Impact of a SBRT/SRS longitudinal telehealth training pilot course in Latin America

Benjamin Li; Gustavo R Sarria; Michael Hermansen; Jackie Hao; David Martinez; Bertha Garcia; Jingxia Liu; Megan McLeod; Serguei Castaneda; Oluwadamilola T Oladeru; Becky Lee; Gustavo J Sarria; Hiram Gay; Indrin J Chetty; Dante Roa

doi:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2020.103072

Impact of a SBRT/SRS longitudinal telehealth training pilot course in Latin America

Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2020 Oct:154:103072. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2020.103072. Epub 2020 Aug 7.

Authors

Benjamin Li¹, Gustavo R Sarria², Michael Hermansen³, Jackie Hao⁴, David Martinez⁵, Bertha Garcia⁵, Jingxia Liu⁶, Megan McLeod⁷, Serguei Castaneda⁸, Oluwadamilola T Oladeru⁹, Becky Lee¹⁰, Gustavo J Sarria¹¹, Hiram Gay⁶, Indrin J Chetty¹², Dante Roa¹³

Affiliations

¹ Rayos Contra Cancer, Inc. Nashville, TN, USA; University of California San Francisco, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, San Francisco, CA, USA.
² Rayos Contra Cancer, Inc. Nashville, TN, USA; University Hospital Bonn, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. Electronic address: gustavo.sarria@ukbonn.de.
³ Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
⁴ Rayos Contra Cancer, Inc. Nashville, TN, USA; Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
⁵ Clínica AUNA, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Lima, Peru.
⁶ Washington University in St. Louis, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, St. Louis, MO, USA.
⁷ Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁸ Rayos Contra Cancer, Inc. Nashville, TN, USA; Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁹ Rayos Contra Cancer, Inc. Nashville, TN, USA; Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
¹⁰ Loma Linda University, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
¹¹ Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Lima, Peru.
¹² Henry Ford Cancer Institute, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA.
¹³ Rayos Contra Cancer, Inc. Nashville, TN, USA; University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.

PMID: 32805497
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2020.103072

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the impact of longitudinal telehealth training in stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for clinicians in Latin America.

Materials and methods: Professionals from two Peruvian centers received an initial SBRT/SRS on-site training course and subsequently received follow-up telehealth training (interventional group) or not (negative control arm). Twelve live video conference sessions were scheduled. Surveys pre- and post-curriculum measured participants' confidence in seven practical domains of SBRT/SRS, based on Likert scales of 1-5, and post-curriculum surveys assessed educators' experiences.

Results: Sixty-one participants were registered, with an average of 24 attendees per session. Pre- and post- surveys were completed by 22 participants. For interventional and negative-control groups, mean changes in Likert scale were satisfactory for the former and remained unmodified for the latter.

Conclusions: Conducting telehealth educational programs via virtual classroom sessions could be a reliable method to augment training for SBRT and SRS.

Keywords: Continuous medical education; SBRT; SRS; Telehealth; Telemedicine.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Latin America
Radiosurgery*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Telemedicine*