Cristina Lavareda Baixinho, Óscar Ramos Ferreira, Marcelo Medeiros, Ellen Synthia Fernandes de Oliveira
Participation of Nursing Students in Evidence-Based Practice Projects: Results of Two Focus Groups
International journal of environmental research and public health
survey aimed determine perception brachytherapy training among residents dach region consisting austria germany switzerland online questionnaire containing 22 questions related trainee demographics n 5 brachytherapy training n 17 sent two iterations 112019 022020 following topics evaluated institutional support barriers training extent training sitespecific training prostate gynaecology breast gastrointestinal skin preferences training outlook overall development brachytherapy responses mostly based likert scale 1 5 thereby reflecting strength opinion descriptive statistics used describe frequencies among 108 respondents approximately 69 residents considered ability perform brachytherapy independently important somewhat important however 31 respondents reported dedicated brachytherapy training residency major limitation achieve independence performing brachytherapy seen low case load austria lack training switzerland germany interest brachytherapy training among residents germanspeaking countries generally high perceived lack sufficient case volumes partially also formal training opportunities fellowships departments high case load part formalised curriculum dedicated handson workshops national international conferences might help overcome issues