Data managers: A survey of the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists in certified multi‐disciplinary breast centers |
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| Authors: | Gabriele Schnapper MD Lorenza Marotti PhD Denise Casella PhD Maria P. Mano PhD Robert E. Mansel MD Antonio Ponti MD the EUSOMA Breast Centers Network Data Managers |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Gipma Breast Center, Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy;2. EUSOMA, Florence, Italy;3. CPO Piemonte, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy;4. School of Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy;5. School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK |
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| Abstract: | The European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists ( EUSOMA) requires that the breast centers' core team includes a trained person responsible for data collection and analysis. We addressed a questionnaire to the data managers of the EUSOMA breast centers network in order to acquire information with regard to their education, training, role, activity, recognition, and satisfaction. Breast centers' data managers are highly educated individuals with a variety of backgrounds carrying out, more frequently part‐time and as temporary employees, a job for which they received little specific training. These findings support the importance of defining a core curriculum and a training program. |
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| Keywords: | audit breast center data base data collection data manager multi‐disciplinary core team quality control |
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