Development, Implementation, and Outcomes of a Global Infectious Disease Training Course.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Skilled healthcare professionals are critical for providing quality healthcare for children with cancer globally. Training curricula addressing the knowledge needs in infection care and prevention (ICP) in cancer are scarce.

Program description

We implemented a 10-week blended course in ICP. The distance learning had four 2-week modules: Infectious Complications, Quality in Infection Care, Quality in Infection Prevention, and Sustainability, Research, and Dissemination. Each module had pre- and post-tests and weekly webinars. The 2-week in-person learning had lectures, group exercises, clinical observations, hospital and laboratory tours, and ended in an annual conference. An individual project developed during the distance learning was presented in the in-person

SUBMITTER: Caniza MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8165826 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature