The need for and acceptability of a cancer training course for medical and nursing students in Tanzania: a convergent mixed methods study.

Stella Emmanuel Mushy Dickson Ally Mkoka Gift Gadiel Lukumay Agnes Fredrick Massae Corissa T Rohloff Lucy Raphael Mgopa Dorkasi Lushindiho Mwakawanga Nidhi Kohli Michael W Ross Ever Mkonyi Maria Trent Kibwanda Athumani Shalini L Kulasingam Brian Robert Simon Rosser

Published in: BMC medical education (2024)

A cancer training course is both highly needed and acceptable to medical and nursing students. Implementation of this cancer training course will improve students' knowledge and skills and eventually improve the quality of cancer care and patients' quality of life by ensuring early diagnosis and management.

Keyphrases

nursing students
papillary thyroid
healthcare
squamous cell
end stage renal disease
primary care
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
lymph node metastasis
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
quality improvement
study protocol
childhood cancer
prognostic factors
young adults