The development and preliminary implementation evaluation of the Fear Of Recurrence Therapy intervention virtual training workshop

Key points Several fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) interventions have demonstrated their efficacy but are not yet implemented in routine clinical care.Clinicians have expressed an interest in receiving FCR training, but access and availability are limited.This paper reports on the evaluation of a 5h workshop over 2 days on the Fear Of Recurrence Therapy (FORT) intervention.40 international psychosocial oncology clinicians were provided the workshop at no cost. Evaluation measures included feedback on the workshop, and preliminary outcome measures of their knowledge, self-efficacy, usage, and implementation barriers/enablers.Majority of participants utilized some or most of the FORT intervention. Results from the training indicate that it was effective, feasible and acceptable.