title: The NCI's Cancer Information Service Staff Training Program: a foundation for excellence.
abstract: The philosophy of the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Information Service (CIS) staff training program is based on the premise that a solid relationship exists between staff performance and training. As a leading edge organization and the premiere cancer information service in the world, the CIS provides more training to its staff than many organizations. This factor is in part responsible for the program's success over the past 30 years, during which time the staff training program was revised to reflect a more comprehensive, performance-based approach. This paper describes the development of the curricula and the standards that are the foundation of the CIS program.
authors.affiliation: New York Region Cancer Information Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA. perocchr@mskcc.org
authors.forename: Rosemarie Slevin
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Perocchia
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galassi
authors.forename: Randy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Krauss
authors.forename: M Kim
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: LeMaitre
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rutledge
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004522:Educational Status; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D007857:Leadership; D007858:Learning; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D009369:Neoplasms; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010559:Personnel Management; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States