In 2004 the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) in cooperation with the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESO), developed a multilingual core-curriculum on Pyshcosocial Aspects of Cancer Care to be delivered on line. The core-curriculum consists of 10 presentations (of which 5 are available at the moment) aimed at sensitizing and updating oncologists, GPs, nurses and health professionals in cancer care on the main psychosocial oncology issues. Each presentation was prepared in English and then translated and adapted into French, German, Hungarian, Italian, and Spanish. Key thought leaders and experts in the field were contacted to devised one-hour lectures on five important subject: Communication Skill in Cancer Care, Distress Management, Anxiety and Adjustment Disorders, Depression and depressive disorders, and Psychosocial Assessment. The translations, in each instance, have been modified to be culturally specific. An evaluation form accompanies each lecture in order to have a feedback on the quality, characteristics and learning objective of each lecture. Some strength points of the lecture are the internal structure and rationale, its specificity of being multilingual (with possible more translation), the evaluation form (with possible feedback for the improvement of the lecture) and the easy process of updating (peculiar elements in comparison with similar program in English taken from congresses or seminars). 789 people completed the evaluations by June 2006, with 222 regarding Communication, 161 regarding Anxiety, 151 regarding Distress, 149 Depression and 106 Psychosocial Assessment. The analysis of data showed that the lecture were considered generally good with indications of usefulness in clinical terms.
E-learning: the Online IPOS/ESO Muiltilingual Core Curriculum on psychosocial aspects of cancer care.
GRASSI, Luigi;
2006
Abstract
In 2004 the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) in cooperation with the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESO), developed a multilingual core-curriculum on Pyshcosocial Aspects of Cancer Care to be delivered on line. The core-curriculum consists of 10 presentations (of which 5 are available at the moment) aimed at sensitizing and updating oncologists, GPs, nurses and health professionals in cancer care on the main psychosocial oncology issues. Each presentation was prepared in English and then translated and adapted into French, German, Hungarian, Italian, and Spanish. Key thought leaders and experts in the field were contacted to devised one-hour lectures on five important subject: Communication Skill in Cancer Care, Distress Management, Anxiety and Adjustment Disorders, Depression and depressive disorders, and Psychosocial Assessment. The translations, in each instance, have been modified to be culturally specific. An evaluation form accompanies each lecture in order to have a feedback on the quality, characteristics and learning objective of each lecture. Some strength points of the lecture are the internal structure and rationale, its specificity of being multilingual (with possible more translation), the evaluation form (with possible feedback for the improvement of the lecture) and the easy process of updating (peculiar elements in comparison with similar program in English taken from congresses or seminars). 789 people completed the evaluations by June 2006, with 222 regarding Communication, 161 regarding Anxiety, 151 regarding Distress, 149 Depression and 106 Psychosocial Assessment. The analysis of data showed that the lecture were considered generally good with indications of usefulness in clinical terms.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
