SEER Program: Self Instructional Manual for Tumor Registrars. Book One. Objectives and Functions of a Tumor Registry. Second Edition

摘要

The overall objectives of this course of instruction is to provide a mechanism whereby tumor registrars may learn the procedures for abstracting medical charts of cancer patients and for carrying out the other functions of a tumor registry. Until development of the present program, tumor registrars were trained by traditional lecture and workshop techniques and by on-the-job training. Instruction often was provided by medical doctors who seldom had much time to devote to the training of tumor registrars. The few training programs in existence required the trainees to live at the training site from one to four weeks. In addition to the limited enrollment capabilities of such programs, few hospitals were able to provide the funds to support their tumor registry personnel while away on the training assignment.