A National Patient Navigator Training Program
A National Patient Navigator Training Program
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DOI：
10.1177/1524839908323521
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发表时间：
2010-03-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Valverde, Patricia A.
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作者：
Calhoun, Elizabeth A.;Whitley, Elizabeth M.;Valverde, Patricia A.
患者导航是一种旨在通过消除诊断、治疗和服务障碍来解决癌症健康差距的干预措施。三个主要的患者导航(PN)计划(国家癌症研究所、美国癌症协会和医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心)正在进行中，以满足医疗服务不足的癌症患者的需求。目前还没有为患者导航员(PNS)制定明确课程的国家培训。培训PNS的课程是由这三个项目的专家创建的。通过前后测对训练效果进行评价。数据显示，总体来说，后测成绩比前测有所提高。此外，高中或以上学历或有更多工作经验与后测成绩显著相关。第一个成功的标准化国家培训方案由代表85个城市的116个国家护士参加，目的是减少医疗服务不足的健康差距。
Patient Navigation is an intervention aimed at addressing cancer health disparities by eliminating barriers to diagnosis, treatment, and services. Three major patient navigation (PN) programs (The National Cancer Institute, The American Cancer Society & The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) are underway to address the needs of medically underserved cancer patients. There has not been national training with a defined curriculum for patient navigators (PNs). Curriculum for training the PNs was created by experts from the three programs. The efficacy of training was evaluated using a pre-and posttest. The data show that overall the posttest scores improved from the pretest. In addition, having a high school education or greater or having more years of work experience were significantly related to improvements on the posttest. The first successful standardized national training program was attended by 116 PNs representing 85 cities with the goal to reduce health disparities for medically underserved.