Training Oncology Faculty to Teach Communication Skills

培训肿瘤学教师教授沟通技巧

• 批准号: 7144391
• 负责人: ANTHONY L BACK
• 金额: $ 27.09万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7144391
• 关键词: clinical research; communication; oncology; training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is ample evidence in the literature that well-meaning oncologists fail to communicate adequately in ways that increase patient suffering, and decrease symptom control. Yet many oncologists have suboptimal communication skills because they have never received effective training. In previous work funded by the National Cancer Institute, we designed and implemented a successful and efficacious program to teach communication skills to Medical Oncology fellows, called Oncotalk (R25 92055). A major barrier to further dissemination of communication skills training is lack of faculty expertise in faculty skills needed to teach communication. A substantial gap exists between the need for oncology faculty with expertise in teaching communication skills, and the availability of faculty who have these teaching skills. In this proposal, we address this gap in educational expertise with a unique intervention, which we call Oncotalk Faculty Development, designed to give Medical Oncology faculty a new set of educational skills that will enable them to teach communication effectively. The Oncotalk Faculty Development program will create capacity to teach communication in oncology training programs by training 96 oncology faculty at 48- 60 medical oncology programs to develop or improve communication skills training for oncology fellows that meets requirements specified by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education. Oncotalk alumni and oncology programs directors at leading programs are highly supportive of this proposal. Specific Aim 1: To develop a portable curriculum to improve the ability of Medical Oncology faculty to teach communication skills. Specific Aim 2: To implement a year-long faculty development program for Medical Oncology faculty focusing on teaching communication skills. Specific Aim 3: To evaluate the outcomes of Oncotalk Faculty Development on: faculty teaching behaviors, development of communication skills education programs at home institutions for fellows, and the quality of communication education as rated by Oncology fellows. Our revised proposal represents an empirical, evidence-based approach by an accomplished investigator team with a unique group of interested participants created by the original Oncotalk program.

描述（由申请人提供）：文献中有充分的证据表明，善意的肿瘤学家未能以增加患者痛苦和减少症状控制的方式进行充分沟通。然而，许多肿瘤学家的沟通技巧并不理想，因为他们从未接受过有效的培训。在国家癌症研究所资助的以前的工作中，我们设计并实施了一个成功而有效的计划，向医学肿瘤学研究员教授沟通技巧，称为Oncotalk（R25 92055）。进一步传播沟通技能培训的一个主要障碍是缺乏教授沟通所需的教师技能方面的专业知识。在对具有教学沟通技能专业知识的肿瘤学教师的需求与具有这些教学技能的教师的可用性之间存在着巨大的差距。 在这项提案中，我们通过一项独特的干预措施来解决教育专业知识方面的这一差距，我们称之为Oncotalk Faculty Development，旨在为医学肿瘤学教师提供一套新的教育技能，使他们能够有效地教授沟通。Oncotalk教师发展计划将通过在48- 60个医学肿瘤学项目中培训96名肿瘤学教师来创建肿瘤学培训项目中的沟通教学能力，以开发或改进肿瘤学研究员的沟通技能培训，满足研究生医学教育认证理事会规定的要求。Oncotalk校友和领先项目的肿瘤学项目主任高度支持这一提议。 具体目标1：开发一个便携式课程，以提高肿瘤内科教师的沟通能力。 具体目标2：实施为期一年的教师发展计划，为医学肿瘤学教师专注于教学沟通技巧。 具体目标3：评价Oncotalk教师发展的结果：教师教学行为，在国内机构为研究员开发沟通技能教育计划，以及肿瘤学研究员评定的沟通教育质量。 我们修订后的提案代表了一个经验主义的，以证据为基础的方法，由一个有成就的研究团队与一个独特的兴趣参与者群体由原来的Oncotalk计划创建。