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Trial Title:
Evaluating the Impact of an Integrative Oncology Training Program for Healthcare Providers
NCT ID:
NCT06598020
Condition:
Integrative Oncology
Medical Education
Palliative Care
Conditions: Official terms:
Neoplasms
Conditions: Keywords:
Medical education
Integrative oncology
Oncology
Supportive care
Study type:
Interventional
Study phase:
N/A
Overall status:
Active, not recruiting
Study design:
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention model:
Parallel Assignment
Primary purpose:
Supportive Care
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Intervention:
Intervention type:
Behavioral
Intervention name:
Supportive Care
Description:
Competency-based training purposed to alleviate anxiety relief using a mind-body modality
and improve pain with touch modalities (e.g., acupressure)
Arm group label:
Enhanced competency curriculum-based training
Arm group label:
Standard training arm
Summary:
The goal of this study is to learn about the short- and long-term effects of two medical
education approaches to teaching integrative oncology (IO) in a multi-disciplinary group
of healthcare providers attending a national IO training. The main question it aims to
answer is: Does active medical education approach focusing on IO-related skills is
associated with better training outcomes compared to clerkship-based observation of IO
clinics? Participants (trainees) will answer online survey questions about their
knowledge, attitudes, and clinical proficiencies along the training process.
Detailed description:
The study is conducted within a multi-centered, prospective, controlled and randomized
format, using a mixed quantitative and qualitative methodology. Participants eligible for
study inclusion are healthcare providers (HCPs, nurses, physicians, para-medical, or
complementary medicine practitioners), age ≥ 18 years enrolling in a structured IO
training program. Trainees are randomly allocated to either the Enhanced IO Training arm
(Group A) or Standard IO Training arm of the study (Group B). Participants in both study
arms undergo 110-hour online section of the IO training course, followed by 170-hour
practical training.
Those in the Enhanced IO Training arm undergo practical training, based on the five-item
competency curriculum adapted from the list of knowledge, skills, and ability-related
competencies recommended by the Society for Integrative Oncology. The five-item
competency-based curriculum include the following two clinical implementation
competencies:
- Anxiety relief using a mind-body modality (e.g., breathing, relaxation, guided
imagery)
- Improving pain with touch modalities (e.g., acupressure, acupuncture, reflexology),
including use of acupressure points with established effectiveness in the reduction
of cancer pain Participants in the Standard IO training group (Group B) will observe
from the side during the IO practitioner-patient interaction.
The practical section of the training program will include two mentoring days, the first
scheduled at the beginning of the 110-hour theory-based IO training, the second at the
conclusion of this training. Participants in both study groups will be exposed during the
two mentoring days to between 3-5 clinical IO therapeutic interactions with patients
admitted to the oncology center.
Criteria for eligibility:
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthcare providers (nurses, physicians, para-medical, or complementary medicine
practitioners) who have applied to and been accepted for the integrative oncology
training program
Exclusion Criteria:
- Healthcare providers who were not received a letter of support from the medical
administrator stating commitment to allocate at least 5 hours weekly post-training
to enable the trainee practicing integrative oncology care in the medical center.
Gender:
All
Minimum age:
N/A
Maximum age:
N/A
Healthy volunteers:
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Locations:
Facility:
Name:
Lin Medical Center
Address:
City:
Haifa
Zip:
30243
Country:
Israel
Start date:
October 1, 2023
Completion date:
March 30, 2026
Lead sponsor:
Agency:
Carmel Medical Center
Agency class:
Other
Collaborator:
Agency:
Advot Fund of Reality Group
Agency class:
Other
Collaborator:
Agency:
Israel Cancer Association
Agency class:
Other
Source:
Carmel Medical Center
Record processing date:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06598020
