Willingness to pay for high-quality remote radiation oncology training in Latin America.

Autor: Li B; Rayos Contra Cancer Inc., Nashville, TN, United States; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States., Perez T; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States., Hao J; Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, United States., Rodriguez D; Complexo Médico Delfín, Lauro de Freitas, Brazil., Oladeru O; Rayos Contra Cancer Inc., Nashville, TN, United States; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States., Castaneda SA; Rayos Contra Cancer Inc., Nashville, TN, United States; Department of Radiation Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States., Sarria GR; Rayos Contra Cancer Inc., Nashville, TN, United States; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany. Electronic address: gustavo.sarria@ukbonn.de.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Critical reviews in oncology/hematology [Crit Rev Oncol Hematol] 2022 Jan; Vol. 169, pp. 103546. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 27.
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2021.103546
Abstrakt: Access to high-quality continuing medical education, particularly in Radiation Oncology, can be challenging in some developing countries due to economic barriers. Despite the current offer of free-access self-educational material, end user training faces a backlog still difficult to overcome. The purpose of this investigation is to report the willingness-to-pay profile of practitioners in Latin America, as a surrogate of quality perception of remote educational resources. Related factors include professional experience and baseline practice confidence levels. Most of practitioners would cover their own expenses, while an increased tendency in less-experienced professionals was observed. However, baseline knowledge confidence levels were not influential in decision making. This report contributes to better know the profile of Latin American professionals, in order to design future educational interventions in the region and bridging the current accessibility gap.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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