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Late effects care as an emerging clinical specialty in paediatric oncology: how to prepare the workforce?

Diana Greenfield1, Lars Hjorth

  • 1Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK. Diana.Greenfield@sth.nhs.uk

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care
|August 6, 2013
PubMed

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Healthcare professionals require training to manage the long-term health needs of childhood cancer survivors. Ensuring adequate education is crucial for providing effective late effects care to this growing population.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Oncology
  • Cancer Survivorship Care
  • Healthcare Professional Education

Background:

  • Long-term childhood and adolescent cancer survivors have unique healthcare needs.
  • There is a recognized gap in understanding the educational requirements for healthcare professionals serving this population.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current educational approaches for healthcare professionals.
  • To identify strategies for preparing the workforce to deliver effective late effects care.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of existing educational strategies.
  • Analysis of evidence for workforce preparedness in survivorship care.

Main Results:

  • The necessity of late effects care for childhood cancer survivors is widely acknowledged.
  • Internationally recognized, evidence-based screening practices are developing.

Conclusions:

  • Clinical staff, including medical and nursing professionals, must be adequately trained.
  • Effective preparation is essential for delivering safe, patient-centered, and clinically effective late effects care.
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