The Impact of a Primary Care Education Program Regarding Cancer Survivorship Care Plans: Results from an Engineering, Primary Care, and Oncology Collaborative for Survivorship Health

Survivorship care plans (SCPs) have been recommended as tools to improve care coordination and outcomes for cancer survivors. SCPs are increasingly being provided to survivors and their primary care providers. However, most primary care providers remain unaware of SCPs, limiting their potential bene...

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Published in:Journal of cancer education 2019-02, Vol.34 (1), p.154-160
Main Authors: Donohue, SarahMaria, Haine, James E., Li, Zhanhai, Trowbridge, Elizabeth R., Kamnetz, Sandra A., Feldstein, David A., Sosman, James M., Wilke, Lee G., Sesto, Mary E., Tevaarwerk, Amye J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cancer Research
Cancer Survivors - statistics & numerical data
Continuity of Patient Care - trends
Education
Educational Practices
Humans
Medical Oncology - education
Neoplasms - therapy
Patient Care Planning - standards
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Physicians
Physicians, Primary Care - education
Practice Patterns, Physicians' - standards
Primary care
Surveys and Questionnaires
Survivorship
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Summary:Survivorship care plans (SCPs) have been recommended as tools to improve care coordination and outcomes for cancer survivors. SCPs are increasingly being provided to survivors and their primary care providers. However, most primary care providers remain unaware of SCPs, limiting their potential benefit. Best practices for educating primary care providers regarding SCP existence and content are needed. We developed an education program to inform primary care providers of the existence, content, and potential uses for SCPs. The education program consisted of a 15-min presentation highlighting SCP basics presented at mandatory primary care faculty meetings. An anonymous survey was electronically administered via email ( n  = 287 addresses) to evaluate experience with and basic knowledge of SCPs pre- and post-education. A total of 101 primary care advanced practice providers (APPs) and physicians (35% response rate) completed the baseline survey with only 23% reporting prior receipt of a SCP. Only 9% could identify the SCP location within the electronic health record (EHR). Following the education program, primary care physicians and APPs demonstrated a significant improvement in SCP knowledge, including improvement in their ability to locate one within the EHR (9 vs 59%, p  
ISSN:0885-8195
1543-0154
DOI:10.1007/s13187-017-1281-9