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Tsai FD, Guercio B, Stuver S, Stern R, Peluso MJ, Winkler M, Piawah S, Vallurupalli M, Luskin MR, Braun D, Parent A, Glotzbecker B, Kilbridge KL. Resident-Reported Impact of a Novel Oncology Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents. J Cancer Educ 2022; 37:1879-1885. [PMID: 34480712 PMCID: PMC8417651 DOI: 10.1007/s13187-021-02055-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education mandates that all internal medicine residents gain exposure to internal medicine subspecialties including hematology and oncology. While many residents meet this criterion through inpatient oncology rotations, the current structure of many inpatient oncology rotations leaves little opportunity for formal education. We therefore designed a novel oncology curriculum consisting of one-page oncology teaching sheets to increase the number, breadth, and quality of formal teaching sessions on our resident inpatient oncology services. In order to evaluate the curriculum, we conducted pre- and post-intervention surveys of residents. From these surveys, we found that 72.2% of residents used the teaching sheets on their inpatient oncology rotation and that the teaching sheets led to an increase in the number of formal oncology teaching sessions (mean 3.4 ± 2.1 post-implementation vs 2.6 ± 2.0 pre-implementation, p = 0.008), the breadth of oncology topics taught (% reporting ≥ 5 topics; 26.1% vs 16.3%, p = 0.035), the proportion of residents reporting improvement in overall oncology knowledge (80.2% vs 62.4%, p = 0.012), and the proportion of residents reporting improvement in their ability to care for patients (70.8% vs 48.9%, p = 0.013). These results demonstrate that formal oncology teaching can be improved on inpatient oncology rotations through a simple and easily replicable oncology curriculum.
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Affiliation(s)
- Frederick D Tsai
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA
| | - Sherri Stuver
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Boston University School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
| | - Robert Stern
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
| | - Michael J Peluso
- University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
| | - Mounica Vallurupalli
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
| | - Marlise R Luskin
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
| | - David Braun
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
| | - Alexander Parent
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
| | - Brett Glotzbecker
- University Hospital Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
| | - Kerry Laing Kilbridge
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
- Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
- Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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