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Pathways Women's Cancer Teaching Project
Possible Questions for Students After Panel or During Interviewing Sessions
This is an opportunity to ask any questions you want to ask that you may not feel comfortable asking a "real" patient. Here are some possible questions to help you:
What do you think is the best way for a medical professional to deliver bad news?
How do you wish the cancer diagnosis would have been told to you?
What is the best thing a healthcare professional said to you or did for you? Worst?
Should a healthcare professional show emotion? Hug you?
How did you find emotional support - support groups? Family? Friends?
How did cancer affect your work/career? Did you tell people at work?
How did cancer impact your finances?
What was it like for your children/partners/parents?
How did having cancer impact your body image? Sexuality?
How did cancer impact your spirituality?
Do you think about death and dying frequently?
If you could go back and never have had cancer, would you?
Were the surgeries/biopsies painful?
How did you manage through chemotherapy if you had chemo?
If you are undergoing continuous treatment, how do you manage through it?
Is it difficult to wait for test results? How can doctors and nurses make it easier?
How can a doctor or nurse better ensure treatment compliance?
How do you manage fear of recurrence?
How is COVID-19 impacting your cancer experience?