SEER*Educate Training Modules Explained (Archived)
SEER*Educate training module answers and rationales are updated annually to reflect the most recent changes to coding and reportability guidelines. This is done to help those preparing to sit for the upcoming CTR exam and to offer training opportunities for all new and experienced registry staff. The following table lists the current coding-related content available on SEER*Educate. CTR Prep Only content is not available for CEs per NCRA guidelines.
There are two primary advantages for using the prepared cases in SEER*Educate to train staff on the coding guidelines required by the standard setters:
The ease in comparing each abstractor’s performance against the latest standards because everyone is considering the same case scenarios, expected codes, and rationales supporting the required coding
The ability to collect summary information on coding results and identify in-person training needs for an individual staff member or for the entire registry staff
Ongoing training is crucial to manage the continuous change in coding and case finding requirements mandated by the standard setters and to achieve the goal of maintaining high quality of registry data.
SEER*Educate Mash Ups
There are site-specific “mash-up” coding forms to facilitate assessing coding accuracy for the Dx Year 2021-2023 changes to EOD, Summary Stage, Grade, and SSDI.
There is a case scenario and a read-only coding for site, histology, and behavior to ensure that the correct data items and drop-downs are retrieved from the SEER*RSA. These are the same Drop-downs vendor software will display to registrars.
After you complete the coding form, click the Score Now button to compare your coding to the preferred answers and detailed rationales for each data item.
How to access new Dx Year 2021-2023 exercises and the CE report
To access the exercises, click on Training and then Coding – CEs to display the page with the test menu. Click on the + sign to expand the Dx 2021-2023 EOD line to display the sites.
Click on the + sign to expand CE Reports section and click on Dx Year 2021-2023 EOD, Summary Stage, Grade, SSDI row. Change the start date to a date prior to when you began this material, such as 12/1/2022 and change the end date to today’s date.
If no results are returned, you may need to retake a specific exercise if you originally scored less than 70%, which is the NCRA requirement to earn CEs for all SEER*Educate Category A training modules. We recommend waiting at least two days before retaking an exercise so that you know you are testing your knowledge of what you learned from your first attempt versus your immediate short-term recall of reading the rationale.
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