Speakers: Lynne Padgett, PhD
Many unanswered questions challenge both research and care delivery in oncology related psychosocial distress. What are the most efficient assessments of distress? How does distress screening lead to improved clinical outcomes? What are current and future data harmonization efforts for measuring distress? What unique research opportunities exist due to the implementation of Commission on Cancer standards? How might these efforts improve clinical outcomes? Do successful models of assessment and care delivery translate across disease and symptom burden?
This half-day collaborative workshop provides participants the opportunity to actively engage in the development of research priorities for measuring and implementing psychosocial distress screening. Experts from diverse fields including measurement and assessment, health informatics, integrative data analysis, health services research, primary care, and basic social sciences will provide brief presentations on how their field can inform efforts to advance the effectiveness of distress screening. These brief presentations will be interspersed with facilitated group discussions to highlight research opportunities and intersections to improve clinical outcomes. The goal of the workshop is for participants and presenters to contribute to the development of a blueprint for the next generation of research priorities and opportunities to build on.
Researchers, clinicians and evaluators of all disciplines who are interested in contributing to a designed to outline a comprehensive research agenda in the field of oncology-related psychosocial distress in the context of oncology and palliative care. Contributions from the fields of clinical research, health services research, dissemination and implementation, quality improvement, informatics, communication/decision-making, and research design (e.g., measurement and analysis) are encouraged to attend and contribute. The workshop is suitable for students and professionals at all career stages.
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