Perspective of Turkish Medicine Students on Cancer, Cancer Treatments, Palliative Care, and Oncologists (ARES Study): a Study of the Palliative Care Working Committee of the Turkish Oncology Group (TOG)

Cancer is one of the most common causes of death all over the World (Rahib et al. in Cancer Res 74(11):2913–2921, 2014 ; Silbermann et al. in Ann Oncol 23(Suppl 3):iii15–iii28, 2012 ). It is crucial to diagnose this disease early by effective screening methods and also it is very important to acknow...

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Published in:Journal of cancer education 2020-02, Vol.35 (1), p.69-75
Main Authors: Oktay, Esin, Levent, Mustafa, Gelincik, Hakan, Aktaş, Gizem, Yumuk, Fulden, Koral, Lokman, Arpacı, Erkan, Keser, Murat, Alkan, Ali, Karci, Ebru, Karadurmuş, Nuri, Degirmencioglu, Serkan, Turan, Merve, Uyeturk, Ummugul, Cabuk, Devrim, Avci, Nilufer, Toprak, Omer, Ergen, Arzu, Urvay, Semiha, Bayman, Evrim, Petekkaya, Emine, Nayir, Erdinç, Paydaş, Semra, Yavuzsen, Tugba, Senler, Filiz Cay, Yaren, Arzu, Barutca, Sabri, Şahinler, İsmet, Ozyilkan, Ozgur, Tanriverdi, Ozgur
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cancer
Cancer Research
Cancer therapies
Communicable Diseases
Education
Family - psychology
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Male
Medical Oncology - education
Medical screening
Medical students
Metastasis
Neoplasms - therapy
Oncologists - psychology
Oncology
Palliative care
Palliative Care - methods
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Questionnaires
Student Characteristics
Students
Students, Medical - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey
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Summary:Cancer is one of the most common causes of death all over the World (Rahib et al. in Cancer Res 74(11):2913–2921, 2014 ; Silbermann et al. in Ann Oncol 23(Suppl 3):iii15–iii28, 2012 ). It is crucial to diagnose this disease early by effective screening methods and also it is very important to acknowledge the community on various aspects of this disease such as the treatment methods and palliative care. Not only the oncologists but every medical doctor should be educated well in dealing with cancer patients. Previous studies suggested various opinions on the level of oncology education in medical schools (Pavlidis et al. in Ann Oncol 16(5):840–841, 2005 ). In this study, the perspectives of medical students on cancer, its treatment, palliative care, and the oncologists were analyzed in relation to their educational status. A multicenter survey analysis was performed on a total of 4224 medical school students that accepted to enter this study in Turkey. After the questions about the demographical characteristics of the students, their perspectives on the definition, diagnosis, screening, and treatment methods of cancer and their way of understanding metastatic disease as well as palliative care were analyzed. The questionnaire includes questions with answers and a scoring system of Likert type 5 (absolutely disagree = 1, completely agree = 5). In the last part of the questionnaire, there were some words to detect what the words “cancer” and “oncologist” meant for the students. The participant students were analyzed in two study groups; “group 1” ( n  = 1.255) were phases I and II students that had never attended an oncology lesson, and “group 2” ( n  = 2.969) were phases III to VI students that had attended oncology lessons in the medical school. SPSS v17 was used for the database and statistical analyses. A value of p  
ISSN:0885-8195
1543-0154
DOI:10.1007/s13187-018-1441-6