Developing an Experimental Framework to Evaluate Oncologist Emotion Regulation

"The study team will instruct the participant to relax, and record biometric data for a total 7 minutes (the beginning two minutes is to allow for physiologic adaptation).~Simulated Encounter The study team will train experienced actors in the same case, a patient with a metastatic soft tissue sarcoma already on second-line chemotherapy. The physicians will receive a simulated medical file that contains a prognosis in a single format: a range-based, time prognosis (e.g. months to a year). The actor script and medical file will be developed by a multidisciplinary team (e.g. oncologist, palliative care, emotion scientist). The encounter will occur via tele-video platform (ZOOM®) and will be video-recorded. During the encounter participant physicians will wear three biometric sensors."