Yadav Rajesh R, Ngo-Huang An T, Fu Jack B, Ng Amy, Custodio Christian, Bruera Eduardo
Department of Palliative Care, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe, Unit 1414, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
J Cancer Educ. 2019 Apr;34(2):402-405. doi: 10.1007/s13187-018-1385-x.
Currently there are limited options for physiatrists to further subspecialize in cancer rehabilitation. Since 2007, few cancer rehabilitation fellowship programs have been started. There is currently absolutely no information about such training programs and their graduates. This study is the first to survey a small number of graduates from two cancer rehabilitation fellowship programs. The purpose of this study was to report characteristics, attitudes, and beliefs of cancer rehabilitation fellowship graduates. Graduates of cancer rehabilitation fellowship programs from 2008 through 2015 responded to a 26-question survey. Information collected included exposure to cancer rehabilitation prior to fellowship training, usefulness of fellowship training program, information about current practice, and suggested areas of improvement. The setting of the study is online survey. Participants were graduates of two cancer rehabilitation fellowship programs from 2008 through 2015. Participants were contacted via email about completion of an online survey and information was collected anonymously. Primary outcome measure was satisfaction of respondents with their fellowship training program in meeting the rehabilitation needs of their cancer patients. Sixteen responses, with a response rate of 89%, were recorded. Sixty-three percent of the respondents had exposure to cancer rehabilitation prior to post-graduate year 3 (PGY-3). Majority of graduates had practice involving at least 50% of care to cancer patients. Fifty percent indicated that their position was specifically created after their job interview. Career development was one of the major areas of suggested improvement in training. Graduates of cancer rehabilitation fellowship programs strongly value their training. Majority of the graduates were able to continue their career into jobs that were primarily cancer rehabilitation related. Further work needs to be done to define this subspecialty further and incorporate building practice as part of this training.
目前，物理治疗师在癌症康复领域进一步细分专业的选择有限。自2007年以来，很少有癌症康复 fellowship 项目启动。目前完全没有关于此类培训项目及其毕业生的信息。本研究首次对两个癌症康复 fellowship 项目的少数毕业生进行了调查。本研究的目的是报告癌症康复 fellowship 项目毕业生的特征、态度和信念。2008年至2015年的癌症康复 fellowship 项目毕业生对一项包含26个问题的调查做出了回应。收集的信息包括 fellowship 培训前接触癌症康复的情况、fellowship 培训项目的有用性、当前实践的信息以及建议的改进领域。研究采用在线调查的方式。参与者是2008年至2015年两个癌症康复 fellowship 项目的毕业生。通过电子邮件联系参与者完成在线调查，信息是匿名收集的。主要结果指标是受访者对其 fellowship 培训项目满足癌症患者康复需求的满意度。记录了16份回复，回复率为89%。63%的受访者在研究生三年级（PGY - 3）之前接触过癌症康复。大多数毕业生的实践中至少50%的护理对象是癌症患者。50%的人表示他们的职位是在面试后专门设立的。职业发展是培训中建议改进的主要领域之一。癌症康复 fellowship 项目的毕业生非常重视他们的培训。大多数毕业生能够继续从事主要与癌症康复相关的工作。需要进一步开展工作来进一步明确这个细分专业，并将建立实践纳入培训内容。
