Establish a Student Internship Program to Recruit Cancer Registrars
The Establish a Student Internship Program to Recruit Cancer Registrars webinar outlines how the Arizona Cancer Registry designed and implemented an Health Information Management (HIM) student internship program to address the lack of qualified cancer registrars in Arizona. With many registrars at the state registry approaching retirement, attention was needed to identify and train the next generation of registrars to ensure continued high-quality data collection. As a group, HIM students present a pool of worthy candidates for cancer registry work. A plan to encourage these students to join the profession and train them on core cancer registry concepts was needed. Michelle Lenzen, BA, RHIT, CTR,Quality Assurance Manager for the Arizona Cancer Registry, highlights the state registry’s efforts and shares lessons learned and best practices.