The MOU between University of Melbourne, Dianella and RCPA has progressed with the agreement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which was signed February 2012.
The first meeting of the steering committee was held on 19th October 2011.
A literature review was undertaken by the SPR Project Manager to investigate published evidence in relation to communicating report information with the aim of enhancing the understanding and readability of cancer reports. The literature review was completed in June 2011 and is attached as follows as part of this report. Following on from the initial steering committee meeting in October several report prototypes were sent for review at the end of November 2011. These report prototypes were intended to be used with focus groups to seek feedback as to which style of report they prefer and how understandable they are to them. The college circulated the prototypes to a small group of pathologists (given the short timeframe) and comment was provided back to the University of Melbourne.
At this stage, the results of Dianella’s patient surveys are being compiled so that a final version of the proformas can be developed.
The next step is to review the proformas with relevant pathologists, the RCPA will assist in this process.