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The NCI’s Cancer Information Service staff training program: A foundation for excellence

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The philosophy of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Information Service (CIS) staff training program is based on the premise that a solid relationship exists between staff performance and training. As a leading edge organization and the premiere cancer information service in the world, the CIS provides more training to its staff than many organizations. This factor is in part responsible for the program’s success over the past 30 years, during which time the staff training program was revised to reflect a more comprehensive, performace-based approach. This paper describes the development of the curricula and the standards that are the foundation of the CIS program.

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  1. New York Cancer Information Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 66, 10021, New York, NY

    Rosemarie Slevin Perocchia RN, MED & Randy Jacobs RN, MSN

  2. The Cancer Information Service, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

    Annette Galassi RN, MSN

  3. Coastal Region Cancer Information Service, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA

    Nancy Krauss MSED

  4. Atlantic Region Cancer Information Service, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA

    K. Kim LeMaitre MS

  5. Northwest Region Cancer Information Service, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA

    Sue Rutledge BA, CHES

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Perocchia, R.S., Galassi, A., Jacobs, R. et al. The NCI’s Cancer Information Service staff training program: A foundation for excellence. J Canc Educ 22 (Suppl 2), S8–S17 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03174341

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