آموزش پزشکی (Aug 2023)
Designing a New Educational Curriculum for Pediatric Blood and Cancer Specialist Fellowship
Abstract
Background and Objective: Children's blood and cancer is one of the sciences that undergoes changes and evolutionary growth in a short period of time with extensive research in various fields. In this study, a new curriculum was compiled based on the new chapters of hematology and oncology of children in the world and the opinions of the board members and members of the association. Methods:The research is descriptive survey type. The statistical population includes members of the Children's Blood and Cancer Society faculty. They cooperated with the forum in designing the questions. Based on the Morgan table, the participants were selected by random method. The study had 2 phases, quantitative and qualitative, which was conducted in 1400. Information was collected from a researcher-made questionnaire. The examined items were: learning the principles of modern medicine such as evidence-based medicine and clinical reasoning, learning the principles of medical ethics, skills in studying courses, understanding legal procedures, the ability to research and electronic search, the adequacy of educational topics, satisfaction with the teaching of professors, the degree of scientific dependence on professors after graduation, the need for supplementary courses, the current method of evaluating the flu - the ability to report bad news, the scientific ability of professors to teach current topics, participation in the training of assistants). The evaluation questionnaire was scored based on the Kirkpatrick evaluation model and based on the Likert scale (very much, very little). The Cronbach's obtained was 0.92. The second phase was the collection of the strategic committee of the Children's Blood and Cancer Society by brainstorming. Findings: Findings were obtained in relation to the degree of desirability of the evaluated factors. Conclusion: It is necessary and inevitable to revise the current educational curriculum of the superspecialized blood and cancer children's education according to the country's current needs.
