair, Review Solutions, WCG Clinical Services
- R. Lea Hollowell, PhD, MBA, CIP, NCI Central Institutional Review Board (CIRB)
- Question & Answer Panel:
- Sean Horkheimer, JD, CIP, IRB, Principal Chair, Review Solutions, WCG Clinical Services
- R. Lea Hollowell, PhD, MBA, CIP, NCI Central Institutional Review Board (CIRB)
- Renee Green, BA, RN, NCI Central Institutional Review Board (CIRB)
- Agenda:
- Evolution of the Informed Consent Process
- Assessing Decision-Making
- Remote Consent and e-Consent
- Q&A and interactive discussion forum
- Enroll in the SWOG ExpertusOne Quality Assurance Webinar December 11, 2026 – Navigating Complex Consent Scenarios course prior to the start of the webinar.
- See: SWOG Quality Assurance Upcoming Webinar Announcement for more information.
Featured Training:
Recently posted Study-specific Training:
Recently posted general information / training for participating sites:
- Operaciones SWOG en INCan (28 mins)
- Dr. Gabriela Mora, Lead Research Coordinator (LORP) at the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan) in Mexico, shares the history and evolution of SWOG operations at INCan. INCan was the first institution in Latin America to join SWOG and, for many years, participated in only one or two protocols at a time. In recent years, the number of SWOG trials the institution is able and interested in activating has grown considerably. Dr. Mora explains how the team strengthened its infrastructure and operational capacity to manage an increasing number of clinical trials.
- National Cancer Advisory Board Ad Hoc Working Group on Extramural Research Concepts and Programs February 2026 Meeting recording (5 hrs 20 mins) including presentations on the following DCP-supported research activities:
- NCI’s Approach to Evaluating Multi-Cancer Detection Assays for Cancer Screening: The Vanguard Study (Lori Minasian, M.D., FACP, deputy director, DCP)
- NCI Worta McCaskill-Stevens Career Development Award for Community Oncology and Prevention Research (Nastaran Zahir, Ph.D., Acting director, Center for Cancer Training)
- The HEAL Initiative: Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network (Brennan Streck, Ph.D., RN, M.P.H., program officer, DCP)
- Spring 2026 Site Operations Meeting (1 hr 13 mins)
- Spring 2026 Jeri & Noburu Oishi Symposium: Click here to review the Oishi Symposium in its entirety (2 hrs 44 mins) or view the individual presentations below.
- Spring 2026 Take Action Symposium: Enroll to review the entire 2 hr symposium, or the individual presentation sessions via the links below.
- From the ground up: Implementing QA at the site level: A SWOG Quality Assurance Webinar series panel presentation; 1.0 hr CEU available.
- Financiamiento en OPEN: This presentation is in Spanish and provides an overview of the OPEN funding page and what information must be entered by participating sites to ensure that study-specific payments to sites are triggered, as detailed in the study memo.
- Mecanismos de Financiamiento: Financiamiento para Sitios Participantes NCTN y NCORP: This training is in Spanish and provides an overview of funding for NCTN and NCORP sites, including payment recipients, payment mechanisms, and the definition of a funding memorandum. As the presentation focuses on sites located outside the United States that are part of the NCTN, greater emphasis is placed on funding for NCTN sites. The presentation concludes with a 20-minute question-and-answer session.
- Navigating Adverse Events: What’s New in CTCAE v6: A SWOG Quality Assurance Webinar series presentation; 1.0 hr CEU available.
- El Consentimiento Informado en la Investigación Clínica: This training is provided in Spanish and explains informed consent in clinical research, focusing on the ethical background that shaped today’s protections and the federal rules (FDA 21 CFR Part 50) governing consent.
- La Coordinación de Estudios SWOG en Chile: El Rol de GOCCHI como Miembro Principal de SWOG y las Instituciones Subafiliadas (37 mins) (Coordinating SWOG Studies in Chile: The Role of GOCCHI as SWOG Main Member and its Subaffiliate Institutions) - presented by: Darío Cuevas, Director of Operations at the Chilean Cooperative Oncology Research Group (GOCCHI)
- SWOG Specimen Labeling Guide (for specimen submission to the SWOG Biospecimen Bank) (8 mins)
