Analysis of hematology and oncology fellowship website content and diversity representation.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 11004-11004
Author(s):  
Arun Muthiah ◽  
Vanya Aggarwal ◽  
Chapman Wei ◽  
Chandrasekar Muthiah ◽  
Matthew I. Quesenberry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Recruitment Strategies ◽  
Fellowship Program ◽  
Recruitment Methods ◽  
Virtual Tools ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
News Ranking ◽  
Website Content

11004 Background: Fellowship in hematology and oncology (HO) is widely sought after but lags behind all other internal medicine subspecialties in attracting applicants underrepresented in medicine (URM). An approach to appealing to URMs involves preexisting in-person strategies but also adapting virtual tools to promote inclusion. Specifically, program websites serve as the first impressions of a program, as well as influence the perception of diversity and inclusion. We evaluated the content and diversity representation of HO program websites to facilitate a generally more informed and URM-considerate recruitment. Methods: The websites of 2019-2020 ACGME accredited HO programs were assessed between June 1st to July 1st, 2020. Data focused on 30 informational categories, derived from published methodology, along with three additional categories concerning diversity, based on suggestions for inclusive graduate medical education recruitment strategies, were compared using two-tailed t tests. We defined websites with 70% or more of the 30 informational categories as “comprehensive websites.” Affiliation with a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Designated Cancer Center, NCI Designated Cancer Center + National Cancer Center Network (NCCN) member institution, and a top 50 ranked cancer hospital by U.S. News was also considered in the analysis. Results: A total of 156 program websites were analyzed: 37.2% NCI; 19.9% NCCN; 29.5% U.S. News ranked. Only 31 (19.9%) were “comprehensive websites,” and 34 (21.8%) had information pertaining to at least one of the diversity categories. There was a significant association between inclusion of diversity content and being a “comprehensive website” (p = 0.001). Compared to those that were neither designated nor ranked, programs designated by NCI, NCCN, or ranked by U.S. News were more likely to have more complete information available (p < 0.001, = 0.008, and < 0.001, respectively). However, only programs ranked by U.S. News were more likely to include information about diversity on their websites (p = 0.006). Conclusions: The vast majority of HO fellowship program websites were not comprehensive, including a lack of diversity and inclusivity content. NCI designation, NCCN participation, and US News ranking were significantly associated with more complete fellowship websites. Given the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in which institution visitation is restricted, program websites may have elevated importance in recruitment. HO programs should direct resources to offering more complete and inclusive websites to better inform applicants, including URM residents.

scholarly journals Guidelines for Evaluating the Feasibility of Recruitment in Pilot Studies of Diverse Populations: An Overlooked but Important Component

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Suppl) ◽  
pp. 745-754
Author(s):  
Anita L. Stewart ◽  
Anna Maria Nápoles ◽  
Sorbarikor Piawah ◽  
Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson ◽  
Jeanne A. Teresi
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Feasibility Studies ◽  
Recruitment Strategies ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Tracking Data ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Recruitment Methods ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Pilot Feasibility Study

Background: In health disparities research, studies often fall short of their recruitment goals. Conducting a pilot feasibility study of recruitment in which data are collected systematically on recruitment processes can help investigators refine methods for the larger study. However, there are few guide­lines for conducting pilot feasibility studies, and recruitment methods are seldom the focus. Feasibility indicators differ from traditional reports of recruitment results by focusing on the extent to which recruitment goals are met.Methods: We present an organizing frame­work for assessing the feasibility of recruit­ment that includes eight steps, briefly: 1) specify recruitment goals; 2) specify recruit­ment processes; 3) establish a tracking sys­tem for each individual; 4) establish a track­ing database for monitoring processes and results; 5) implement recruitment and track each individual’s progress; 6) summarize re­cruitment results; 7) calculate and interpret feasibility measures - were goals met; and 8) if goals were not met, utilize tracking data to modify methods for the larger study. We describe methods within each step, with added details for steps 2-5 (the specific pro­cesses). The framework draws from a small literature on recruitment feasibility with a focus on health disparities populations. The guidelines blend well-known methods of recruitment with additional information on calculating feasibility indicators.Conclusion: These guidelines provide a first step in thinking systematically about recruitment feasibility, to advance the field of measuring feasibility. Feasibility indicators also can be used to track the effectiveness of innovative recruitment strategies as part of building the science of recruitment, es­pecially in disparities populations. Ethn Dis. 2020; 30(Suppl 2):745-754; doi:10.18865/ed.30.S2.745

Using Social Media to Increase the Recruitment of Clinical Research Participants

2018 ◽  
pp. 7181-7189
Author(s):  
Saliha Akhtar
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Recruitment Strategies ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Trial Recruitment ◽  
Recruitment Methods ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Clinical Trial Recruitment

