Poster can be found in location 120.

Background: Depending on the stage of the disease and therapy regimen, persons diagnosed with cancer spend a lot of their time in cancer outpatient clinics. It is critically important that not only their needs are met, but also, they feel welcomed and safe. Over the last ten years, numbers of service users treated by the same number of healthcare professionals (nurses and oncologists) at the cancer outpatient clinic of the Zurich Municipal Hospital, site Triemli, were continuously rising. This work pressure results in a rather treatment focused practice which leads to unsatisfying conditions. It is argued by McCance et al. (2013) and Manley (2017) that person-centred care is dependent on a thriving person-centred culture. In the cancer outpatient clinic a culture change towards a person-centred practice is crucial, in which all facets of a person are valued, patients and professionals alike. Aims: The aims of my PhD research are to assess the current workplace culture in relation to person-centred practice at the cancer outpatient clinic, to develop a shared understanding of person-centred culture, and to identify areas of practice in order to further develop and to enhance a person-centred culture. Methods: The research contains several stages of co-creation. The main focus will be on methods to access persons’ experiences of care and on methods that help the healthcare team in getting a better understanding of their culture. As a part of this process. participants are invited to participate in data collection and analysis. Results and discussion: As fieldwork is ongoing, I will be sharing how I developed my methodological principles of this person-centred participatory research that guides the co-creation of this reserach. Further, I am discussing ethical challenges I have faced so far, and share how I encountered them in respect to principles of person-centredness.