Inclusion Criteria:
Oncologists:
- Be a physician specializing in medical oncology
- Care for oncology patients at the affiliated cancer center
- Have a patient panel that will allow for ≥6 eligible patients to be enrolled in the
study
- Be willing to attend the 5-session MODEL Care program for providers at the specified
location, date, and time
Patients:
- Adults ≥ 18 years of age
- Receiving care from a medical oncologist enrolled in the study
- Diagnosed with an incurable and advanced-stage solid malignancy (late stage III [B or
C] or stage IV)
- Have an attending medical oncologist who would not be surprised if the patient died in
the next 12 months
- Willing and able to travel to the class location for 6 weekly 2-hour sessions
- Have a family member or friend eligible and interested in participating in the MODEL
Care study
- Able and willing to provide informed consent
- Not have completed a Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST) form
Family Caregivers:
- Adults ≥18 years of age
- Chosen by a family member or friend with cancer to join them in participating in the
MODEL Care study
- Willing and able to travel to the class location for 6 weekly 2-hour sessions
- Able and willing to consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
Oncologists:
- Planning to leave current practice setting for other employment in the next 3 months.
Patients:
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of >2 or Karnofsky
performance status <60 (suggesting patient is capable of only limited self-care,
confined to bed or chair more than 50% of waking hours, or requires considerable
assistance and frequent medical care) as rated by the attending oncologist
- Currently receiving hospice care.