title: Survivorship care planning after participation in communication skills training intervention for a consultation about lymphoma survivorship.
abstract: A survivorship care plan refers to a written summary of the treatment received and recommendations regarding surveillance and management of late effects. To provide evaluation of a communication skills training (CST) intervention to enhance the transition of lymphoma survivors to cancer survivorship. Nineteen oncologists specializing in lymphoma treatment were recruited and completed a survivorship CST workshop, and two standardized patient assessments (SPAs), one pretraining and one posttraining. Significant improvements in SPA scores were observed in six of the seven SPA assessment categories: use of survivorship care plan, review of disease and treatment details, long-term effects, potential late effects, specific physician recommendations, and additional health maintenance recommendations. The intervention had significant effects on physicians' uptake of new strategies and skills, as measured through pre- and posttraining SPAs, as well as on the physicians' self-efficacy about having these conversations.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 641 Lexington Avenue, 7th floor, New York, NY 10022 USA.
authors.forename: Smita C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 641 Lexington Avenue, 7th floor, New York, NY 10022 USA.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Matasar
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 641 Lexington Avenue, 7th floor, New York, NY 10022 USA.
authors.forename: Carma L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Bylund
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 641 Lexington Avenue, 7th floor, New York, NY 10022 USA.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horwitz
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 641 Lexington Avenue, 7th floor, New York, NY 10022 USA.
authors.forename: Kara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McLarney
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 641 Lexington Avenue, 7th floor, New York, NY 10022 USA.
authors.forename: Tomer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.affiliation: Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL USA.
authors.forename: Paul B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.affiliation: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX USA.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.affiliation: Maimonides Cancer Center, New York, NY USA.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Astrow
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 641 Lexington Avenue, 7th floor, New York, NY 10022 USA ; Monash University, Clayton, Victoria Australia.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kissane
keywords: Communication skills training; Lymphoma; Self-efficacy; Standardized patient assessments; Survivorship care plan