A Graduate Medical Education Curriculum to Introduce the Concept of Cancer Survivorship

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Regina A Jacob, Vanneta Hyatt

Abstract

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. 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. 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 th...Continue Reading

Citations

Nov 18, 2019·Journal of Cancer Education : the Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Education·Jared LeeMatthew Schlumbrecht
Nov 12, 2020·Journal of Cancer Survivorship : Research and Practice·Sarah Tucker PriceLisa D Mims
Mar 26, 2021·Journal of Cancer Survivorship : Research and Practice·Raymond J ChanLarissa Nekhlyudov

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