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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2015 Jan;23(1):151–157. doi: 10.1007/s00520-014-2325-x

Table 3.

Topics of Educational Interest Among All Healthcare Providers

All Healthcare Providers
Please indicate which of the following CME topics would be important in helping you to better manage your patients who are at risk for CINV. Strongly Agree, % Agree, % Disagree, %
Adhere/interpret the CINV guidelines 41 55 5
Communicate with patients about CINV 43 51 6
Differentiate between CINV therapies 46 50 5
Integrate novel therapies for the prevention and treatment of CINV 47 48 5
Keep up to date on emerging clinical data in CINV 48 48 4
Options for managing radiation- and opioid-induced CINV 44 52 5
Prevent/manage breakthrough nausea and vomiting 54 42 4
Prevent/manage CINV in patients undergoing bone marrow transplant 35 51 14
Prevent/manage CINV when administering multiday chemotherapy 47 47 6
Prevent/manage nausea specifically 46 50 5
Understand barriers to adherence with antiemetic guidelines 42 53 5
Understand the consequences of untreated/uncontrolled CINV for the patient (and caregivers) 44 51 6
Understand the pharmacoeconomic consequences of untreated/uncontrolled CINV 42 51 7
Overcoming challenging CINV patient scenarios 36 58 6
Personalizing CINV treatment 42 53 5
Selecting the most effective therapies to prevent CINV 48 49 3
Stratifying patients according to their risk for CINV 35 59 7
Treating refractory CINV 44 51 4
Understanding the mechanism of CINV therapies 39 55 6
Understanding the patient-related factors that increase the risk of CINV 42 53 5
Understanding the pathophysiology of CINV 40 53 7
Understanding the side-effect profile of CINV therapies 41 54 5
Utilizing standing orders for CINV 33 56 11
Working as a multidisciplinary team to overcome CINV 41 53 7