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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 4.

Topics of Educational Interest Among Hematology/Oncology Healthcare Providers

Hematology/Oncology Physicians Hematology/Oncology Nurses
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, % Strongly Agree, % Agree, % Disagree, %
Adhere/interpret the CINV guidelines 49 48 3 47 50 2
Communicate with patients about CINV 40 54 6 55 41 4
Differentiate between CINV therapies 45 51 4 55 44 1
Integrate novel therapies for the prevention and treatment of CINV 57 41 2 59 39 2
Keep up to date on emerging clinical data in CINV 50 48 3 58 42 0
Options for managing radiation- and opioid-induced CINV 37 57 6 48 48 4
Prevent/manage breakthrough nausea and vomiting 55 41 4 62 36 2
Prevent/manage CINV in patients undergoing bone marrow transplant 28 50 22 45 40 15
Prevent/manage CINV when administering multiday chemotherapy 54 39 7 59 40 1
Prevent/manage nausea specifically 40 56 4 54 44 2
Understand barriers to adherence with antiemetic guidelines 34 56 10 50 46 5
Understand the consequences of untreated/uncontrolled CINV for the patient (and caregivers) 38 53 9 49 48 3
Understand the pharmacoeconomic consequences of untreated/uncontrolled CINV 37 50 13 49 46 5
Overcoming challenging CINV patient scenarios 35 58 6 42 54 4
Personalizing CINV treatment 44 53 3 51 48 2
Selecting the most effective therapies to prevent CINV 54 45 1 53 47 1
Stratifying patients according to their risk for CINV 39 57 3 42 53 5
Treating refractory CINV 57 40 3 51 46 3
Understanding the mechanism of CINV therapies 36 59 4 43 53 4
Understanding the patient-related factors that increase the risk of CINV 41 57 3 47 53 4
Understanding the pathophysiology of CINV 38 55 8 46 48 6
Understanding the side-effect profile of CINV therapies 39 55 7 46 51 3
Utilizing standing orders for CINV 25 59 15 41 53 6
Working as a multidisciplinary team to overcome CINV 33 52 15 46 50 4