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Developing communication competency in the context of cancer: a critical interpretive analysis of provider training programs
Author(s) -
Butler Lorna,
Degner Lesley,
Baile Walter,
Landry M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
psycho‐oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.41
H-Index - 137
eISSN - 1099-1611
pISSN - 1057-9249
DOI - 10.1002/pon.948
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , knowledge management , core competency , training (meteorology) , communication skills training , best practice , psychology , empirical research , field (mathematics) , medical education , computer science , communication skills , medicine , business , political science , marketing , paleontology , philosophy , physics , mathematics , epistemology , pure mathematics , biology , law , meteorology
We conducted a critical interpretive analysis of 47 studies from the Cochrane Review of the communications training literature to capture the empirical indicators used to judge provider communication competency and to describe how the indicators were characterized in the context of a cancer care system. Of the 47 studies reviewed, few showed any resemblance to recommendations from two international consensus conferences of experts in the communication research field. Some of the challenges in moving forward with cancer‐related communication skills involve deciding what we want people to learn, providing learning across various experiences, identifying learning models, and finding alternate ways of motivating people to learn. Once core competencies are clearly articulated, we can determine the best approaches for developing cancer‐specific training programs. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.