Medical oncologists must get more involved in systemic treatment

[Emergency department doctors must get involved in organising the services].

He leído con gran interés el trabajo recientemente publicado en su revista por Noval de la Torre y col en el que presentan datos sobre el compromiso organizativo de los médicos de urgencias (MU) de los hospitales públicos españoles1. En el mismo parten de la premisa, que comparto totalmente, de que los trabajadores de los servicios de urgencias, en este caso el estamento médico, deberían implic...

Do medical oncologists and cancer patients care about treatment costs of systemic anticancer therapy?

PURPOSE The incidence, and thus the economic burden of cancer are increasing rapidly with prolongation of lifespan thanks to newly-developed anticancer drugs. Globally the number of newly diagnosed cases is expected to rise to 21.4 million by the year 2030. In this survey, our purpose was to investigate the level of awareness of oncologists and cancer patients concerning the treatment costs of ...

Ensuring patient-centered care. Leaders must get involved and make it a priority.

We must teach more effectively: here are four ways to get started

Research on how people learn shows that teaching using active learning is more effective than just lecturing. We outline four concrete ways instructors can begin to apply active learning in their teaching: backward instruction design; expecting students to learn more than facts; posing "messy" problems for students to solve; and expecting students to talk, write, and collaborate. Each tactic is...

Get Involved in Something International!

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