Junior Doctor Evaluation of Radiation Oncology Education and Training in Medical Schools and Prevocational Training in Australia
| Autor: | Ben Bravery, Sandra Turner, Apsara Windsor, Kate Shi, Revadhi Chelvarajah, Minh Thi Tieu, Luke Nicholls |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Palliative care education Pharmacology toxicology Specialty 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Radiation oncology medicine Medical Staff Hospital Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Curriculum Schools Medical business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Medical school Australian capital Australia Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Radiation Oncology Medical school curriculum business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education. 36(3) |
| ISSN: | 1543-0154 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study is to evaluate radiation oncology (RO)–specific education, confidence and knowledge of junior doctors in Australian teaching hospitals. A 38-item web-based survey was emailed to prevocational junior doctors working in Australian hospitals in New South Wales (NSW), Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Queensland (QLD) between November 2017 and January 2018. The survey evaluated RO educational and clinical exposure of participants during medical school, and prevocational training and their confidence and knowledge of the specialty. A total of 183 respondents across 17 Australian hospital networks completed the survey. During medical school, 53.4% had RO incorporated into their formal curriculum, 19.5% had no formal lectures and 51.7% had never visited a RO department. As a junior doctor, 73.8% of respondents did not receive any formal RO education. When compared with other oncology specialties, fewer junior doctors were confident in consulting the RO team (21.0%) compared with medical oncology (42.0%), palliative care (75.2%) and haematology (40.1%). Majority of respondents (61.6%) showed limited understanding of radiation safety. On multivariate sub-group analysis, both confidence and knowledge in RO improved when RO was incorporated into the formal medical school curriculum. This survey highlights the current low confidence and poor knowledge standard amongst Australian junior doctors on RO due to inadequate teaching during medical school and prevocational training and suggests improvement through standardisation of formal RO curriculum teaching within medical school and prevocational training. |
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