Research has shown that clinical research continues to have difficulty recruiting participants. This problem is expected to increase as the number of clinical trials increases and as there continues to be more focus on complex diseases and treatments. Researchers have typically relied on traditional recruitment methods to recruit participants, which revolve around the physicians and their support staff having the primary role to locate and recruit these participants. However, with individuals using online platforms such as social media to retrieve information, this creates an opportunity for research site personnel to use it as a way to relay information on clinical trial opportunities. Studies that have used social media as a way to recruit participants are discussed. Furthermore, pros and cons of social media for recruitment, along with recommendations that future researchers should consider when deciding whether to implement this type of strategy in their clinical trials will be shared. In general, clinical trial recruitment strategies need to shift to an approach that is not only more targeted, but also has a larger reach. By evaluating the success of studies that have used social recruitment strategies so far, it is evident that future researchers can also achieve recruitment success through social media. Moreover, social media could be a promising new avenue for clinical trial recruitment that allows for a more positive experience for both investigative site personnel and potential participants.

Reaching the “Hard-to-Reach”: Recruitment of Rural-Dwelling Adults With Disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Whitney A. Thurman ◽  
Tracie C. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Recruitment Strategies ◽  
Rural America ◽  
Professional Networks ◽  
Research Recruitment ◽  
Adults With Disabilities ◽  
Recruitment Methods ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Hard To Reach Populations ◽  
Rural Dwellers

Introduction: There are 46 million individuals living in rural America that require unique consideration for rural health research. Recruitment of research participants from disparity groups can be difficult as these groups can be hard-to-reach. In particular, strategies for reaching rural-dwelling Americans with disabilities are not well-documented. Furthermore, researchers sometimes underestimate the time and effort needed to recruit participants from hard-to-reach populations. The purpose of this article is to report the methods used to recruit 12 rural-dwelling adults with disabilities into a qualitative study. Method: The recruitment strategies discussed in this article were used in a grounded theory study. Results: Fifty percent of the sample in this study was recruited via a community gatekeeper, 33% responded to a classified advertisement, and 17% were recruited via the researchers’ professional networks. Discussion: Lessons learned yield insights as to effective recruitment methods for rural dwellers as well as other hard-to-reach populations.

scholarly journals Unplanned 30-Day Readmissions in a General Internal Medicine Hospitalist Service at a Comprehensive Cancer Center

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 410-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna-Grace M. Manzano ◽  
Sahitya Gadiraju ◽  
Adarsh Hiremath ◽  
Heather Yan Lin ◽  
Jeff Farroni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
General Internal Medicine ◽  
Readmission Rate ◽  
Comprehensive Cancer Center ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Unplanned Readmission ◽  
General Internal ◽  
Patients With Cancer

The authors observed a high unplanned readmission rate among their population of patients with cancer.

Recruitment lessons learned from a tailored web-based health intervention Project Y.E.A.H. (Young Adults Eating and Active for Health)

2015 ◽  
Vol 115 (5) ◽  
pp. 470-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Onikia Brown ◽  
Virginia Quick ◽  
Sarah Colby ◽  
Geoffrey Greene ◽  
Tanya M. Horacek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Health Intervention ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Recruitment Strategy ◽  
Recruitment Strategies ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Recruitment Methods ◽  
Successful Recruitment

Purpose – Recruiting college students for research studies can be challenging. The purpose of this paper is to describe the lessons learned in the various recruitment strategies used for enrolling college students in a theory-based, tailored, and web-delivered health intervention at 13 US universities. Design/methodology/approach – The community-based participatory research (CBPR) model was used to develop a staged-tailored, web-based, randomized control trial, focussing on eating behavior, physical activity, and stress management. Participant feedback during baseline assessments was used to evaluate recruitment strategies. Findings – Findings from this feedback suggest that traditional recruitment strategies, such as newspaper ads and flyers, may not be the best approach for recruiting college students; instead, web-based efforts proved to be a better recruitment strategy. Research limitations/implications – This project included results from 13 US universities and thus may not be generalizable: more research is needed to determine successful recruitment methods for 18-24 years old college students. Originality/value – This paper lessens the gap regarding successful recruitment strategies for 18-24 years old college students.

Romare Bearden Graduate Museum Fellowship Program—Outreach to Inreach—A Generation of Cultivating Tomorrow’s Leaders

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-210
Author(s):  
Renee Brummell Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Art Museum ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Fellowship Program ◽  
Saint Louis ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
History Of ◽  
Community Relationships

This article chronicles the twenty-six-year history of the Saint Louis Art Museum Romare Bearden Graduate Museum Fellowship, which was created to increase the number of professional staff from underrepresented backgrounds working in museums. It provides an overview of early supporters/founders of the program and details the trajectory of a generation of Bearden Fellows, most of whom are now professionally engaged in museums and arts-related careers. This case study also examines the benefits of staff diversity to the inclusive culture sought by museums as they cultivate new audiences and search for innovative strategies to maintain their relevance and community relationships. It calls upon museums to view diversity as an evolutionary conversation by examining the motivations and objectives that constitute the contemporary “diversity and inclusion” discourse.

