title: Developing communication competency in the context of cancer: a critical interpretive analysis of provider training programs.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5. lorna.butler@dal.ca
authors.forename: Lorna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Degner
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baile
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Landry
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D009042:Motivation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D016730:Program Development