Fallowfield 2002.

Methods	Cluster RCT Follow up: providers: DONE patients:DONE Blinded assessment: DONE Baseline: NOT CLEAR Reliable outcomes: NOT CLEAR Protection against contamination: NOT CLEAR Overall quality: MODERATE
Participants	160 oncologists from 34 cancer centres Country: UK Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 80% Outpatient clinic Academic/Teaching setting: NOT CLEAR Type of targeted behaviour: GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF A PROBLEM (communicating with cancer patients) Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW
Interventions	1. CME: 3‐day residential small group course targeting communication skills + 6 patient simulators to provide feedback 2. Residential course + written feedback 3. Written feedback only 4. No intervention control
Outcomes	Professional practice: counts of communication behaviours Patient: none Seriousness of outcome: MODERATE
Notes	Data unextractable
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Low risk	A ‐ Adequate