Understanding the bricks to build better surgical oncology unit at Maputo Central Hospital: prevalent surgical cancers and residents knowledge

• Author(s): Morais, Atílio ; Come, Jotamo ; Selemane, Carlos ; Pires, Germano ; Tivane, Adriano ; Cossa, Matchecane ; Tulsidás, Satish ; Antunes, Luís ; Costa, Manuel João ; Sidat, Moshin ; Martins, Maria do Rosário ; Carrilho, Carla ; Santos, Lúcio Lara
• Date: 2019
• Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/62427
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Curriculum; Educational Measurement; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Hospitals; Humans; Internship and Residency; Male; Middle Aged; Mozambique; Neoplasm Staging; Neoplasms; Prevalence; Registries; Retrospective Studies; Surgical Oncology; Young Adult; Clinical Competence; Cancer surgery; Resident knowledge
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Universidade do Minho

Description

Cancer is a growing concern in Mozambique. However, the country has limited facilities and few oncologists. Surgical oncologists are an unmet need. The aim of this study was to assess residents' knowledge in prevalent cancer domains and to identify and characterize prevalent cancers treated by surgery at Maputo Central Hospital, the largest hospital in Mozambique. The expectations were that the findings shall inform the development of a comprehensive curriculum in surgical oncology fellowship fit for the Hospital.