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. 2023 Jun;12(3):433-439.
doi: 10.1089/jayao.2022.0102. Epub 2023 Mar 27.

Development of an Online Communication Skills Training Program for Oncologists Working with Adolescents and Young Adults

Masako Okamura  1 , Maiko Fujimori  1 , Eiichi Saito  2 , Yuko Osugi  3 , Nobuya Akizuki  4 , Yosuke Uchitomi  1
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Development of an Online Communication Skills Training Program for Oncologists Working with Adolescents and Young Adults

Masako Okamura et al. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

There are two purposes to this study. The first purpose was to develop a communication skills training (CST) program for oncologists working with adolescents and young adults (AYA-CST). The second purpose was to evaluate the program's feasibility. The online AYA-CST program was a half-day workshop including a didactic lecture, role-playing with simulated patients and discussions in a small group. All six oncologists who participated in the program satisfactorily completed it. Our AYA-CST program seems feasible and will be tested further in a randomized control study.

Keywords: adolescent and young adult; communication skills training; oncologist; online program.

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