title: ExCEL in Social Work: Excellence in Cancer Education & Leadership: An Oncology Social Work Response to the 2008 Institute of Medicine Report.
abstract: ExCEL in Social Work: Excellence in Cancer Education & Leadership was a multi-year National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded grant for the development and implementation of an innovative educational program for oncology social workers. The program's curriculum focused upon six core competencies of psychosocial-spiritual support necessary to meet the standard of care recommended by the 2008 Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report: Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs. The curriculum was delivered through a collaborative partnership between the City of Hope National Medical Center and the two leading professional organizations devoted exclusively to representing oncology social workers--the Association of Oncology Social Work and the Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers. Initial findings support the feasibility and acceptability of this tailored leadership skills-building program for participating oncology social workers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nursing Research and Education, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 E. Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA, 91010, USA, sotis-green@coh.org.
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Otis-Green
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Brad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zebrack
authors.forename: Lisa
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authors.lastname: Kilburn
authors.forename: Terry A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Altilio
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ferrell
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D054521:Cultural Competency; D003479:Curriculum; D003657:Decision Making; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D054547:National Cancer Institute (U.S.); D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*; D029181:Spirituality; D014481:United States