Professional Practice Experience for Oncology Data Specialists

Catalog description

The professional practice experience is based on five core competencies. These competencies are derived from the ODS Oncology Data Specialist exam’s domains of practice. These activities focus on developing skills in the following critical knowledge areas: casefinding; abstracting, coding, and staging; analysis and data usage; registry organization; follow-up, and data quality assurance; and cancer program accreditation. All students are required to pass NCRA’s online professional practice assessments for each of the five competencies to complete the professional experience.