Yuen Hon K, Fallis Michelle, Martin-Harris Bonnie
Department of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, College of Health Professions, 151 Rutledge Ave., B313, Charleston, SC, USA.
J Cancer Educ. 2010 Dec;25(4):556-9. doi: 10.1007/s13187-010-0106-x.
We surveyed speech language pathology (SLP) programs for head and neck cancer (HNC) training. Program directors of 242 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association accredited masters programs for SLP were contacted regarding curricular HNC material. Directors (n = 120) responded online: six included a required course in HNC, and all but two programs with no required HNC course included HNC topics in other required courses. Thirty-two programs were affiliated with a medical center and/or a teaching hospital. Programs that offered either a required course in HNC or elective courses on HNC were more likely to be affiliated with a medical center and/or a teaching hospital than programs that did not offer a required course in HNC (P = 0.043) or elective courses on HNC (P = 0.007), respectively. Few programs offer a required HNC course but most programs integrate HNC content into the required coursework. Potential strategies to incorporate HNC exposure into formal SLP programs are identified.
我们对言语语言病理学（SLP）领域的头颈癌（HNC）培训项目进行了调查。我们联系了242个获得美国言语-语言-听力协会认证的SLP硕士项目的项目主任，询问有关课程中头颈癌相关内容的情况。120位主任通过网络回复：其中6个项目设有头颈癌必修课，除了2个没有头颈癌必修课的项目外，其他所有项目都在其他必修课中纳入了头颈癌相关主题。32个项目与医疗中心和/或教学医院有附属关系。提供头颈癌必修课或头颈癌选修课的项目，分别比未提供头颈癌必修课（P = 0.043）或头颈癌选修课（P = 0.007）的项目更有可能与医疗中心和/或教学医院有附属关系。很少有项目设有头颈癌必修课，但大多数项目将头颈癌相关内容纳入了必修课程。我们确定了将头颈癌相关内容纳入正式SLP项目的潜在策略。
