O2-12-2IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES ON CHEMOTHERAPY BY MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOP: NEW ATTEMPT FOR STANDARDIZATION IN RURAL AREA

Abstract Background: There are few seminars with workshop style mainly consisting of group work in multidisciplinary care. We established in Nara prefecture a novel seminar called MAHOLOBA (Medical And HOListic Oncology Brush-up Academy) and reported 1st workshop in 2013. Objective: To clarify relevant issues on chemotherapy and ensure needs of participants for this sort of workshop. Participants: Physicians, nurses and pharmacists engaging in cancer chemotherapy. Method: Cross-sectional study. Primary outcome: Identify relevant issues on chemotherapy by K-J (Kawakita Jiro) method in 4groups and determine priority among them by two dimensions plotting of significance and emergency. Secondary outcome: Obtain information by means of questionnaires concerning satisfaction level of participants toward this workshop and their hope to it from now on. Results: Forty-six health care providers participated in the workshop and were divided into 4groups. Common relevant issues on chemotherapy among those groups were the followings: measures for adverse events(4/4), regimen management(4/4), measures for exposure(3/4), human resources(3/4) and equipment(3/4). Thirty-six participants, among whom 10 had qualification as an expert and 20 worked for core hospitals, answered the questionnaires with the results of high level of satisfaction(36/36) and wish(30/36) for participation in the next workshop. Many participants hoped to obtain the executable and sustainable contents at their own institute and share information among multicenter or multidiscipline. Conclusion: We identified those issues on chemotherapy including adverse events, regimen management and measures for exposure. We observed high level of satisfaction toward the workshop with multicenter and multidiscipline and ensured the need for it. COI: We received financial support to hold this workshop from Ono Pharmaceutical Co., LTD in Japan.