# Advanced Practice Provider Oncology Web Educational Resource (AP POWER)

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2020 · $154,322

## Abstract

Title: Advanced Practice Provider Oncology Web Education Resource (AP-POWER)
Background: The nation is facing a shortage of cancer care providers. Advanced practice providers
(APPs) including nurse practitioners and physician assistants without previous cancer care
experience are entering oncology positions without any additional training or education, leaving
susceptibility for poor patient outcomes and risk management vulnerabilities. We propose a program
to expand but build on the success of the current R25, Cancer Education for Nurse Practitioners New
to Cancer Care
Aims: To refine and conduct an electronic oncology educational program of up to 15 weeks for APPs in their
first year of oncology practice. This project will seek to monitor the impact of this curriculum on the knowledge,
confidence, learning and supportive needs of the APP. In Year 1, the curriculum will be refined and readied for
online dissemination. In Years 2 through 5, we will monitor the impact of the curriculum on participants’ self-
assessment of cancer knowledge and confidence in delivering cancer care, monitor the impact of the
curriculum on the attention to patient reported outcomes, monitor the learning needs of the APP in the first
months of oncology practice and evaluate long term professional growth. In Year 5, we will finalize the content
of the AP-POWER curriculum for sustained dissemination.
Innovation: The AP-POWER course is delivered in a usable format with embedded video and serious gaming
educational strategies. It is educationally innovative
 Methods: This application, AP-POWER is a web delivered program of education for APPs in cancer care in
the first months of practice. It consists of five online modules with a guide for suggested activities at the APPs
site for application. The online curriculum will be offered nationally to 200 advanced practice practitioners new
to cancer care practice over a 42 month period. The online course is 26-36 hours in length and can be
completed in up to 15 weeks.
Evaluation: The primary outcome is the APPs perceived level of knowledge and confidence in the delivery of
cancer care pre and post the oncology educational curriculum. The APPs attention to patient reported
outcomes will also be measured pre and post curriculum. Curriculum overall will be assessed by the APPs and
onsite mentors.
Implications: Following national evaluation, this program can be sustained as an electronic Continuing Nursing
Education offering through the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10017017
- **Project number:** 5R25CA148050-09
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** Margaret Q. Rosenzweig
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $154,322
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-04-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10017017

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10017017, Advanced Practice Provider Oncology Web Educational Resource (AP POWER) (5R25CA148050-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10017017. Licensed CC0.

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