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Development and implementation of a curriculum in communication skills and psycho-oncology for medical oncology
Mark Hoffman1, Maurice Steinberg
1Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, the Long Island Campus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York 11040, USA.
Background:
Over a ten-year period, the authors developed and implemented a disease-trajectory-based curriculum in communication skills and psycho-oncology for oncology fellows.
Methods:
The basic format is a weekly ward round centered on a patient interview and subsequent discussion. More recently, this has been supplemented by a written curriculum.
Results:
Former fellows and current trainees perceive this training o be an important component of their overall training.
Conclusion:
This kind of curriculum is one effective model for teaching communication skills and psycho-oncology to medical oncology trainees.
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