The purpose of this study is to learn more about the effects of a training program designed to help doctors communicate better with older patients and their caregivers.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
88
Health Care Professional's self-efficacy will be assessed by 12 ratings of self-reported confidence from (1) "strongly disagree" to (5) "strongly agree" in module-specific topics both before and after the training.
The UCLA Geriatrics Attitudes Scale is a 14-item scale developed to assess health care providers' attitudes toward older persons and caring for older patients.
The evaluation surveys for each of the three modules will contain fifteen statements assessing post-training attitudes regarding the skills learned and application of skills in oncology clinical practice, measured on a 5-point Likert scale.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Feasibility of Health Care Provider (HCP) training
Measured by number of HCP successfully recruited for the training
Time frame: 8 weeks
Participants satisfaction with Health Care Provider (HCP) training
Self-reported measure of satisfaction
Time frame: 1 week
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The Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) questionnaire is a 10-item self-report scale that measures a patient's satisfaction with how empathic their health care providers (HCP) was within a specific consultation.
Patients" perceptions of the quality of their interactions with their clinicians will be rated with 6 items from the Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems Program (CAHPS)
The PAM scale contains 22 items that assess patient engagement in their care process.