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. 2024 May 16;8(3):e10987.
doi: 10.1002/aet2.10987. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Current gaps in emergency medicine core content education for oncologic emergencies: A targeted needs assessment

Monica K Wattana  1 , Angela Lindsay  2 , Moira Davenport  3 , Nicholas R Pettit  4 , Jazmin R Menendez  1 , Ziyi Li  5 , Demis N Lipe  6 , Aiham Qdaisat  1 , Jason J Bischof  7
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Current gaps in emergency medicine core content education for oncologic emergencies: A targeted needs assessment

Monica K Wattana et al. AEM Educ Train. .

Abstract

Objective: The core content of emergency medicine (EM) residency training includes the management of oncologic emergencies; however, documented knowledge gaps continue to exist in this subtopic. This study represents a targeted needs assessment as indicated by Step 2 of Kern's curriculum design to determine the specific training gaps to be addressed within the oncologic EM curriculum.

Methods: A multi-institutional cross-sectional survey of oncologists (surgical and medical) and emergency physicians (attendings and residents) was conducted during 2023 at five institutions. The voluntary survey consisted of general and specialty-specific questions exploring gaps in oncologic emergency-specific training/education topics. Descriptive statistics reported responses as frequencies and percentages.

Results: Of the 833 surveys sent across the five sites, 302 (36.3%) were accessed by link; of these, 271 (89.7%) surveys were completed. There were no differences in the responses between early and later respondents and no differences in the characteristics of respondents between sites. A vast majority of the oncologist and EM groups (91.2% and 83.0%, respectively) reported a belief that emergency physicians would benefit from additional oncologic emergency training. Our survey identified 16 important topics for inclusion in an oncologic EM curriculum, including five topics not present on the 2022 Model of Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine.

Conclusions: Based on this needs assessment, an oncologic EM curriculum should include the topics listed under oncologic emergencies in the 2022 Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine along with our respondent-identified topics of radiation therapy adverse effects, stem cell transplant complications, and the management of cancer-specific postsurgical complications, pain, and common diseases in patients with cancer.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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