2021 Updates to the Oncology Patient Navigator Training

For Continued Use & International Adaptation
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2021 Updates to the Oncology Patient Navigator Training

In 2015, The GW Cancer Center (formerly the GW Cancer Institute) created the first consensus-based competencies for oncology patient navigators without a clinical license, which was accompanied by the Oncology Patient Navigator Training: The Fundamentals and an accompanying Guide. While most of the content in the Training and the Guide are still applicable, this document provides important updates for patient navigators taking the training after 2020.

Given the training and guide’s international reach and potential application, we also offer suggestions for where to adapt with regional-specific resources.

View the 2021 Update to the Oncology Patient Navigator Training: The Fundamentals (PDF) 

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