PURPOSE Forty-six percent of patients with cancer experience significant psychosocial distress, a factor linked to higher morbidity, mortality, and costs of care. Oncologists also face high psychosocial distress, particularly during fellowship training. Herein, we describe a novel curriculum aimed at improving the professional well-being, communication skills (CS), and attitudes toward psychosocial patient care among hematology/oncology (H/O) fellows. METHODS Artful Oncology is an innovative, multimodal, longitudinal curriculum for H/O fellows consisting of four pillars: (1) monthly psychosocial oncology didactics; (2) bimonthly narrative medicine seminars; (3) quarterly CS training simulations; and (4) monthly cancer survivorship support group facilitation. This curriculum was introduced with the inaugural H/O fellowship class in 2021 with formal assessments added in 2022-2023 (total six fellows). Outcomes were measured through self-assessed CS, scored feedback for each didactic, annual Physician Belief Scale (PBS) surveys, quarterly Professional Quality of Life (
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