A primary care education program regarding cancer survivorship care plans at the University of Wisconsin (UW).

Abstract

69 Background: Survivorship care plans (SCPs) have been recommended as a tool to improve cancer patients’ (pts) care coordination and outcomes. The UW routinely provides SCPs. However, a prior project indicated most PCPs were unaware of these SCPs, limiting SCPs potential benefits. Best methods for educating PCPs regarding SCP existence and content are needed. We developed an educational program to inform PCPs of SCP existence, content, and potential uses. Methods: The program - a 10 minute presentation with slides - was developed to make PCPs aware of the basics of SCPs as listed above. The program was presented at UW general internal medicine (GIM) and family medicine (FM) scheduled meetings and emailed to UW PCPs afterwards. Two anonymous online surveys were administered to evaluate PCP previous use and basic knowledge of SCPs. Baseline surveys were sent 1 week prior to the first presentation and a follow-up survey was sent 4 weeks later via UW GIM and FM listservs (n = 286 addresses). Results: 101 PCPs completed the baseline survey: 27% reported not knowing what SCPs were; 50% knew but reported never receiving one; 23% reported having received one. 66 PCPs that attended or reviewed the program completed the follow-up survey. 40 “matched” PCPs completed both surveys. See Table 1 for results. Conclusions: A brief educational program containing information about existence of, content, and location in electronic medical record (EMR) increased PCP knowledge in these areas, which are prerequisites for PCP use. Ongoing work will assess whether PCP review of SCPs at point of care influences clinical decision making. [Table: see text]