Anampa-Guzmán Andrea, Brito-Hijar Andrea Denise, Gutierrez-Narvaez Cristian Antonio, Molina-Ruiz Anthony Raul, Simo-Mendoza Victor, González-Woge Miguel, de la O Murillo Andrea, Leon-Ferre Roberto
Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
Sociedad Cientifica de San Fernando, Lima, Peru.
JCO Glob Oncol. 2020 Sep;6:1439-1445. doi: 10.1200/GO.20.00363.
To describe the characteristics of the members of the ASCO-sponsored Oncology Student Interest Groups (OSIGs) in Latin America.
This was a multicenter cross-sectional study. We surveyed 97 OSIG members from three medical schools in Peru and Mexico. We administered a 60-question survey covering topics including personal background, oncology training experience, and professional practice expectations and preferences.
A little more than one half of the surveyed OSIG members were female. More than one half had a visa to visit the United States and had an advanced level of English. One half of the OSIG members were also ASCO members. Most participants agreed or strongly agreed that participation in their OSIG increased their interest in cancer-related specialties (94%) and provided professional networking opportunities (94%) and that it was accessible to all students (91%). Most participants believed that their OSIG had sufficient resources to carry out its activities. Students were asked to rate their interest when they entered medical school versus at the time of the survey. Most of the members were strongly interested in pursuing surgical oncology. The majority of members were somewhat interested or very interested in palliative care and medical oncology.
To our knowledge, this is the first study that provides data on medical student perceptions of the Latin American OSIGs sponsored by ASCO. Student perceptions of medical oncology and the impact of OSIGs were generally positive. Given the shortages of oncology specialists in Latin American and elsewhere, strategies to engage medical students in the pursuit of cancer-related careers are becoming increasingly essential.
描述美国临床肿瘤学会（ASCO）赞助的拉丁美洲肿瘤学学生兴趣小组（OSIGs）成员的特征。
这是一项多中心横断面研究。我们对来自秘鲁和墨西哥三所医学院的97名OSIG成员进行了调查。我们进行了一项包含60个问题的调查，涵盖个人背景、肿瘤学培训经历以及专业实践期望和偏好等主题。
接受调查的OSIG成员中略多于一半为女性。超过一半的人有赴美签证且英语水平较高。OSIG成员中有一半也是ASCO成员。大多数参与者同意或强烈同意参与他们的OSIG增加了他们对癌症相关专业的兴趣（94%），提供了专业社交机会（94%），并且所有学生都可以参与（91%）。大多数参与者认为他们的OSIG有足够的资源开展活动。要求学生对他们进入医学院时与调查时的兴趣进行评分。大多数成员对从事外科肿瘤学有强烈兴趣。大多数成员对姑息治疗和内科肿瘤学有些兴趣或非常感兴趣。
据我们所知，这是第一项提供关于医学生对ASCO赞助的拉丁美洲OSIGs看法数据的研究。医学生对内科肿瘤学的看法以及OSIGs的影响总体上是积极的。鉴于拉丁美洲和其他地区肿瘤学专家短缺，吸引医学生从事癌症相关职业的策略变得越来越重要。
