Joanna Metzner-Sadurski, Member of the Board of Advisors at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and President of Oncology101.org, shared on LinkedIn:
“I am deeply honored to have our work featured on the cover of Oncology Issues.
My heartfelt thanks to ACCC for highlighting health literacy and the importance of preparing patients for chemotherapy and clinical trials.
I am especially grateful to Ruiling Yuan, MD for support and a ‘little push’ Jasmine Kamboj, for thoughtful guidance as an advisor to Oncology101.org.
A prepared patient is a safer patient.
Thank you for helping us share this mission.”
Ruiling Yuan, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, added:
“Health literacy is patient safety! And patient education is not optional!
So proud of my dear friend Joanna Metzner-Sadurski, MD!
Congratulations on having your incredible work featured in Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC)’s Oncology Issues!
Empowering patients with knowledge helps them make informed decisions and participate confidently in their cancer care. This is especially important for our community and rural patients, who often face additional barriers to care and clinical trials.
Honored to support Joanna and her wonderful work through Oncology101.org!
Thank you ACCC for highlighting this important mission, and Jasmine Kamboj, MD, FASCO for your friendship, mentorship, and continued guidance!”
Learn more about CLEAR
- What CLEAR is: CLEAR stands for Cancer Literacy, Education, and Resources. It is a physician-led patient education model developed in community oncology and supported by Oncology101.org, which provides free, plain-language educational videos about cancer diagnoses, treatments, medications, adverse effects, clinical trials, supportive care, and survivorship.
- Main objective: The creators aimed to improve cancer health literacy and patient safety by ensuring patients understand their treatment plans, recognize warning signs, use medications correctly, and participate in shared decision-making.
- CLEAR follows four steps: prepare, educate, reinforce, and support. Patients receive a short educational video before a clinical teaching visit, discuss their individual treatment plan and questions with the oncology team, and can revisit the video afterwar.
- Who can use it: The resources are freely available to patients with cancer and their caregivers, including family members who cannot attend appointments. Oncology teams and community cancer centers can also integrate the videos into chemotherapy education.
- The model is particularly useful in rural and underserved communities where access to specialized education may be limited.
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