Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy Training for Cancer Care Providers

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Cancer Care Providers

Treatments: Behavioral: follow-up calls & webinars; Behavioral: workshop; Behavioral: assessments

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02730039

15-321

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this project, entitled "Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy Training for Cancer Care Providers," is to develop a multi-modal training program in Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) for multidisciplinary cancer care clinicians who provide psycho-oncology and psychosocial palliative care services for cancer patients.

Enrollment: 350 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinicians who provide psycho-oncology and/or psychosocial palliative care services for to patients with cancer and/or severe medical illness/disease at MSKCC, other institutions, or in the community, as per self-report.
• Completed online MCPT application form and commits to attend the two-day intensive MCPT program, complete training follow-up assessments, and participate in required follow-up training activities.
• Able to speak, read, and understand English proficiently to participate in MCPT training sessions and complete assessments.

Exclusion criteria

• Does not meet the criteria of an appropriate candidate for training program, as determined by review of the MCPT Application Evaluation Checklist in the opinion of the investigator.

  • Materials for the training and the training will be conducted in English only.

Trial design

350 participants in 1 patient group

Cancer Care Providers

Description:

Provider will attend a MCPT two-day intensive workshop that will include: * Didactic Components * Experiential Exercises * Simulated patient role plays with actors * Provider completes MCPT Workshop Assessment MCPT POST-WORKSHOP IMPLEMTATION (OPTIONAL) * MCP Core Competency Trainer rated Assessment * MCP Pre \& Post Workshop Knowledge Assessment * MCPT Session Evaluation Assessment Provider will participate in training follow-up calls \& webinars for approximately 6 -12 months following completion of MCPT workshop. * Provider will have ongoing access to MCPT Website with a discussion board, training resources and materials for clinical care. * Provider will complete follow-up assessment at 3, 6, 9, \& 12 months post-training * Training Update * Goal Evaluation Form * MCP Core Competency Self-Assessment MCPT POST-WORKSHOP IMPLEMTATION (OPTIONAL)

Treatment:

Behavioral: assessments

Behavioral: workshop

Behavioral: follow-up calls & webinars