Benefits, barriers and opinions on multidisciplinary team meetings: a survey in Swedish cancer care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Case review and discussion at multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs) have evolved into standard practice in cancer care with the aim to provide evidence-based treatment recommendations. As a basis for work to optimize the MDTMs, we investigated participants' views on the meeting function, including perceived benefits and barriers.

Methods

In a cross-sectional study design, 244 health professionals from south Sweden rated MDTM meeting structure and function, benefits from these meetings and barriers to reach a treatment recommendation.

Results

The top-ranked advantages from MDTMs were support for patient management and competence development. Low ratings applied to monitoring patients for clinical trial inclusion and structured work to improve the MDTM. Nur

SUBMITTER: Rosell L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5887214 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature