Table 2

Activities of the UPCON Network program in the primary care setting

ACTIVITYLEAD PHYSICIANSWHOLE CLINIC
Education

  • Monthly case-based small group Mainpro-C sessions

  • Cancer clinic time with oncologists

  • Honoraria

  • Summaries of small group sessions for all FPs

  • Annual Cancer CME Day and “Open House”

  • Annual lunch-and-learn sessions

Communication

  • Frequent e-mail contact

  • Site visits

  • Check-in dinners

  • Newsletters every 2 months

  • Collection of enhanced FP contact information for CCMB patient charts

  • Fax sheets for communication with oncologists

  • Support from UPCON staff

Information technology

  • Training in CCMB EMR

  • Training and support for EMR as requested

  • Computer hardware and high-speed Internet service

  • Access to cancer records of all clinic patients

Patient referrals

  • Accepting 6–12 CCMB patients with no FPs per year

  • Integration of these new patients

  • CCMB—CancerCare Manitoba, CME—continuing medical education, EMR—electronic medical record.