Teaching Medical Students about Cancer through a Longitudinal Surgical Experience.
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Cancer Curriculum
Sixty presentations out of a total of 67 were available for qualitative analysis. We derived codes from the data (codes were not pre-determined). We clustered themes emerging from the analysis of the presentations into domains. We found 33 individual themes, reflecting 5 major domains: Clinical Issues, Patient Characteristics, Systems Problems, Psychosocial Response to Cancer, and Existential Decision-Making (Table 1).5
THEMES |
# STUDENTS |
Genetics of cancer |
6 |
Cancer in the young adult |
5 |
Cancer in the elderly |
8 |
Premorbid psychological characteristics |
11 |
Socioeconomic status |
7 |
Screening |
4 |
Diagnostic dilemmas |
10 |
In-depth medical decision-making |
38 |
Complex post-operative care |
16 |
Outcome predictors |
12 |
Use of complementary therapies |
2 |
Cross-cultural communication |
2 |
Financial barriers |
7 |
Immigrant coverage |
3 |
Healthcare team communication |
4 |
Lack of primary care |
3 |
Disjointed care systems |
7 |
Professionalism |
1 |
Importance of physician-patient therapeutic alliance |
7 |
Conceptualizing cancer: patient's vs physician's vision |
5 |
End of life decision-making |
2 |
Uncertainty/helping patients deal with uncertainty |
5 |
Patient autonomy in decision-making |
13 |
Patient attitudes as barriers |
8 |
Quality of life in cancer treatment |
11 |
Ethical and philosophical Issues |
3 |
Impact on family members |
2 |
Role of family and social support in outcome |
6 |
Psychological impact of disease on patient |
15 |
Impoverishment due to illness as stressor |
4 |
Resilience/empowerment |
6 |
Concerns about sexuality/fertility |
4 |
Gender identity issues |
1 |