CAKUT; Down syndrome; Kidney anomalies; Kidney size; Trisomy 21; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Nephrology
Abstract :
[en] BACKGROUND: The initial training of Radiation Oncology professionals can vary widely across Europe. The aim of this study was to assess the status and content of the initial training programs currently implemented in the Greater Region: Lorraine (Nancy, France), Saarland (Homburg, Germany), Luxembourg, and Liège (Wallonia, Belgium).
METHODS: A survey was developed to investigate (1) the overall satisfaction, learning objectives, and teaching methods used during initial training programs and (2) the perceptions of the importance of key professional competencies as described by the CanMEDS (a framework that identifies and describes the abilities physicians require to effectively meet the health care needs of the people they serve). In addition, open-ended questions were used to elicit opinions on room for improvement. Participants (N = 38) were physicians (radiation oncologists (RO) seniors and residents) and radiation therapists (RTTs).
RESULTS: Only 21.1% of the respondents declared having acquired all the competencies required for their professional practice during their initial training. Heterogeneity in teaching methods was noted within professional programs but there is no difference between those from RO and RTT in the teaching of technical and relational skills. Relational skills were not addressed in a range of 39.5-57.9% of respondent's curricula. More practical lessons were deemed necessary to improve radiotherapy (RT) training programs.
CONCLUSIONS: Radiation oncology professionals expressed the need for more practical teaching, especially in the training of non-technical skills. Regarding the perceived importance of professional aptitudes, radiation oncology professionals highlighted medical and relational skills as the most important competencies.
Disciplines :
Pediatrics
Author, co-author :
Postolache, Lavinia; Department of Ophthalmology, Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Parsa, Afshin; The Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
Simoni, Paolo; Department of Radiology, Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Boitsios, Grammatina; Department of Radiology, Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Ismaili, Khalid; Department of Pediatrics, Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Schurmans, Thierry ; Department of Pediatrics, Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Monier, Anne; Department of Pediatrics, Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Casimir, Georges; Department of Pediatrics, Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Albert, Adelin ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique
Parsa, Cameron F; Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808 Route de Lennik, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium. cfparsa@gmail.com ; Faculty of Medicine, Sorbonne University, Paris, France. cfparsa@gmail.com
Language :
English
Title :
Widespread kidney anomalies in children with Down syndrome.
Publication date :
03 February 2022
Journal title :
Pediatric Nephrology
ISSN :
0931-041X
eISSN :
1432-198X
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, Germany
ULB - Université Libre de Bruxelles [BE] Queen Fabiola Children’s University Hospital [BE]
Funding text :
This work was supported by The Belgian Kids’ Fund for Pediatric Research of the Queen Fabiola Children’s University Hospital and by the Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study.
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