ESTRO 2024 - Abstract Book

S2688

Interdisciplinary - Education in radiation therapy

ESTRO 2024

The A2C programme remains an effective educational initiative. The review highlights the need for training a multi disciplinary team, and shows a LMIC training a LMIC leads to better alignment with local needs and long term knowledge retention.

Keywords: radiotherapy training, teaching, education

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Burger H, Wyrley-Birch B, Joubert N, Trauernicht CJ, Valentim JM, Groll J, et al. Bridging the Radiotherapy Education Gap in Africa: Lessons learnt from the Cape Town Access to Care Training Programme over the past 5 years (2015 2019). Journal of Cancer Education. 2021 Dec 1.

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Digital Poster

Master of Science during Radiation Oncology Residency

A French overview

Audrey Larnaudie 1,2 , Youssef Ghannam 3,2 , Vincent Bourbonne 4 , Emilie Bayart 5 , Fréderic Pouzoulet 6 , Laurent Quéro 7,8 , Philippe Giraud 9,8 , Sabrina Aziez 7,2 , Alizée Camps Maléa 3,2 , Pascale Gramain 10 , Charlotte Richard 10 , Florence Huguet 11,12 , Anne Laprie 13,12 , David Azria 14,5 , Yasmine El Houat 15,2 1 Centre Francoise Baclesse, Radiotherapy, Caen, France. 2 SFjRO, Radiotherapy, Paris, France. 3 Institut Gustave Roussy, Radiotherapy, Paris, France. 4 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, Radiotherapy, Brest, France. 5 SFRO, Radiotherapy, Paris, France. 6 Institut Curie, Radiobiology, Paris, France. 7 Hopital Saint Louis, Radiotherapy, Paris, France. 8 Cancéropole Ile de France, Radiotherapy, Paris, France. 9 Hopital Européen Georges Pompidou, Radiotherapy, Paris, France. 10 Cancéropole Ile de France, Oncology, Paris, France. 11 Hopital Tenon, Radiotherapy, Paris, France. 12 CNEC, Oncology, Paris, France. 13 Oncopole, Radiotherapy, Toulouse, France. 14 ICM, Radiotherapy, Montpellier, France. 15 Centre Léon Bérard, Radiotherapy, Lyon, France

Purpose/Objective:

A PhD is required to become a university professor of medicine, which is accessible only after a Master of Science (MSc) in France. The MSc also provides new skills for clinical practice in radiation oncology (RO). Some RO residents choose to take the two-year MSc at the same time as their medical studies. Usually, the first year is completed before the RO specialization and the second year during the RO residency. This requires specific organization of