Cancer education for medical students in developing countries: Where do we stand and how to improve?

Amgad, Mohamed; Shash, Emad; Gaafar, Rabab

doi:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2012.01.003

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“…Elles sont à la fois pratiques et techniques. Bien que les médecins semblent structurer leurs représentations par rapport aux infirmiers, en général, leurs discours sont peu précis et basés sur de faibles bases scientifiques [17]. Plus de 80 % des médecins et infirmiers ont manifesté la volonté d'être formé en SP pour améliorer la qualité de la prise en charge des patients en fin de vie.…”

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“…Les SP sont encore un concept relativement nouveau dans un contexte comme la RDC et les services se développent face à un besoin croissant [30,32]. Le besoin éducatif relatif aux SP a été démontré dans une étude en Égypte et une réforme a été entreprise pour augmenter la qualité de soin en fin de vie [17]. L'accent devrait être dirigé vers l'éducation formelle des acteurs et la sensibilisation du public et des pouvoirs publics.…”

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Qualitative analysis of palliative care and support in medical practices in DRC

Masumbuku¹,

Coppieters²

2014

Médecine Et Santé Tropicales

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Qualitative analysis of palliative care and support in medical practices in DRC

Masumbuku¹,

Coppieters²

2014

Médecine Et Santé Tropicales

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“…Falta uma formação voltada para a compreensão integral e complexa das doenças neoplásicas, o que se traduz na formação deficitária principalmente quando se trata da prevenção. De fato, estudos mostraram que a integração no ensino da cancerologia não é apropriada na maioria das escolas médicas em todo mundo, [12][13] não havendo trabalhos semelhantes no Brasil. Desta forma, iniciativas internacionais somam-se aos esforços em prol de uma formação que contemple as doenças neoplásicas numa lógi-ca generalista fundamentando-se principalmente no rastreamento e na prevenção.…”

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Autoavaliação de egressos quanto à capacitação para práticas de controle do câncer

Ferreira

Nunes

Souza

2015

Revista Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto

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Problema de saúde pública, o câncer tem forte impacto na sociedade. O papel do profissional de saúde, especialmente do médico, é de fundamental importância para o controle. Para tal, é necessária a formação adequada de generalistas capazes de atuar na detecção precoce e na prevenção. Neste trabalho, avaliamos a autopercepção de alunos de um curso de Medicina quanto ao conhecimento de habilidades para prevenção e controle do câncer. Trata-se de um estudo transversal que utilizou um questionário autopreenchível, previamente adaptado. Foram incluídos alunos matriculados no último ano do curso médico em 2012. Foram excluídos: (a) ingressantes por transferência ex-officio; (b) alunos que não frequentavam o curso no momento da pesquisa; (c) alunos que participaram do processo de adaptação questionário. Setenta e quatro alunos participaram do estudo. Um percentual significativo (87%) consideraram insuficiente o ensino da cancerologia durante a formação. A maioria (90,4%) considera-se preparada para aconselhar quanto alimentação saudável. Embora 76,7% dos alunos sintam-se preparados em aconselhar a prevenção e 79,7% a cessação do tabagismo, 21,6% e 16,2% responderam que se consideram despreparados, respectivamente. Em relação à fotoproteção os percentuais são semelhantes. Os alunos sentem-se mais preparados em aconselhar do que em executar exames fundamentais para rastreamento e diagnóstico precoce de câncer. Os dados são mais preocupantes em relação a exames para rastreamento das duas neoplasias com protocolos implementados no Brasil: 52,1% e 73% desses alunos chegam ao final do curso sem segurança em executar o exame clínico das mamas e o preventivo ginecológico, respectivamente. Em relação ao exame clínico da pele e ao toque retal, os resultados são semelhantes, com 60,2% e 64,9%, respectivamente, considerando-se despreparados. Embora estes exames não estejam incluídos em protocolos de rastreamento, são fundamentais para diagnóstico precoce. Nossos resultados identificam uma importante lacuna observada na formação. Mais do que um diagnóstico situacional do ensino de câncer, este trabalho permite direcionar e alertar sobre a importância de reformas e aprimoramentos curriculares e, com isso, contribuir com a qualidade do serviço de saúde prestado para a população.Descritores: Educação médica; Currículo; Oncologia. Abstract Self-evaluation of graduates regarding training practices for cancer controlCancer is a public health problem, with strong impact on society. The health professional, mainly physicians, is fundamental importance for cancer control. To this end is necessary well trained generalists in acting on early detection and prevention. In this paper, we aimed to evaluate self-perception of medical students in terms of knowledge skills to prevent and control cancer. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study, based on a self-administered questionnaire. Data were collected in the year 2012. Students enrolled belonged final year medical faculty. All of them previously signed an informed consent. Exclusion criter...

