ESTRO 2025 - Abstract Book

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Interdisciplinary – Education in radiation oncology

ESTRO 2025

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Digital Poster Twelve Years of AFRONET: An Educational Platform Analysis– gaps, achievements, and future directions

Soha Ahmed Salem 1 , Rin Satoda 2 , Zoya Ahmed 1 , Sandra Ndarukwa 1 , May Abdel Wahab 1 1 NAHU, IAEA, Vienna, Austria. 2 School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Purpose/Objective: To highlight the achievements of the past 12 years and analyse gaps and lessons learned to support future initiatives. Material/Methods: Data was collected from two sources: IRIS software surveys via QR codes during AFRONET sessions to gather participant information, and case data from the NAHUNET Database. Data was stratified into three 4-year periods (2012-2015, 2016-2019, 2020-2023) and analysed by AFRONET session count, participant numbers, topic diversity, sub-regional participation (Northern, Eastern, Western, Southern, Middle), and language diversity. Results: From 2012 to 2023, 120 AFRONET sessions were held, averaging 40 sessions annually. In the first quarter, each session had under 10 participants, rising to 25 over the next four years. In the last quarter, sessions averaged 60 participants. During first quarter, 40 topics were discussed, with 97% being clinical and 3% technical. Out of 55 topics in the second quarter, 72.7% were clinical, 14.5% technical, 0.018% Quality Assurance, 0 % Physics, and 0% Radiobiology were discussed. During third quarter of the 31 topics, 90.1% were clinical, 9.67% technical, and 0.32% Quality Assurance. Overall, 50.78% all participants across all sessions were from the Eastern region with 20.29%, 18.4% and 10.53% from Western, Northern and Southern regions respectively. This regional data shows that Eastern was the most focused region whereas the Middle region had not participated in any of the sessions. This discrepancy can be accounted for, by the working language of AFRONET sessions – English – as most of the population within Africa’s Eastern region are English-speaking. Conclusion: Over 12 years, AFRONET has boosted radiotherapy professionals' engagement in educational activities. Coordination with global initiatives will now align with evolving educational needs and cultural and language diversity.

Keywords: Africa, Education, E-learning

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Digital Poster Evaluation of a training platform to improve the accuracy and consistency of the delineations of anatomical organs in radiotherapy Tibor Major 1,2 , Agnes Gemesi 1 , Gergely Bungyi 1 , Zoltán Takácsi-Nagy 1,2 1 Radiotherapy Department, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary. 2 Department of Oncology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary