Welcome, Oncologist and oncology team members!

Please consider this opportunity to participate in my research study on palliative care in oncology. Researchers at the University of Arkansas Eleanor Mann School of Nursing are conducting a quality improvement project with the aim of increasing oncology providers’ palliative care competency through an online educational webinar. To be eligible to participate, you must work with the adult oncology population and spend at least half your day in direct patient care.

Palliative care is intended to optimize the quality of life of patients with serious, life-limiting or terminal illnesses such as cancer. This study will contain a series of online, self-paced palliative care educational webinars. You will also complete a pre-webinar survey, followed by a post-webinar following completion of the program. The research project will take you approximately 90 minutes.

Your participation will provide valuable information regarding the future of palliative care integration into standard oncology practice. It is my hope that this education will also provide you with valuable skills to enhance your current practice. Your identity will be protected throughout the research, and your participation is voluntary. This study has been approved by the University of Arkansas Institutional Review Board. Refusing to participate will not adversely affect any other relationship with the university or the researchers.

Thank you for taking the time to consider participating in my research.