Oncology Care Provider (OCP) Training in Empathic Communication Skills to Reduce Lung Cancer Stigma.

Oncology Care Provider (OCP) Training in Empathic Communication Skills to Reduce Lung Cancer Stigma. Chest. 2020 Dec 15;: Authors: Banerjee SC, Haque N, Schofield EA, Williamson TJ, Martin CM, Bylund CL, Shen MJ, Rigney M, Hamann HA, Parker PA, McFarland DC, Park BJ, Molena D, Moreno A, Ostroff JS Abstract BACKGROUND: Despite the clinical importance of assessing smoking history and advising patients who smoke to quit, lung cancer patients often experience feelings of blame and stigma during clinical encounters with their oncology care providers (OCPs). Promoting empathic communication during these encounters may help reduce patients' experience of stigma and improve related clinical outcomes. This paper presents the first-reported OCP- and patient-reported data on the usefulness of an OCP-targeted empathic communication skills (ECS) training to reduce lung cancer stigma and improve communication. RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the impact of the ECS intervention on OCPs' communication skills uptake, and patient-reported outcomes (lung cancer stigma, satisfaction with communication, and perceived OCP empathy)? METHODS: Participants were 30 multidisciplinary OCPs treating patients with lung cancer, who participated in a 2.25 hour ECS training. Standardized Patient Assessments (SPAs) were conducted before- and after-training to assess ECS uptake among OCPs. In addition, out of planned 180 patients who currently or formerly sm...
Source: Chest - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Chest Source Type: research