Assessment of Multidisciplinary Clinics Implementation in Cancer Patients' Management in Arab Countries
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Multidisciplinary Communication
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 300
- Primary Endpoint
- Investigate the main challenges to establish effective MDT clinics.
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Multidisciplinary clinics affect the quality of management of cancer patients. This Questionnaire is for research purposes aiming at exploring the application and implementation of multidisciplinary clinics in managing cancer patients in the Arab countries. The results of this survey will shed the light on the situation; the investigators aim at exploring the status of their implementation and who participates in them, in addition to exploring the challenges that face MDT clinics in Arab world.
Detailed Description
Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are recommended as a corner stone of best cancer care nowadays. MDTs consist of many professionals such as medical, nursing, and allied professionals and diagnostic experts to determine the optimal treatment pathway for individual patients. They should be well organized and efficient. MDT clinics care is helpful in making clinical decision and improving the quality of patients' care. However, there are many challenges that face the actual implementation and application of MDT clinics in routine cancer patients' care in our Arab countries. This study aims at describing the situation in our Arab countries and reflecting the pathway \& logistics of referring cancer patients to MDT \& the impact of that on the patients' management \& outcome, in addition to exploring the challenges that face effective implementation of MDT clinics, so that it can lead the improvement in oncology manangement
Investigators
Riham H. AbdelAziz
Clinical Oncology Lecturer and consultant
Cairo University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Healthcare workers/Physicians involved in cancer diagnosis \& management in the Arab countries.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Health care workers/ Physicians who are not entitled for cancer management.
- •Physicians who are not working in the Arab counties.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Investigate the main challenges to establish effective MDT clinics.
Time Frame: Two months
We would like to know the main challenges to establish effective MDT clinics according to the physicians' point of view, who attend the MDT clinics . This will be done via a questionnaire.
Investigate the rate of discussing the suspected patients in MDT clinics
Time Frame: Two months
We would like to know the rate of discussing suspected patients in MDT clinics. This will be done via a questionnaire.
Secondary Outcomes
- Who usually attend the MDT in the Arab countries?(Two months)
- Describe the rate of well established and effective MDT in the Arab countries.(Two months)