Delvaux 2005.

Methods	Provider RCT Follow up: providers: NOT DONE patients: N/A Blinded assessment: DONE Baseline: DONE Reliable outcomes: DONE Protection against contamination: NOT CLEAR Overall quality: MODERATE
Participants	72 specialists in medical, surgical oncology, radiotherapy, hematology, gynecology etc, caring for cancer patients Country: Belgium Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 2% Hospital setting, outpatients Academic/Teaching setting: NON‐TEACHING Type of targeted behaviour: COMMUNICATION SKILLS (cancer) Complexity of targeted behaviour: MEDIUM
Interventions	1. CME: 19‐hrs basic training + 3hrs x 6 consolidation small group workshops over 3 months 2. 19‐hrs basic training
Outcomes	Professional practice: patients' satisfaction score with interview Patient: none Seriousness of outcome: HIGH
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	B ‐ Unclear