AfHNS fellowship: Model to improve access to head and neck cancer care in Africa and developing countries
| Autor: | Diom Es, Melesse Gebeyehu, Joyce Aswani, Johannes J. Fagan, Anna Konney, Kenneth Baidoo, P A Onakoya, Wayne M. Koch, Jeff Otiti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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education
Developing country 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Resource (project management) Nursing medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Fellowships and Scholarships 030223 otorhinolaryngology Head and neck Developing Countries health care economics and organizations Africa South of the Sahara Accreditation Surgeons business.industry Head and neck cancer medicine.disease Outreach Otorhinolaryngology Summative assessment Head and Neck Neoplasms Oral examination business |
| Zdroj: | HeadneckREFERENCES. 43(10) |
| ISSN: | 1097-0347 |
| Popis: | Background Head and neck cancers occur predominantly in developing countries where access to care is poor. Sub-Saharan Africa has 1 billion people and has only two fellowship training programs. Methods and results The AfHNS Head and Neck Fellowship is being introduced to accelerate training of African surgeons to improve access to resource appropriate cancer care. By avoiding fixed time-in-training and single training sites, training can be offered at multiple centers in Africa, even with lower patient volumes. It also creates opportunities for accredited international surgical outreach programs to contribute to training. Conclusions Having prescribed reading and appropriate Entrustable Professional Activities that are assessed through Workplace Based Assessment, and having a summative virtual oral examination ensures that fellows are fit-for-purpose to practice in an African resource-constrained setting. Other developing countries are encouraged to adopt a similar approach to expanding head and neck cancer services. |
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