TY - JOUR
T1 - Recommended ESTRO Core Curriculum for Radiation Oncology/Radiotherapy 4th edition
AU - Benstead, Kim
AU - Lara, Pedro C.
AU - Andreopoulos, Demetrius
AU - Bibault, Jean Emmanuel
AU - Dix, Anthony
AU - Eller, Yannick G.
AU - Franco, Pierfrancesco
AU - Guiliani, Meredith
AU - Jaal, Jana
AU - Juretic, Antonio
AU - Kozma, Elvisa
AU - Lumsden, Graeme
AU - Maddalo, Marta
AU - Magrini, Stefano
AU - Mjaaland, Ingvil
AU - Pfeffer, Raphael
AU - de Sousa de Sa Pinto, Olga M.T.
AU - Spalek, Mateusz
AU - Vozenin, Marie Catherine
AU - Verfaillie, Christine
AU - Van Egten, Viviane
AU - Eriksen, Jesper G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Introduction: In 2017 it was decided to revise the European Core Curriculum for Radiation Oncology/Radiotherapy to produce a 4th edition. The aims of the ESTRO curriculum are to develop comparable standards for training across Europe and to facilitate free movement of specialists across borders. It is also hoped that it will improve the level of training across Europe and will make the non-medical expert roles more explicit. Materials and methods: A wide range of stakeholders including National Society representatives, trainees, recently appointed specialists, members of the European Union Medical Specialists Radiotherapy section, an RTT, a radiobiologist, a physicist and lay members from ESTRO staff developed and commented on iterations of the curriculum. Results: The 4th edition is based on the CanMEDS 2015 framework and identifies 14 Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) and the competencies required to perform these. The manager role is replaced by competencies related to leadership. The levels of proficiency required for tumour sites is defined as levels of EPAs. Conclusions: It is hoped that the inclusive method of developing the 4th edition has resulted in a document that will have utility in the wide range of environments in which radiation oncology is practised in Europe.
AB - Introduction: In 2017 it was decided to revise the European Core Curriculum for Radiation Oncology/Radiotherapy to produce a 4th edition. The aims of the ESTRO curriculum are to develop comparable standards for training across Europe and to facilitate free movement of specialists across borders. It is also hoped that it will improve the level of training across Europe and will make the non-medical expert roles more explicit. Materials and methods: A wide range of stakeholders including National Society representatives, trainees, recently appointed specialists, members of the European Union Medical Specialists Radiotherapy section, an RTT, a radiobiologist, a physicist and lay members from ESTRO staff developed and commented on iterations of the curriculum. Results: The 4th edition is based on the CanMEDS 2015 framework and identifies 14 Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) and the competencies required to perform these. The manager role is replaced by competencies related to leadership. The levels of proficiency required for tumour sites is defined as levels of EPAs. Conclusions: It is hoped that the inclusive method of developing the 4th edition has resulted in a document that will have utility in the wide range of environments in which radiation oncology is practised in Europe.
KW - CanMEDS
KW - ESTRO
KW - Oncology education and training
KW - Radiation oncology
KW - Radiotherapy
KW - Specialist education and training
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U2 - 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.08.013
DO - 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.08.013
M3 - Article
SN - 0167-8140
VL - 141
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Radiotherapy and Oncology
JF - Radiotherapy and Oncology
ER -