Integration of palliative care into oncology: A curriculum development project.

202Background: Program Directors of Oncology Fellowships cite lack of adequate faculty to teach communication skills, prognostication and symptom management to oncology fellows as a barrier to ensuring oncologists integrate palliative care into their own practice. We partnered with ASCO and its Training Program directors to develop, evaluate and disseminate a PC curriculum using an innovative format. Methods: All of the fellows in a program were randomized as a single group to one of 3 cohorts: digital education, digital education plus a 4-week palliative care rotation or delayed digital education (control). In the intervention, each fellow received 2 MCQs (on their phones or other device) focused on a particular teaching point, every other day. If answered incorrectly, focused education material was forwarded to the learner and the testing point was retested at a later date. Fellows in cohort 2 also participated in a clinical rotation at an ACGME approved PC program. Cohort 3 received the same training a...