Trainees' perspectives on sickle cell education: a qualitative needs assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sickle cell disease (SCD) exemplifies many of the social, racial, and healthcare equity issues in the United States. Despite its high morbidity, mortality, and cost of care, SCD has not been prioritized in research and clinical teaching, resulting in under-trained clinicians and a poor evidence base for managing complications of the disease. This study aimed to perform a needs assessment, examining the perspectives of medical trainees pursuing hematology/oncology subspecialty training regarding SCD-focused education and clinical care.

Method

Inductive, iterative thematic analysis was used to explore qualitative interviews of subspecialty hematology-oncology trainees' attitudes and preferences for education on the management of patients with SCD. Fifteen trainees f

SUBMITTER: Prince EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11220977 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature