Developing an educational resource for gynecological cancer survivors and their caregivers: A methods and experience paper

Jacqueline Galica, Amina Silva, Kathleen Robb

Abstract


Building upon the need for greater education identified by gynecological cancer survivors and their caregivers, the objective of this paper is to describe our patient-clinician-researcher partnership to develop an evidence- and experiential-based educational resource. We engaged in five phases using multiple research methods: 1) assembling the essential expertise, 2) reviewing the literature, 3) drafting the resource, 4) testing the resource, and 5) disseminating the resource. Our diverse partnership provided expertise toward multiple research methods that produced results useful for each successive phase. This combination – a diverse partnership and multiple research methods - resulted in a useful resource to fulfill a gap identified by knowledge users. The combined features described in our paper fill a procedural gap for clinicians and researchers intending to develop educational resources that are empirically and experientially founded.

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