Education of instructors of a physical activity program for cancer

Group discussions
Poster creation
Poster presentation
Collective discussion
Introduction by
a psychologist
5 groups of 8-9
1 critical incident
/ group
Conclusions
Training day:
General and theoretical information, practical PA sessions and an interactive
poster presentation session
Subjects: 41 Raviva instructors and 2 PE students
Poster presentation session:
Psycho-emotional aspects within Raviva groups (motivation, management of
disease or death)
Data collection:
Analysis of the posters
Questionnaire
Interviews of the organizers
Informal observation
Education of instructors of a physical activity program for cancer
patients and survivors: planning and evaluation of a poster
presentation session
ROMPEN Jérôme, KORYCKI Marta, ORTMANS Sabine, SCHOONBROODT Annick, CLAUSSE Fabienne & CLOES Marc
Raviva: A Belgian physical activity (PA) program for people with cancer and/or cancer survivors
Purpose: To describe and evaluate an interactive poster presentation session aiming to train the instructors of Raviva
Results: All participants found the method interesting; they considered that adequate topics were addressed and that they could share some experiences
with their peers; however, some problems of timing and organization were pointed out
Interesting training method and satisfaction of participants
Importance for Raviva instructors to share experiences with
peers and interact with their colleagues
Appropriate general concept
Recommendations:
Longer period (at least 2 hours)
Best organization and control of timing
Attention to the involvement of all instructors
Importance of questioning the participants about their needs
before the training
To describe and evaluate an interactive poster presentation
session implemented during the training
To identify good practices focusing on psycho-emotional aspects
within Raviva groups
Purpose
Methods
Results
Conclusions
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Difficulties
Solutions
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11,8
14,3
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48,6
27,3
38,2
37,1
51,4
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Important topics adressed
Experiences sharing
Active participation
Interesting activity
Instructors’ opinion about the poster session
Totally disagree Disagree Agree Totally agree
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8,3
17,2
6,5
35,3
62,5
55,2
54,8
64,7
29,2
27,6
38,7
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Relationships with pairs
Difficulties highlighting
Solutions highlighting
Good practices sharing
Instructors’ opinion about the training day
Totally disagree Disagree Agree Totally agree
Examples of good practices have been shared !
15’ 25’ 20’ 15’
Highlights
Raviva: Belgian PA program for cancer patients and survivors
(Fondation contre le Cancer – www.cancer.be)
Raviva instructors:
Inconstant professional preparation and experiences
No compulsory specific training programs such those proposed
by the ACSM (Schmitz et al., 2010)
Are interested in the participation in a specific training day
Are interested in the participation in discussion groups and
experience sharing with peers (Rompen, Korycki & Cloes,
2015)
Importance of interacting with colleagues (Erickson et al.,
2008)
Raviva’s project:
Organization of a training day for its instructors
Request of collaboration with SIGAPS - ULg
Introduction
To be improved:
Activity duration
Time management
Organizers’ opinion
“Serious timing
problems”
“Poor organization”
Participants’ opinion
“The allocated time was to short”
“Allow at least one hour more for
that”