Geriatric Communication Skills Training Program for Oncology Clinicians

Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn more about the effects of a training program designed to help doctors communicate better with older patients and their caregivers.

Conditions

• GI Cancer
• Lymphoma
• GU Cancer
• Bone Marrow Transplant

Interventions

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Self-Efficacy Assessment

Health Care Professional's self-efficacy will be assessed by 12 ratings of self-reported confidence from (1) "strongly disagree" to (5) "strongly agree" in module-specific topics both before and after the training.

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UCLA Geriatrics Attitudes Scale

The UCLA Geriatrics Attitudes Scale is a 14-item scale developed to assess health care providers' attitudes toward older persons and caring for older patients.

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Course Evaluations

The evaluation surveys for each of the three modules will contain fifteen statements assessing post-training attitudes regarding the skills learned and application of skills in oncology clinical practice, measured on a 5-point Likert scale.

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The Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) questionnaire

The Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) questionnaire is a 10-item self-report scale that measures a patient's satisfaction with how empathic their health care providers (HCP) was within a specific consultation.

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Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems Program (CAHPS)

Patients" perceptions of the quality of their interactions with their clinicians will be rated with 6 items from the Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems Program (CAHPS)

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Patient activation measure (PAM) scale

The PAM scale contains 22 items that assess patient engagement in their care process.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Smita Banerjee, PhD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-05-07

Primary Completion

2024-02-16

Completion

2024-02-16

Countries

• United States

Study Locations