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Lake Superior Rural Cancer Care Project, part II: provider knowledge.

T E Elliott1, B A Elliott, R R Regal

  • 1Lake Superior Rural Cancer Care Project, Division of Education and Research, St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic Health System, University of Minnesota Duluth, School of Medicine, Duluth, Minnesota 55805, USA.

Cancer Practice
|March 7, 2002
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Rural providers showed improved cancer care knowledge after a multimodal educational intervention. This project demonstrated significant learning gains for physicians, nurses, and pharmacists in a large rural area.

Area of Science:

  • Rural Health
  • Cancer Care Education
  • Healthcare Interventions

Background:

  • Rural healthcare providers face unique challenges in cancer care delivery.
  • Limited access to specialized cancer education impacts rural provider knowledge and practice.
  • The Lake Superior Rural Cancer Care Project aimed to address these educational gaps.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the learning outcomes of a multimodal educational intervention for rural healthcare providers.
  • To assess the impact of the intervention on knowledge of cancer management.
  • To establish a foundation for future studies on practice behavior and patient outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • A multimodal educational intervention was designed and tested with rural providers and healthcare systems.

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  • An experimental group-level randomization design was employed.
  • The intervention included enhanced education and the use of clinical opinion leaders.

    • Main Results:

    • Significant increases in knowledge scores were observed from pretest to post-test for physicians (66 to 79, P=.02), nurses (58 to 71, P=.01), and pharmacists (54 to 64, P=.01).
    • Providers in the experimental group demonstrated significantly better performance on cancer management knowledge tests compared to control groups (P <.01).

    Conclusions:

    • This study represents a novel experimental approach to improving rural providers' cancer care knowledge.
    • The educational intervention shows potential for positively influencing provider practice behaviors and patient outcomes.
    • The findings suggest the intervention's applicability to rural providers in other geographic regions.