Biopsychosocial problems identified by women with breast cancer

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 19514-19514
Author(s):  
M. Loscalzo ◽  
K. Clark ◽  
J. Mortimer
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire ◽  
Breast Malignancies

19514 Background: It is frequently assumed that women with breast cancer have higher levels of distress and psychosocial problems than women with other malignancies. We compared the biopsychosocial needs of breast cancer patients with women with non-breast malignancies. Methods: A biopsychosocial screening tool was developed from clinical practice, focus groups, and the administration of questionnaires to over 3,000 patients. The refined 36-item self-administered questionnaire was completed by all new patients evaluated in the Moores Cancer Center. The severity of each problem was scored from 1 (not a problem) to 5 (the worst problem I could have). Problems scored as 3 or above were identified to be clinically significant. The screening results from women with breast cancer were compared with those of women with non-breast malignancies. Results: Between December 2005 and December 2006, 2063 patients completed screening questionnaires. Complete information, including staging, is available on 299 women, 155 of whom were diagnosed with breast cancer and 144 with non-breast malignancies. The two groups were comparable with respect to age, ethnicity, and the number of significant problems reported. The 5 most common problems identified to be significant by breast cancer patients included: fatigue, sleeping, being dependent on others, feeling depressed, and pain. The non-breast cancer women identified a greater number of significant problems overall with the 5 most significant being: fatigue, sleep, controlling my fear and worry about the future, being dependent on others, and pain. Getting medications and recent weight loss were more commonly identified in the non-breast cancer patients (p<0.05). Conclusions: Our data suggest that breast cancer patients identify similar biopsychosocial needs as women with other primary malignancies. No significant financial relationships to disclose.

The availability versus accessibility gap in supportive care services at 40 NCI-designated cancer centers.

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (7_suppl) ◽  
pp. 283-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Hutchins ◽  
Geoffrey Hamlyn ◽  
Abby Johnston ◽  
Rishonda Thomas ◽  
James Tian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supportive Care ◽  
Cancer Education ◽  
Private Insurance ◽  
Quantitative Measure ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Supportive Services ◽  
Cancer Centers ◽  
Care Services

283 Background: Many cancer centers have developed and fostered several supportive care services to ease the stress of a cancer diagnosis. The availability of such services is key to Commission on Cancer (CoC) for accreditation, which many cancer centers pursue and patients seek as a measure of quality. Despite the stated availability of supportive care services, we wondered how easily new patients could access these services when first contacting a major cancer center. Methods: We used a ‘mystery shopper’ format to simulate calls made by a family member of a recently diagnosed patient to 40 NCI-designated cancer centers. We called each center four times on different days, twice with the caller reporting Medicaid insurance, twice with private insurance. We evaluated quantitative and qualitative components of the call, including time to next available appointment and reported availability of the 7 supportive services reported to the CoC. Descriptive statistics were calculated for each quantitative measure. Results: We placed 160 calls to 40 NCI-designated cancer centers. 38.2% of callers were unable to receive complete information about the number of supportive care services offered, whether because they were unable to reach a person or because the person they reached did not know whether one or more of the services was offered. Overall, only 37.6% of callers (60.8% of those who reached a person who could answer their questions) were told that all seven supportive care services were offered. Call recipients responded with an answer other than yes to whether the cancer center offered a multidisciplinary team approach (14.6%), patient navigation services (12.1%), genetic assessment/counseling (9.5%), palliative care (9.5%), counseling/psychological services (7.6%), or cancer education services (6.4%). Conclusions: Despite the stated availability of seven key supportive care services, we were unable to access all services during a call to establish an appointment about one-third of the time. For individual services, about 10% of the time we were told such services did not exist at the cancer center. Further research is needed to close the availability vs. accessibility gap in oncology supportive care.

scholarly journals An Openness Of Government Website Content Using Text Analysis Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5C) ◽  
pp. 1461-1466
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Information Measurement ◽  
Government Work ◽  
District Government ◽  
Website Content ◽  
Government Website ◽  
Content Information

Website as the most common media in use for the implementation of Public Information Openness. Content presented on the website has a major impact on public perception on government performance. In the text analysis of this research website, Indonesia Act. No.14/2008 on public information openness becomes the benchmark. The text analysis of the content starts by listing the content of the information on the website, then categorizing the information, in each category there are parameters in the parameters that the information starts at the value, and get the measurement value of the website content. The validation of website content information measurement in this research is Kutai Kartanegara (Kukar) District Government, Kukar has 110 units of Local Government Work Unit and 76 has website to disseminate information. The results of measurement of content with text analysis on all websites that are active in Kukar, indicating the presentation of content in the categories below is enough because only two public bodies have complete information and as mandated by the Act

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