Empathic Communication Skills (ECS) Training
Recruiting · NCT05456841 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
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What this trial is about
Research indicates that perceived stigma within medical encounters is prevalent and problematic for lung cancer patients' well-being and quality of cancer care. Promoting empathic communication appears to be a potentially effective intervention target to help reduce patients' perceptions of stigma within clinical encounters; however, no formal trainings exist that focus on teaching empathic communication to oncology care providers (OCPs). Building upon favorable findings from a prior R21 (R21CA202793) and the importance of developing interventions to address lung cancer stigma, our goal is to conduct a national trial of empathic communication skills (ECS) training to facilitate improvements in the medical and psychosocial care of patients through de-stigmatizing interactions with OCPs for patients diagnosed with lung cancer.
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- Site Eligibility
- Employs at least 15 FTE OCPs (i.e., oncologists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants) as per self report
- Reports a clinic volume of at least 20 new lung cancer patients per month as per self report
- CP Participant Eligibility
- OCPs who are thoracic oncology physicians (radiologists, medical oncologists, pulmonologists, and surgeons), NPs, or PAs and currently treating lung cancer patients, as per self-report;
- OCP conducts consultations with lung cancer patients, as per self-report;
- OCP sees at least 1 lung cancer patient per week, as per self-report;
- Patient Eligibility
- Patient under the care of a participating OCP as per self report;
- English and/or Spanish speaking;
- In general, which language do you prefer to receive your medical care, English/Spanish/both English and Spanish Equally?
- If English, treat as fluent in English, no additional language questions
- If Spanish, treat as fluent in Spanish, no additional language questions
- If both English and Spanish equally, ask the follow-up questions and go with whichever language is endorsed as best. If endorsed equally, assign to category patient prefers
- How well do you speak English? Not at all/ Not well/Well/Very well
- How well do you speak Spanish? Not at all/Not well/Well/Very well
- Is at least 18 years of age as per self report;
- Has a history of suspicious lung mass or confirmed lung cancer diagnosis, as per clinician judgment or medical record note;
- Is a former or current smoking as per self report;
- Has had no more than 10 prior visits with the participating OCP, as per the medical record and/or self report
Exclusion criteria
- Patient Exclusion
- Individuals of impaired decision-making capacity as per a clinician's judgment or as documented in the EMR.
- Site and OCP Exclusion
- None
Where it is running
12 locations listed across 9 US states.
- Providence St. Joseph Health (Data Collection Only) - Irvine, California, United States
- BAPTIST ALLIANCE - MCI (Data Collection Only) - Miami, Florida, United States
- Advocate Health Care Network - Libertyville, Illinois, United States
- University of Kentucky (Data Collection Only) - Lexington, Kentucky, United States
- Munson Healthcare (Data Collection Only) - Traverse City, Michigan, United States
- Hackensack Meridian Health (Data collection only) - Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Data Collection Only) - Buffalo, New York, United States
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities) - New York, New York, United States
- Virtua Health (Data Collection Only) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- University of Pennsylvania (Data Collection Only) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Fox Chase Cancer Center (Data Collection Only) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Chesapeake Regional Healthcare (Data Collection Only) - Chesapeake, Virginia, United States