Department of Clinical Oncology, ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, I - 7, Sector - 39, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201 301, India.
ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida, India.
J Cancer Educ. 2020 Dec;35(6):1243-1249. doi: 10.1007/s13187-019-01589-0.
Training health care professionals (HCPs) is one of the most challenging and key factors for the success of a cancer screening program. In order to make this onerous task possible, a hybrid training model, combining the online knowledge-sharing tool of ECHO (Extension of Community Health Outcomes) and in-person training, was proposed by the National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR). The main aim of this article is disseminating our experience on the effectiveness of this hybrid model in training health care providers in cancer prevention. A group of gynecologists was trained using a structured curriculum in cervical and breast cancer screening through a 14-week online course, followed by a three-day in-person training (group A). To analyze the effectiveness of this model, a group of gynecologists who were not part of the online course were enrolled for face-to-face training (group B). All the participants were offered pre- and post-training questionnaires and a pictorial quiz. Group A participants had 60% and 40% more knowledge in cervical and breast cancer screening, respectively, compared with group B before the in-person training. Though group B demonstrated a 51% increase in knowledge post-training, group A performed 26% better than group B in the pictorial quiz-demonstrating better knowledge acquisition. This hybrid training model, when employed in capacity building in cancer screening among gynecologists, works very effectively in improving knowledge and skill set in cancer screening. This can be a potent tool for the government for efficient training of HCPs in cancer screening.
培训医疗保健专业人员（HCP）是癌症筛查计划成功的最具挑战性和关键因素之一。为了完成这项艰巨的任务，国家癌症预防和研究所（NICPR）提出了一种混合培训模式，将 ECHO（社区卫生成果扩展）的在线知识共享工具与面对面培训相结合。本文的主要目的是传播我们在培训癌症预防医疗保健提供者方面使用这种混合模式的经验。一组妇科医生通过为期 14 周的在线课程接受了结构化的宫颈癌和乳腺癌筛查培训课程，然后进行为期三天的面对面培训（A 组）。为了分析这种模式的有效性，招募了一组未参加在线课程的妇科医生参加面对面培训（B 组）。所有参与者都接受了培训前和培训后的问卷调查和图片测验。与面对面培训前的 B 组相比，A 组在宫颈癌和乳腺癌筛查方面的知识分别增加了 60%和 40%。尽管 B 组在培训后知识增加了 51%，但 A 组在图片测验中的表现比 B 组好 26%，表明他们的知识获取更好。这种混合培训模式在妇科医生的癌症筛查能力建设中非常有效，可以有效提高他们的癌症筛查知识和技能。这可以成为政府在癌症筛查方面培训 HCP 的有效工具。
