Principal Investigator - Prof Val Jenkins
Co-Investigator - Prof Dame Lesley Fallowfield
Workshop Facilitator - Dr Jay Naik
Workshop Facilitator - Dr Pauline Leonard
Funder: BCRF
In order to help both patients and clinicians we developed an educational program comprising a set of filmed scenarios of doctors talking to patients with different characteristics and risk test results. The scenarios provide opportunities for participants to consider the communication challenges with the different types of patients. The materials were produced as part a BCRF grant.
During workshops, participants were encouraged to consider how they: structure test result discussions with patients; explain risk and check patients' understanding of this. To evaluate efficacy we audiotaped clinicians discussing genomic test results with a simulated patient (actor) before and after the workshops. Their communication skills were assessed subjectively (clinician self-assessment) and objectively by the actor patient and two independent researchers.
Current Stage:
Closed
Publication
Talking About Risk in the Context of Genomic Tests (TARGET): Development and evaluation of an educational programme for clinicians https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-019-05316-7Publication
Communicating Oncotype DX test results: a novel educational workshop for specialist breast care nurses https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2020.101843Poster
Talking About Risk in the Context of GEnomicTests (TARGET) Evaluation of an educational programme posters/ESMO PosterApril11th2019.pdf Presented at European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) conference 2019Poster
Results from a novel education program to help nurses when discussing the Onoctype DX Breast Recurrence Score test with their patients posters/2019_SanAntonio_TARGET.pdf Presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2019