P-0146PHYSICIAN AND NURSE EXPERIENCE AND WORK SATISFACTION AT A GASTROINTESTINAL-ONCOLOGICAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY FAST-TRACK DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT PLANNING OUTPATIENT CLINIC

2013 
Background: The Gastro-Intestinal Oncological Centre Amsterdam (GIOCA) located at the Academic Medical Centre (AMC) in Amsterdam, is a multidisciplinary fast-track diagnostic and treatment planning outpatient clinic. Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) have been formed to cope with the complexity of gastro-intestinal (GI) malignancies. The GIOCA team consists of surgeons, gastroenterologists, medical oncologists, radiotherapists, radiologists, nuclear radiologists, pathologists and specialized nurses. Many studies have focused on patient perceptive in a fast track multidisciplinary clinic, not many studies focus on the perspective of physicians or nurses in relation to working within a MDT. Our aim was to evaluate this perspective. Methods: A qualitative observational study was performed in 2013. Eight physicians from the GIOCAwere individually interviewed. With three nurses a group interview was held. From the interviews determinants were deduced to compose a questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of twelve questions. Answers were provided on a 5-point Likert scale. The questionnaire was sent to every physician (medical specialist, fellow and resident) and specialized nurse working at GIOCA. Data were analysed using
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