开发一个教育"枢纽":远程学习课程在跨国队列中的影响
Meridith L Balbach1, Grantly Neely2, Afua Yorke3
1Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. Meridith.balbach@vumc.org.
BMC medical education
|April 12, 2024
概括
一个精细的强度调节放射治疗 (IMRT) 课程有效地提高了非洲和拉丁美洲辐射瘤学专业人员的知识和信心. 这种可访问的培训模式使诊所能够在全球范围内加强癌症护理.
科学领域:
- 辐射瘤学 辐射瘤学
- 医学物理教育教育 医学物理教育
- 全球健康 全球健康
背景情况:
- 辐射瘤学教育在低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs) 面临重大差距.
- 强度调节放射治疗 (IMRT) 是一种至关重要的先进癌症治疗方式.
- 可访问和有效的培训对于改善LMIC癌症护理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估针对LMIC辐射瘤专业人员量身定制的IMRT课程的有效性.
- 评估无成本IMRT教育计划在非洲和拉丁美洲 (LATAM) 的通用性.
- 解决辐射瘤学教育和培训方面的差异.
主要方法:
- 一个为期四个月的27小时的IMRT课程通过视频会议向非洲和拉美地区的参与者提供.
- 志愿教育工作者为各自的队伍进行了英语和西班牙语的课程.
- 课程前后的评估测量了知识 (多选择题考试) 和自信 (利克尔特尺度).
主要成果:
- 来自非洲和拉美地区的25个中心的332名参与者报名.
- 在所有领域的知识 (47.9%至89.6%) 和自信 (p < 0.001) 中观察到显著的改善.
- 高出席率与自我信心增加相关,表明潜在的门效应.
结论:
- 适应的IMRT课程对非洲和拉美拉丁美洲的辐射瘤专业人员有效.
- 参与者的反表明了授权和准备训练他人,这表明了可持续的知识转移.
- "Hub and Spokes"远程学习模式是通过教育来减少全球医疗保健差异的可行和可通用的方法.
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