Chief Investigator - Prof Dame Lesley Fallowfield
Researcher - Niomie Wogan
Researcher - Dr Ruth Habibi
Patients with hearing difficulties who must see a healthcare professional about cancer may need the help of communication professionals, such as sign language interpreters. The language of cancer is increasingly complex and not all the terminology and concepts are easy to convey, especially when set against a backdrop of fear and anxiety.
We wish to design an educational programme to help communication professionals working with d/Deaf and deaf-blind people better understand what they may be required to interpret in cancer consultations. Our first step is to consider what communication professionals feel are the biggest challenges when working in cancer consultations.
To achieve this, we have developed a survey for communication professionals to find out:
- their current familiarity with cancer terminolgy
- their confidence in relaying these terms and concepts to their clients
- any challenges they have faced or anticipate they might face in cancer consultations
- anything they would find particularly useful in an introduction to cancer course.
Current Stage:
Recruiting