Table 2.
Communication interventions to aid clinical-trial related discussions.
| Target audience | Intervention |
|---|---|
| Healthcare providers | Communication training programs for providing verbal and nonverbal skills to interact with patients. |
| Interventions and resources to support the adoption of telemedicine. | |
| Development of inter-organizations programs to inform providers outside metropolitan areas about the availability of trials and facilitate remote enrollment. | |
| Training programs to reduce unconscious bias. | |
| Patients | Educational interventions in hospitals and healthcare facilities about clinical trials, their purpose, their processes (in multiple languages). |
| National campaigns to inform about the importance of medical research leveraging online resources. | |
| Media literacy training programs to help patients navigate health-related information online. | |
| Decision aids to support patients’ decision-making process. | |