Training Health Care Professionals in Interprofessional Collaborative Cancer Care

Arfons, Lisa; Mazanec, Polly; Smith, Jennifer S.; Curry, Sonya; Berman, Susan; Dimick, Jennifer; Savinell, Robert F.; Alvarado, Nannette; Woods, Kauzy

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“…Such collaboration is essential for providing holistic care that takes into account the physical, psychological, and social needs of each patient with cancer in Nigeria. 18 Studies indicate that interprofessional collaboration in all aspects of cancer care, including administration of chemotherapy, 19 radiation therapy, 20 nursing care, 21 and cancer screening, 22 is vital for improving cancer outcomes.…”

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Oncology Training Needs Assessment Among Health Care Professionals in Nigeria

Adejumo

Oluwasanu

Ntekim

et al. 2022

JCO Global Oncology

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PURPOSE This study investigated the status of training and preparedness for oncology practice and research and degree of interprofessional collaboration among health care professionals in the six geopolitical regions of Nigeria. METHODS A convergent parallel mixed methods design was used. Three hundred seventeen respondents completed a three-part, online questionnaire. Self-rated competencies in oncology research (26 items), oncology practice (16 items), and interprofessional collaboration (nine items) were assessed with a one- to five-point Likert scale. Six key informant and 24 in-depth interviews were conducted. Descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, and pairwise t-test were used to analyze the quantitative data, whereas thematic analysis was used for the qualitative data. RESULTS Respondents were mostly female (65.6%) with a mean age of 40.5 ± 8.3 years. Respondents include 178 nurses (56.2%), 93 medical doctors (29.3%), and 46 pharmacists (14.5%). Self-assessed competencies in oncology practice differed significantly across the three groups of health care professionals ( F = 4.789, P = .009). However, there was no significant difference across professions for competency in oncology research ( F = 1.256, P = .286) and interprofessional collaboration ( F = 1.120, P = .327). The majority of respondents (267, 82.4%) felt that educational opportunities in oncology-associated research in the country are inadequate and that this has implications for practice. Key training gaps reported include poor preparedness in data analysis and bioinformatics (138, 43.5%), writing clinical trials (119, 37.5%), and writing grant/research proposals (105, 33.1%). Challenges contributing to gaps in cancer research include few trained oncology specialists, low funding for research, and inadequate interprofessional collaboration. CONCLUSION This study highlights gaps in oncology training and practice and an urgent need for interventions to enhance interprofessional training to improve quality of cancer care in Nigeria. These would accelerate progress toward strengthening the health care system and reducing global disparities in cancer outcomes.

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Oncology Training Needs Assessment Among Health Care Professionals in Nigeria

Adejumo

Oluwasanu

Ntekim

et al. 2022

JCO Global Oncology

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“…Die Modelle veranschaulichen, wie facettenreich sich interprofessionelle Zusammenarbeit in der Praxis darstellt und wie komplex die Anforderungen an die Mitglieder des interprofessionellen Teams sind. International empfehlen daher viele Forscher/-innen eine Schulung der Gesundheitsfachkräfte in der interprofessionellen Zusammenarbeit, um im Praxisalltag erfolgreich in interprofessionellen Teams arbeiten zu können (Arfons et al, 2015;Herrmann et al, 2015;Sytsma et al, 2015). Eine interprofessionelle Ausbildung der Gesundheitsberufe gilt als innovative Strategie, um die Zusammenarbeit der Gesundheitsberufe zu fördern, dadurch das Gesundheitssystem zu stärken und bessere Ergebnisse an Patienten/-innen zu erzielen (WHO, 2010).…”

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Interprofessionality in the model courses of study for healthcare and nursing professions in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany / Interprofessionalität in den Modellstudiengängen der Pflege- und Gesundheitsberufe in Nordrhein-Westfalen

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2017

International Journal of Health Professions

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Interprofessional cooperation is attributed a special significance in overcoming new challenges in the health system. For the educational system, this means the development of innovative teaching and learning formats that encourages interaction between students from different professions within healthcare. In Germany in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), eleven model courses of study for healthcare and nursing professions have been developed and evaluated. Evaluation reports do not tell whether social interaction between students of different professions is promoted. The following study investigates to what extent interprofessionality is incorporated into the model courses of study for healthcare and nursing professions in NRW and to what extent the courses of study include social interaction between students of different professions. In addition, an analysis is made as to what extent structural and organisational conditions and the course management influence the (further) development of the courses with a view to interprofessionality. Structured expert interviews have been carried out with those responsible for the courses of study, for a total of seven model courses. These have then been evaluated using qualitative content analysis. The promotion of interprofessional expertise is incorporated into all model study courses that were considered and is generally governed by international standards. Six of the seven courses of study offer social interaction between students of different professions. Valuable hints for interprofessional education at colleges for health could be achieved.

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Training Health Care Professionals in Interprofessional Collaborative Cancer Care

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Oncology Training Needs Assessment Among Health Care Professionals in Nigeria

Oncology Training Needs Assessment Among Health Care Professionals in Nigeria

Interprofessionality in the model courses of study for healthcare and nursing professions in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany / Interprofessionalität in den Modellstudiengängen der Pflege- und Gesundheitsberufe in Nordrhein-Westfalen

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