A Survey Regarding the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs of Graduates of Cancer Rehabilitation Fellowship Program. 2019

Rajesh R Yadav, and An T Ngo-Huang, and Jack B Fu, and Amy Ng, and Christian Custodio, and Eduardo Bruera
Department of Palliative Care, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe, Unit 1414, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. ryadav@mdanderson.org.

Currently there are limited options for physiatrists to further subspecialize in cancer rehabilitation. Since 2007, few cancer rehabilitation fellowship programs have been started. There is currently absolutely no information about such training programs and their graduates. This study is the first to survey a small number of graduates from two cancer rehabilitation fellowship programs. The purpose of this study was to report characteristics, attitudes, and beliefs of cancer rehabilitation fellowship graduates. Graduates of cancer rehabilitation fellowship programs from 2008 through 2015 responded to a 26-question survey. Information collected included exposure to cancer rehabilitation prior to fellowship training, usefulness of fellowship training program, information about current practice, and suggested areas of improvement. The setting of the study is online survey. Participants were graduates of two cancer rehabilitation fellowship programs from 2008 through 2015. Participants were contacted via email about completion of an online survey and information was collected anonymously. Primary outcome measure was satisfaction of respondents with their fellowship training program in meeting the rehabilitation needs of their cancer patients. Sixteen responses, with a response rate of 89%, were recorded. Sixty-three percent of the respondents had exposure to cancer rehabilitation prior to post-graduate year 3 (PGY-3). Majority of graduates had practice involving at least 50% of care to cancer patients. Fifty percent indicated that their position was specifically created after their job interview. Career development was one of the major areas of suggested improvement in training. Graduates of cancer rehabilitation fellowship programs strongly value their training. Majority of the graduates were able to continue their career into jobs that were primarily cancer rehabilitation related. Further work needs to be done to define this subspecialty further and incorporate building practice as part of this training.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009369 Neoplasms New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms. Benign Neoplasm,Cancer,Malignant Neoplasm,Tumor,Tumors,Benign Neoplasms,Malignancy,Malignant Neoplasms,Neoplasia,Neoplasm,Neoplasms, Benign,Cancers,Malignancies,Neoplasias,Neoplasm, Benign,Neoplasm, Malignant,Neoplasms, Malignant
D011795 Surveys and Questionnaires Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions. Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D012046 Rehabilitation Restoration of human functions to the maximum degree possible in a person or persons suffering from disease or injury. Habilitation
D002983 Clinical Competence The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care. Clinical Skills,Competence, Clinical,Clinical Competency,Clinical Skill,Competency, Clinical,Skill, Clinical,Skills, Clinical,Clinical Competencies,Competencies, Clinical
D005257 Fellowships and Scholarships Stipends or grants-in-aid granted by foundations or institutions to individuals for study. Scholarships,Fellowships,Fellowship,Scholarship,Scholarships and Fellowships
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001291 Attitude of Health Personnel Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc. Staff Attitude,Attitude, Staff,Attitudes, Staff,Health Personnel Attitude,Health Personnel Attitudes,Staff Attitudes
D014481 United States A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.

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