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© PCC Institute, 2015
A Resource of the Palliative Care Communication Institute
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Translational Research
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Getting Started
• Joy’s sister has a kitchen table• “Cold call” emails• COMFORTTM SM Communication Curriculum
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Getting Started
Did we know what we were doing? No
Did we know what we wanted? Yes
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Going Big
• “Going big” meant we had to build a fleshed-out curriculum that would be meaningful to the audience we wanted to reach
• However, we didn’t know:– nuts and bolts of translating scholarship– appropriate delivery modalities for our intended
audience– venues required for dissemination
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Going Big
• First focus was on evaluation– individual improvement in communication skills as
primary outcome in medical research • Evaluation requires thinking outside of the
“communication research” box to meet standards set in the healthcare context
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Going Big: COMFORTTM SM
• Using ELNEC project as example of dissemination program– How to share the curriculum– How to keep it current– How to maintain records of its impact
• Our goal was to build a multifaceted program– Continuing education credits – Website with resources– Train-the trainer courses– Ongoing engaged initiatives
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No One Taught Me This: No One ‘Counts’ This
• Creatively acquire a set of translational skills:– Public relations– Face-to-face credibility work in front of clinical
audiences– Learning the ropes of new clinical practice areas– Test running materials and research protocols with
experts in the clinical world– Retooling our language to fit an intended audience
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No One Taught Me This: No One ‘Counts’ This
• Developing COMFORTTM SM into a platform for healthcare professionals– Write objectives, develop knowledge test items,
and write rationales– Powerpoint lecture presentations and instructor
resource manual– Filming scripts for continuing education units
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No One Taught Me This: No One ‘Counts’ This
• Encouraging healthcare professionals to use COMFORTTM SM
– Conduct long-term planning– Publicize our work to reach healthcare professionals
in non-academic venues• Writing blog posts
– Social Media
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Moving from Plan “A” to Plan “H”
• Less attached to form, to standard academic writing practices, to communication-centric language
• COMFORTTM SM Communication Curriculum– Audience shift – Changed module titles– Changed concepts and approaches
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Moving from Plan “A” to Plan “H”
• Using the thesaurus!– What is another name for…….
• BEFORE: Other symptoms also necessitate strong provider communication skills, as there are no objective data to otherwise allow for measurement.
• AFTER: In the absence of objective data to measure pain, provider communication becomes quintessential in pain assessment and symptom management.
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Looking Ahead
June 11-12, 2015 Anaheim, CA
& October 15-16, 2015 Washington-DC
Online Education – Coming Soon!
January 28-29, 2014
CA Endowment, Los Angeles
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• Palliative Care Communication Institutewww.pccinstitute.com
• Online Setting for Information about COMFORTTM SM Curriculum, Communication Research, Trainings & Resources
• Website Launch Soon!
Looking Ahead
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Plain Language Planner for Palliative Care– A tool for discussing pain and symptoms
Looking Ahead
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• Health Communication iOS App
Looking Ahead
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What will you translate?
• How can you dream big?• Who do you want to impact?• What audiences?