Table 2.

Overview of intervention characteristics (N=22 interventions evaluated in N=24 publications)

Name of the intervention	Setting		Duration			Addressed PC/EoL issue				Learning activities/didactics
	Virtual	In person	Up to 1 day	More than 1 day	Spread over weeks/ months	Breaking Bad News (BBN)	Dealing with emotions/ managing reaction	Prognosis	Other	Role play	Didactic lecture (by staff or computer-based)	Example videos	Other
No of trainings fulfilling the criteria (n)	5	18	10	11	9	14	10	4	9	16	19	7	16
An Illness-Trajectory Communication Curriculum66		x		x	x	x			x	x	x		x
Avatar-mediated training in a virtual world63	x		x			x					x		x
Belgian Interuniversity Curriculum-communication skills training (CST)60		x		x	x	x				x	x
Brief BBN CST module58	x		x			x						x	x
CST54		x		x	x		x			x	x	x	x
CST53		x	x			x	x			x	x
CST53-adapted version of the workshop on BBN51		x	x			x				x	x
CST based on patients preferences56		x		x		x				x	x
CST workshop70		x		x		x	x			x	x
Communication training in oncology68		x		x		x	x			x	x		x
COM-ON-p (communication in oncology-transition to palliative care)57		x		x					x	x			x
Comskil Training Curriculum65		x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Comskil Training Curriculum65 – adapted version (module about discussing prognosis)52		x	x					x		x	x	x	x
Goals-of-Care communication skills and coaching intervention49 50		x	x		x				x	x	x		x
Interact-Cancer (computer-assisted instruction programme)67	x		x		x	x	x				x	x	x
Integrating simulation model with art-based teaching strategies69		x	x			x				x	x		x
Oncotalk64		x		x		x			x	x	x		x
Patient-Centred Communication Intervention (VOICE)55		x	x		x		x	x	x				x
Posttraining Consolidation Workshops after a basic training programme47 48		x		x	x	x	x		x	x	x		x
SCOPE (Studying Communication in Oncologist-Patient Encounters) CD-ROM62	x	x	x				x				x		x
Training Oncologists and Empowering Patients in Effective Communication During Medical Consultations in Singapore61	x		N/A	N/A	N/A		x	x	x		x	x	x
Training on Shared Decision-Making About Palliative Chemotherapy59		x		x	x				x	x	x	x	x

EoL, end-of-life; N/A, not available; PC, palliative care.