Recommendations for enhancing clinical trials education: a review of the literature.

This study aims to apply the evidence-based practice (EBP) process to determine the factors that influence patients' understanding of, participation in, and satisfaction with clinical trials, the informed consent process, and treatment decisions and to make recommendations for improving clinical trials education. Beginning with evidence retrieval, the authors identified key search terms and searched MEDLINE--Ovid, MEDLINE--PubMed, and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature to identify articles published between July 2001 and July 2006 that highlighted clinical trials education. The articles were reviewed for clinical trials patient education information, clinician methods of communicating clinical trial information to patients, and patient satisfaction with the clinical trials process, including the informed consent process.

Brief report: a systematic process to design a useful chemotherapy education packet for patients at U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Background: Providing quality written information in a consistent manner to all patients in a large cancer center presents a challenge.

Methods: A new chemotherapy guide was developed, piloted, and distributed institution-wide. Patients and nurses were surveyed during each of these steps.