Respiratory medicine curriculum in Portuguese family medicine training: A Delphi study

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2024

Authors

Teixeira, PM (Author) Other; Lemos, F (Author) Other; Yaphe, J (Author) Other; Alves, L (Author) ICBAS; de Sousa, JC (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Pulmonology

Vol. 30

Pages: 145-151

ISSN: 2531-0429

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Authenticus ID: P-00T-7SW

DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2020.10.014

Abstract (EN): Background: Respiratory diseases (RD) constitute a significant part of the workload of family physicians. There is no consensus on what family doctors should know in this area but established methods for achieving consensus may help to overcome this. Objectives: The purpose of the study was to obtain a national consensus on the required knowledge and skills in respiratory medicine for family medicine trainees after vocational training. Methods: A Delphi study was conducted via e-mail with a diverse panel of experts. We developed a Learning Curriculum Framework (LCF) with 399 items adapted from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians -- Respiratory Medicine Advanced Training Curriculum. The LCF was submitted to the experts in two rounds for consensus. Consensus was considered for items that had an agreement of 80% in the classifications above 4 on a scale of importance that ranged from 1 (not important) to 5 (very important). Results: Consensus was obtained for 159 items (38.8%). These included structure and function of the respiratory tract (0.6%), presenting problems (21.4%), diagnosis (7.5%), interventions and prevention (11.3%), COPD-emphysema (12.6%), tumours (3.1%), infections (10.7%), tuberculosis (5.7%), HIV (1.3%), thromboembolic disease (2.5%), pleural-pulmonary disease (3.1%), pregnancy (0.6%) and sleep disorders (3.8%). Items on iatrogenic diseases and respiratory research did not reach consensus.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7