The Impact of a Primary Care Education Program Regarding Cancer Survivorship Care Plans: Results from an Engineering, Primary Care, and Oncology Collaborative for Survivorship Health.
J Cancer Educ
; 34(1): 154-160, 2019 02.
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ABSTRACT
Survivorship care plans (SCPs) have been recommended as tools to improve care coordination and outcomes for cancer survivors. SCPs are increasingly being provided to survivors and their primary care providers. However, most primary care providers remain unaware of SCPs, limiting their potential benefit. Best practices for educating primary care providers regarding SCP existence and content are needed. We developed an education program to inform primary care providers of the existence, content, and potential uses for SCPs. The education program consisted of a 15-min presentation highlighting SCP basics presented at mandatory primary care faculty meetings. An anonymous survey was electronically administered via email (n = 287 addresses) to evaluate experience with and basic knowledge of SCPs pre- and post-education. A total of 101 primary care advanced practice providers (APPs) and physicians (35% response rate) completed the baseline survey with only 23% reporting prior receipt of a SCP. Only 9% could identify the SCP location within the electronic health record (EHR). Following the education program, primary care physicians and APPs demonstrated a significant improvement in SCP knowledge, including improvement in their ability to locate one within the EHR (9 vs 59%, p < 0.0001). A brief educational program containing information about SCP existence, content, and location in the EHR increased primary care physician and APP knowledge in these areas, which are prerequisites for using SCP in clinical practice.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Planificación de Atención al Paciente
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Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina
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Continuidad de la Atención al Paciente
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Médicos de Atención Primaria
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Supervivientes de Cáncer
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Oncología Médica
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
J Cancer Educ
Asunto de la revista:
EDUCACAO
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NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos