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Research Article: Paediatric oncology nursing education and training programmes: a scoping review protocol

Date Published: 2023-10-09

Abstract:
Introduction The care of children with cancer is a highly specialised field which requires well-educated, trained and dedicated nurses to provide high-quality care. In low/middle-income countries, the survival rate of children with cancer is low as compared with that of high-income countries due to the limited number of specialised oncology healthcare professionals, especially nurses. To address this problem, a number of paediatric oncology education and training programmes have been developed for nurses. The objective of this scoping review is to describe the existing literature focusing on paediatric oncology nursing education and training programmes; to map the content, delivery methods, duration and mode of assessment. Methods The review will include articles published in English, from 2012 to 2022, that describe a paediatric oncology nursing education programme, from any setting. The review will follow Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews guidelines. A systematic search of literature will be performed in CINAHL, Dimensions, Embase, PubMed and Scopus. A two-stage standardised screening process will be employed to evaluate eligibility of the articles. All abstracts that will be considered relevant will be reviewed in full text form by the two reviewers independently. Conflicts will be resolved by consensus of all reviewers through a meeting. Data will be extracted by two independent reviewers using a developed data extraction tool. The results will be reported in extraction tables and diagrams with a narrative summary. Ethics and dissemination This scoping review is part of the multiphase study which obtained ethical clearance from College of Medicine Research Ethics Committee in Malawi and Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. The scoping review will be published in a peer reviewed journal. The findings will also be presented at national and international conferences. Trial registration number https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/X3Q4H

Introduction:
Childhood cancer, also known as paediatric oncology, is a leading cause of death among children with non-communicable diseases worldwide. 1 2 Each year, more than 400 000 children are diagnosed with cancer and 80% of these are from low/middle-income countries (LMICs). 1 3 In high-income countries (HICs), the survival rate of children with all types of cancer is more than 80% while in LMICs, the survival rate ranges from 5% to 60%. 4 5 The few children that survive in LMICs live with a disability as a result of…

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