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Participative development and evaluation of a communication skills–training program for oncologists—patient perspectives on training content and teaching methods

BACKGROUND: Using the 6-step approach to curriculum development for medical education, we developed a communication skills training (CST) curriculum for oncology and evaluated this curriculum from the perspective of cancer patients. METHODS: We conducted a qualitative interview study with cancer pat...

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Autores principales: Ernstmann, Nicole, Nakata, Hannah, Meurer, Lena, Weiß, Johanna, Geiser, Franziska, Vitinius, Frank, Petermann-Meyer, Andrea, Burgmer, Markus, Sonntag, Bernd, Teufel, Martin, Karger, André
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8794992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34626250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06610-1
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author Ernstmann, Nicole
Nakata, Hannah
Meurer, Lena
Weiß, Johanna
Geiser, Franziska
Vitinius, Frank
Petermann-Meyer, Andrea
Burgmer, Markus
Sonntag, Bernd
Teufel, Martin
Karger, André
author_facet Ernstmann, Nicole
Nakata, Hannah
Meurer, Lena
Weiß, Johanna
Geiser, Franziska
Vitinius, Frank
Petermann-Meyer, Andrea
Burgmer, Markus
Sonntag, Bernd
Teufel, Martin
Karger, André
author_sort Ernstmann, Nicole
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description BACKGROUND: Using the 6-step approach to curriculum development for medical education, we developed a communication skills training (CST) curriculum for oncology and evaluated this curriculum from the perspective of cancer patients. METHODS: We conducted a qualitative interview study with cancer patients, collecting data using semi-structured face-to-face or telephone interviews with a short standardized survey. We fully transcribed the audiotaped interviews and conducted the content analysis using MAXQDA 2020. We analyzed the quantitative sociodemographic data descriptively. RESULTS: A total of 22 cancer patients participated, having a mean age of 60.6 (SD, 13.2) years and being predominantly female (55%). The patients believed that the CST curriculum addressed important aspects of patient-centered communication in cancer care. They emphasized the importance of physicians acquiring communication skills to establish a trusting relationship between doctor and patient, show empathy, inform patients, and involve them in treatment decisions. The patients had some doubts concerning the usefulness of strict protocols or checklists (e.g., they feared that protocol adherence might disturb the conversation flow). DISCUSSION: Although it was a challenge for some participants to take the perspective of a trainer and comment on the CST content and teaching methods, the patients provided a valuable perspective that can help overcome blind spots in CST concepts.
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spelling pubmed-87949922022-02-02 Participative development and evaluation of a communication skills–training program for oncologists—patient perspectives on training content and teaching methods Ernstmann, Nicole Nakata, Hannah Meurer, Lena Weiß, Johanna Geiser, Franziska Vitinius, Frank Petermann-Meyer, Andrea Burgmer, Markus Sonntag, Bernd Teufel, Martin Karger, André Support Care Cancer Original Article BACKGROUND: Using the 6-step approach to curriculum development for medical education, we developed a communication skills training (CST) curriculum for oncology and evaluated this curriculum from the perspective of cancer patients. METHODS: We conducted a qualitative interview study with cancer patients, collecting data using semi-structured face-to-face or telephone interviews with a short standardized survey. We fully transcribed the audiotaped interviews and conducted the content analysis using MAXQDA 2020. We analyzed the quantitative sociodemographic data descriptively. RESULTS: A total of 22 cancer patients participated, having a mean age of 60.6 (SD, 13.2) years and being predominantly female (55%). The patients believed that the CST curriculum addressed important aspects of patient-centered communication in cancer care. They emphasized the importance of physicians acquiring communication skills to establish a trusting relationship between doctor and patient, show empathy, inform patients, and involve them in treatment decisions. The patients had some doubts concerning the usefulness of strict protocols or checklists (e.g., they feared that protocol adherence might disturb the conversation flow). DISCUSSION: Although it was a challenge for some participants to take the perspective of a trainer and comment on the CST content and teaching methods, the patients provided a valuable perspective that can help overcome blind spots in CST concepts. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-10-09 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8794992/ /pubmed/34626250 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06610-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2021, corrected publication 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Ernstmann, Nicole
Nakata, Hannah
Meurer, Lena
Weiß, Johanna
Geiser, Franziska
Vitinius, Frank
Petermann-Meyer, Andrea
Burgmer, Markus
Sonntag, Bernd
Teufel, Martin
Karger, André
Participative development and evaluation of a communication skills–training program for oncologists—patient perspectives on training content and teaching methods
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title_full Participative development and evaluation of a communication skills–training program for oncologists—patient perspectives on training content and teaching methods
title_fullStr Participative development and evaluation of a communication skills–training program for oncologists—patient perspectives on training content and teaching methods
title_full_unstemmed Participative development and evaluation of a communication skills–training program for oncologists—patient perspectives on training content and teaching methods
title_short Participative development and evaluation of a communication skills–training program for oncologists—patient perspectives on training content and teaching methods
title_sort participative development and evaluation of a communication skills–training program for oncologists—patient perspectives on training content and teaching methods
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8794992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34626250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06610-1
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