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“…The course instructor-who later became my long-term research mentor and is co-authoring this opinion piece-integrated an academic writing component into the rotation, as a way to stay in par with the thenbudding interest in research among the revolution youngsters. The result was a published literature review article that he and I co-authored on the very same topic that the oncology summer school addressed: oncology education for medical students in developing countries [2].I cannot overstate the importance of early research exposure and continuing mentorship on developing my character and research understanding. Three years after my initial research exposure, I now have seven published papers in international peer-reviewed journals (six of which are in PubMedindexed journals), one local and two international conference abstracts and one co-authored book chapter on cancer epidemiology.…”

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The Evolution of Undergraduate Medical Student Research Activities: Personal Experience of a Developing Nation’s Uprise

Amgad

Shash

2015

J Canc Educ

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Revolutions are swift, while evolution is typically a slow, incremental process. One of the most notable things that happened after the Egyptian 2011 revolution was the explosive uprising of youth. Regardless of the political turn of events, which is surely not the subject of this piece, it was becoming increasingly clear that something beyond politics was radically changing the academic landscape, particularly among university students. What started as a "revolutionary" interest in science and research quickly transformed into a continuously changing "evolutionary" process. As a finalyear medical student who spent half of his medical school before the revolution, and half of it after the political turmoil, I was lucky to be one of the earliest Bexperiments^demonstrat-ing the value of strong mentorship on developing an early aptitude for research. One year before the revolution, an oncology summer rotation was developed at the National Cancer Institute (NCI, Cairo University), designed to test the applicability of incorporating oncology rotations into the core medical curriculum in medical schools in developing countries [1]. I joined the course in its second year; the year of the revolution. The course instructor-who later became my long-term research mentor and is co-authoring this opinion piece-integrated an academic writing component into the rotation, as a way to stay in par with the thenbudding interest in research among the revolution youngsters. The result was a published literature review article that he and I co-authored on the very same topic that the oncology summer school addressed: oncology education for medical students in developing countries [2].I cannot overstate the importance of early research exposure and continuing mentorship on developing my character and research understanding. Three years after my initial research exposure, I now have seven published papers in international peer-reviewed journals (six of which are in PubMedindexed journals), one local and two international conference abstracts and one co-authored book chapter on cancer epidemiology. I appear as the first author on three of the published papers, and as the second author on the other four. But what is it that caused such a paradigm shift? Was it the early sense of achievement? Was I simply lucky to have gained a head start? Perhaps luck had a role, but according to our latest metaanalysis on medical student research, about one in three research projects undertaken by medical students gets published in international peer-reviewed journals [3]. Clearly, I am no special case; I am simply a case study demonstrating the untapped potential of medical student involvement in research. Project after project, I saw my research competence rise and my research confidence grow. I became more systematic in my approach to the literature, understood the importance of good planning and note-taking, became more accustomed to mining for literature Bgaps^, and gained much proficiency in academic writing.Beside its impact on my scientific produ...

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Cancer education for medical students in developing countries: Where do we stand and how to improve?

Cited by 22 publications

References 31 publications

Qualitative analysis of palliative care and support in medical practices in DRC

Qualitative analysis of palliative care and support in medical practices in DRC

Autoavaliação de egressos quanto à capacitação para práticas de controle do câncer

The Evolution of Undergraduate Medical Student Research Activities: Personal Experience of a Developing Nation’s Uprise

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