A Graduate Medical Education Curriculum to Introduce the Concept of Cancer Survivorship
Introduction The growing number of cancer survivors has expanded the need for physicians familiar with survivorship care outside the subspecialty of oncology. However, primary care providers have historically not been comfortable managing the growing number of cancer survivors and their long-term se...
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| description | Introduction The growing number of cancer survivors has expanded the need for physicians familiar with survivorship care outside the subspecialty of oncology. However, primary care providers have historically not been comfortable managing the growing number of cancer survivors and their long-term sequela. To date, there is no current ambulatory curriculum designed as a workshop to discuss general concepts of cancer survivorship with internal medicine resident physicians. Methods This was a 3-day workshop series given over 5 weeks. Residents were given a simulated case following a geriatric breast cancer survivor. Session 1 consisted of creating a survivorship care plan and discussing secondary cancer screening. Session 2 included a discussion on primary tumor recurrence and short-term side effects of cancer treatments. Finally, Session 3 incorporated mental health adjustment and long-term side effects of various cancer treatments. Knowledge and attitude assessments were administered during Sessions 1 and 3. Results Eighty-seven residents participated, with 59 completing the survey on Session 1, and 36 completing the same survey on Session 3. Prior to the curriculum, two residents reported comfort in creating a survivorship care plan compared to 23 after the curriculum. Similarly, comfort in screening for excess mortality increased from three residents to 19. General knowledge of common side effects from cancer treatment modalities was well known prior to the curriculum. Discussion Survivorship care heavily incorporates the basics of primary care. This curriculum successfully raised awareness among resident physicians regarding survivorship terminology, which, in turn, improved their comfort in the long-term management of the cancer survivor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1568aefb2ca4c0b861731eaafd9bbda2022-12-21T22:37:04ZengAssociation of American Medical CollegesMedEdPORTAL2374-82652018-01-011410.15766/mep_2374-8265.10673A Graduate Medical Education Curriculum to Introduce the Concept of Cancer SurvivorshipRegina A. Jacob0Vanneta Hyatt1Assistant Professor, Section of General Internal Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityAssistant Professor, Section of General Internal Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityIntroduction The growing number of cancer survivors has expanded the need for physicians familiar with survivorship care outside the subspecialty of oncology. However, primary care providers have historically not been comfortable managing the growing number of cancer survivors and their long-term sequela. To date, there is no current ambulatory curriculum designed as a workshop to discuss general concepts of cancer survivorship with internal medicine resident physicians. Methods This was a 3-day workshop series given over 5 weeks. Residents were given a simulated case following a geriatric breast cancer survivor. Session 1 consisted of creating a survivorship care plan and discussing secondary cancer screening. Session 2 included a discussion on primary tumor recurrence and short-term side effects of cancer treatments. Finally, Session 3 incorporated mental health adjustment and long-term side effects of various cancer treatments. Knowledge and attitude assessments were administered during Sessions 1 and 3. Results Eighty-seven residents participated, with 59 completing the survey on Session 1, and 36 completing the same survey on Session 3. Prior to the curriculum, two residents reported comfort in creating a survivorship care plan compared to 23 after the curriculum. Similarly, comfort in screening for excess mortality increased from three residents to 19. General knowledge of common side effects from cancer treatment modalities was well known prior to the curriculum. Discussion Survivorship care heavily incorporates the basics of primary care. This curriculum successfully raised awareness among resident physicians regarding survivorship terminology, which, in turn, improved their comfort in the long-term management of the cancer survivor.http://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10673OncologyWorkshopPrimary CareCancer SurvivorshipAmbulatory Curriculum |
| spellingShingle | Regina A. Jacob Vanneta Hyatt A Graduate Medical Education Curriculum to Introduce the Concept of Cancer Survivorship MedEdPORTAL Oncology Workshop Primary Care Cancer Survivorship Ambulatory Curriculum |
| title | A Graduate Medical Education Curriculum to Introduce the Concept of Cancer Survivorship |
| title_full | A Graduate Medical Education Curriculum to Introduce the Concept of Cancer Survivorship |
| title_fullStr | A Graduate Medical Education Curriculum to Introduce the Concept of Cancer Survivorship |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Graduate Medical Education Curriculum to Introduce the Concept of Cancer Survivorship |
| title_short | A Graduate Medical Education Curriculum to Introduce the Concept of Cancer Survivorship |
| title_sort | graduate medical education curriculum to introduce the concept of cancer survivorship |
| topic | Oncology Workshop Primary Care Cancer Survivorship Ambulatory Curriculum |
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