TABLE VI.

Participant suggestions to refine Canadian integrative oncology research priorities within a research framework

Priority research area		Reason for name change
Before consensus workshop	After consensus workshop
Education and training	Knowledge translation	To reflect the need to synthesize, disseminate, and exchange knowledge between researchers and knowledge users, and not only to educate and train professionals.
Clinical effectiveness	Effectiveness	To reflect a need to focus on outcomes within integrative oncology beyond clinical outcomes—for example, within the community and broader health care system.
Cost effectiveness	Resource and health services utilization	To ensure that the effects on resources other than health care dollars are assessed as part of studying integrative oncology models.
Developing practice models	Developing integrative oncology models	To reflect a focus on research and education, in addition to practice, within integrative oncology.