Feasibility and acceptability of an online oncologist training to optimize oncologist-patient communication and value-concordant care in advanced cancer Journal Article
| Authors: | George, L. S.; Saraiya, B.; Trevino, K. M.; Pflueger, K.; Voelbel, S.; Tagai, E. K.; Miller, S. M.; Epstein, A. S.; Duberstein, P. |
| Article Title: | Feasibility and acceptability of an online oncologist training to optimize oncologist-patient communication and value-concordant care in advanced cancer |
| Abstract: | Introduction: This pilot study tested the feasibility and acceptability of a low-resource-intensive scalable online communication training designed to improve oncologists' skills in prognostic and value-concordant care discussions with advanced cancer patients.Methods: The training consisted of on-demand videos on how to convey prognostic information, manage patient emotions, and elicit patient values and incorporate these values into treatment decision making. Post-intervention, oncologists reported on their perceptions of the training.Results: Fifteen oncologists were enrolled, of whom, 13 completed the training, and 14 completed post-intervention interviews. Most oncologists reported the intervention was acceptable: 92.9% indicated the intervention was "moderately" to "very helpful"; 78.6% rated it as "somewhat" to "very much" impactful on their communication with patients.Conclusions: The present self-paced online communication training was acceptable to oncologists, supporting additional research, including evaluating intervention efficacy for improving oncologists' communication skills and value-concordant care in advanced cancer. |
| Keywords: | advanced cancer; death; physicians; health; end-of-life care; end; advance care planning; of-life discussions; serious illness; mortality salience; self-affirmation; goals of care; prognostic communication |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Palliative Medicine |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| ISSN: | 1096-6218 |
| Publisher: | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc |
| Date Published: | 2023-10-01 |
| Start Page: | 1386 |
| End Page: | 1390 |
| Language: | English |
| ACCESSION: | WOS:001026705900001 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/jpm.2022.0563 |
| PROVIDER: | wos |
| PMCID: | PMC10541926 |
| PUBMED: | 37459165 |
| Notes: | The MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) is acknowledged in the PubMed record and PDF -- Source: Wos |
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