Education and training programs are conducted at various SEER registries and in conjunction with the annual meetings of national professional organizations. These trainings focus on problem areas identified from the quality control studies and cover any changes introduced in data collection procedures.

2025 Quality Improvement Experts Symposium – Presented by NCI SEER in conjunction with the 2025 NCRA Annual Educational Conference

Join SEER for a symposium focusing on data quality improvement. We will cover hot topics for quality improvement experts and present tools and resources to use in your registry to improve data quality.

  • Save the date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 9am-3pm
  • National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA) Annual Educational Conference, May 3-6, 2025, in Orlando, Florida at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
  • QIE Symposium will not be live streamed
  • You are not required to register for the annual NCRA conference in order to attend only the SEER QIE Symposium on May 7
  • Registration for the QIE Symposium will begin soon. Check this site and the NCRA site for further information

Note: The 2025 SEER QIE Symposium is not intended to replace the 2025 SEER Workshop. We do plan to hold a 2025 SEER Workshop, most likely in an all-virtual format, however we have not yet identified dates for the Workshop in 2025.

Education and Training Opportunities

  • Web-based Self Instructional Training Modules
  • National Educational Conferences
    • NCRA – National Cancer Registrars Association
    • NAACCR – North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
    • SEER Advanced Topics for Registry Professionals
  • Regional Educational Conferences
  • International Educational Outreach

The Cancer Registrars Training page provides links to SEER and other training resources.

SEER Advanced Topics for Registry Professionals

An annual event that provides advanced training in data collection and coding.

Collaborations and Committee Activities