ESTRO GUIDE 2017

example, relevant to radiotherapy of today) • Taxonomy and classification, distinction between incident and accident • Analysis and return on experience (root cause analysis) • Failure mode and effect analysis • PRISMA as example (The Netherlands) • Benchmarking • Health failure mode and effect analysis (HFMEA), a prospective risk management method • Communication to patient • Communication to the media • Communication to the organisation (departmental, hospital level) • Specific training of staff, internal and external (team management) • Comprehensive quality management in radiotherapy

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RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST, RADIATION THERAPIST

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTORS • Núria Jornet, Medical Physicist, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona (ES) • Philippe Maingon, Radiation Oncologist, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié Salpêtrière – Charles Foix, Paris (FR) • Pierre Scalliet, Radiation Oncologist, UCL Cliniques Universitaires St.Luc, Brussels (BE) TEACHERS • Pietro Gabriele, Radiation Oncologist, IRCC of Candiolo, Candiolo (IT) • Karine Herlevin, Medical Physicist, Centre Alexis Vautrin, Nancy (FR) • Coen Hurkmans, Medical Physicist, Catharina Ziekenhuis, Eindhoven (NL) • Nicolas Pourel, Radiation Oncologist, Institut Sainte Catherine, Avignon (FR) Teaching faculty is being updated, please visit www.estro- education.org/courses for the latest information. LOCAL ORGANISER Jinyi Lang, Radiation Oncologist, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Chengdu

• Performance indicators. TEACHINGMETHODS • 12 hours of lectures • 5 hours of practical workshops • 3 hours of case discussions. METHODS OF ASSESSMENT • MCQ • Evaluation form. KEYWORDS

Quality management, quality improvement, health economics, technology assessment, quality indicators. ACCREDITATION Application for CME recognition will be submitted to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). EAC- CME credits are recognised by the American Medical Association towards the Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA). Information on the status of the applications can be obtained from the ESTRO office.

Pierre Scalliet

Philippe Maingon

Núria Jornet

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