Training in communication of oncology clinicians: A position paper based on the third consensus meeting among European experts in 2018

F. Stiefel; A. Kiss; P. Salmon; S. Peters; D. Razavi; A. Cervantes; A. Margulies; C. Bourquin; EONS Education Working Group

doi:10.1093/annonc/mdy343

Training in communication of oncology clinicians: A position paper based on the third consensus meeting among European experts in 2018

F. Stiefel^* (Corresponding Author), A. Kiss, P. Salmon, S. Peters, D. Razavi, A. Cervantes, A. Margulies, C. Bourquin, EONS Education Working Group

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Abstract

Background: Since there is sound evidence that communication skills training (CST) programs modify communication behavior of oncology clinicians, they have been widely implemented over the last decades. However, more recently, certain aspects of this training have been criticized. Methods: Based on this background, a call to re-launch a discussion about the future of CST led to the third European consensus meeting on communication in cancer care, organized by the Swiss Cancer League. During this meeting, which brought together European experts in the field of clinical communication and training of communication in the oncology setting, oncology clinicians, representatives of the European Society of Medical Oncology and a member of the European Oncology Nursing Society, the recommendations of the second European consensus meeting were updated and expanded. Results: The expanded recommendations recall the guiding principles of communication in cancer care, underline the important role of clinician’s self-awareness, and of relational and contextual factors in clinical communication, and provide direction for the further development of communication training. Conclusion: This third European consensus meeting defines key elements for the development of a next generation of communication training for oncology clinicians.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2033-2036
Number of pages	4
Journal	Annals of Oncology
Volume	29
Issue number	10
Early online date	6 Jan 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdy343
Publication status	Published - Jan 2020

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Funding Information:
The third European expert meeting on communication training in oncology was funded by grant AND-4204-01-2017 from the Swiss Cancer Research Foundation and by the Swiss Cancer League.

Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Bettina Ryll, Melanoma Patient Network Europe, for her constructive comments. We would also like to express our gratitude to the Swiss Cancer League, who financially supported the meeting and contributed to its organization, and to the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), which hosted the meeting. The third European expert meeting on communication training in oncology was funded by grant AND-4204-01-2017 from the Swiss Cancer Research Foundation and by the Swiss Cancer League.

Keywords

Clinical communication
Communication skills training
Communication training
Next generation communication training
Oncology

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