Education & Mentorship of Advanced Practice Providers to Increase Community-based Research Within the NCORP Network, COACH-APP Trial

Inclusion Criteria22

• APP PRACTICE: Must have one practicing APP who can dedicate approximately 2 hours/month to participate in the intervention and study activities over a 12-month period, supported by their direct supervisor via the APP Support Statement
• APP PRACTICE: Must attest to research infrastructure that can support APP trial enrollment, as declared on the APP Practice Attestation
• APP PRACTICE: Must have submitted the APP Practice Attestation within the Study Interest Survey
• APP PRACTICE: Must have received the required APP practice ID for Oncology Patient Enrollment Network (OPEN) enrollment in the Study Selection Email prior to enrollment
• APP PRACTICE: Must enroll eligible practice site(s) in OPEN within 14 days of receiving the Study Selection Email.
• APP: Practicing nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) registered as an active non-physician investigators (NPIVR) within the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Registration and Credential Repository (RCR)
• APP: Treats oncology patients at practice that is actively recruiting to NCORP and/or NCTN trials
• APP: Not planning to leave their clinical position within the APP practice (defined as one or more NCORP affiliate or sub-affiliate site\[s\] where the APP participating in the study sees patients and clinical research activities occur) in the next 12 months at enrollment
• APP: Willing to participate in a 30-minute recorded phone interview, if selected
• APP: Completed and submitted the APP Attestation within the Study Interest Survey
• APP: Completed and submitted an APP Support Statement from their direct supervisor approving participation in this study, within the Study Interest Survey
• APP: Identify and obtain signed Research Care (RC) Team Acknowledgements from two members (defined below) of their research care team to assist them in this study. The RC team for this study will consist of an oncologist and clinical research professional (i.e., clinical research coordinator, clinical research associate clinical research nurse, etc.) that the APP collaborated with over the past 6 months or could collaborate with in the future to enroll patients on NCORP and/or NCTN trials
• APP: Must have received the required APP practice ID for OPEN enrollment in the Study Selection Email
• APP: Must enroll consented APPs in OPEN within 14 days of receiving the Study Selection Email
• MENTOR: Must be a practicing APP chosen by the WF-2403 COACH-APP Study MPIs
• MENTOR: Must have the following criteria:
• Clinical practice experience in a practice that enrolls to NCORP and/or NCTN trials.
• Participation in a leadership role within NCTN or NCORP (i.e., serving on a Research Base committee, working group, taskforce or as a site PI)
• Willing to complete COACH-APP mentor training.
• Willing to complete a 30-minute recorded phone interview about their experience with the COACH-APP intervention
• RESEARCH CARE TEAM INTERVIEW: Must be an identified member of the Research Care Team for an APP assigned to the COACH-APP intervention arm. The Research Care Team will be reviewed by the APP in the 12 month survey for any changes
• RESEARCH CARE TEAM INTERVIEW: Willing to participate in a recorded phone interview (approximately 30 minutes) to assess their perceptions of the COACH-APP intervention, including feasibility, acceptability, and impact