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eTRIO: Guidelines For Oncology Physicians And Nurses

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~8min

Introduction

START HERE: Introduction to eTRIO

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~4min

Guideline 1

Family carer inclusive practices

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~4min

Guideline 2

Encouraging carer attendance

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~5min

Guideline 3

Building rapport with carers

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~13min

Guideline 4

Patient privacy & confidentiality

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~3min

Guideline 5

Observing family relationships

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~5min

Guideline 6

Supporting carers' emotional & informational needs

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~6min

Guideline 7

Including large families

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~6min

Guideline 8

Family requests for nondisclosure of information

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~6min

Guideline 9

Family carers as interpreters

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~15min

Guideline 10

Conflicting patient-carer treatment preferences

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~9min

Guideline 11

Family carers displaying dominance

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~14min

Guideline 12

Family carers displaying anger

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~13min

Guideline 13

Longstanding conflict within the family

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Facilitating Collaborative and Effective Family Involvement

This next section will focus on strategies to help you build a collaborative and effective working relationship with family carers. These strategies have been designed to be used in almost all consultations and discussions where a family carer is present.

Whilst many of these strategies may seem straightforward to experienced clinicians, they are critical, core components of successful communication with family and can be easy to forget in the course of busy clinical practise.

Analyses of audio-recorded consultations reveal that attempts to connect with family caregivers (e.g. learning about the carer, inviting their questions, providing specific information to carer) rarely occur in clinical practice. These results applied to both junior and senior clinicians 18.

The TRIO expert advisory committee feel that before moving onto more challenging and complex situations, it is important you revise these everyday strategies.

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eTRIO requirements

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To complete this training, you will need to complete a minimum of 8 units.

Each unit covers a different aspect of facilitating positive family involvement or managing challenging family interactions.

There are 4 compulsory units and a minimum of 4/10 elective units to be completed. However, you are welcome and encouraged to complete them all.

The units can be completed in any order you prefer.

Compulsory modules complete.

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Congratulations! You have successfully satisfied the requirements of the eTRIO training program.

You are welcome to continue with your learning by completing additional modules, if you wish.

Navigating family involvement can be complicated. It is hoped that by completing this module your confidence and skills in engaging with and managing family carers in the cancer setting has improved.

We welcome your feedback. Please email Dr Rebekah Laidsaar-Powell at rebekah.laidsaar-powell@sydney.edu.au.