Impact of Curriculum Content on Resident Attitudes Towards Cancer Care.

ABSTRACT: Residents' clinical and educational experiences affect their views of patient care and their ability to estimate prognosis. We conducted a randomized pilot study to determine if an educational session could influence internal medicine (IM) residents' interest in oncology and their ability to accurately determine the prognosis of cancer patients. We randomized 29 IM residents to attend either a traditional American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) oncology review lecture focusing on cancer complications or a lecture reviewing landmark studies that are the basis of common cancer treatments and prognoses. On the post-lecture questionnaire, residents' interest in oncology and their overall performance on knowledge assessments were similar. However, more residents attending the traditional ABI

SUBMITTER: Lycan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12751027 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature