Results
A total of 49 pediatric hematology/oncology providers took the course,
and demographic data is shown in Table 1. The majority of participants
were physicians (38 providers, 77.6%), less than 45 years of age (36
providers, 73.5%), female (42 providers, 85.7%), in practice for 10 or
fewer years (30 providers, 61.2%), and cared for patients in both
inpatient and outpatient settings (27 providers, 55.1%).
Of the 49 participants, 15 had both pre- and post-course PGS completed
by patients/families. As shown in Table 2, a total of 98 pre-course and
262 post-course PGS were available for analysis, and providers’ mean
overall section score and mean score for each of the 5 PGS questions
significantly improved from pre-course to post-course (P< 0.05). After a stepdown multiple testing correction, the
difference in providers’ mean scores still demonstrated a strong
improvement post-course, but this improvement was no longer considered
statistically significant.