ESTRO Guide 2018

Introduction

Yolande Lievens ESTROPresident

expected of our annual congresses, will reflect the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature of the radiation oncology profession. The meeting is also a wonderful opportunity for our professionals to engage with other oncology organisations with the collective aim of improving patient care. Over the years ESTRO has seen an increase in participation of delegates from Asia at its annual congress. This, coupled with collaboration on some courses held in Asia, led to a rise in need of an international networking platform in radiation oncology in that region. The autumn of this year will see the launch of the “ESTRO Meets Asia” conference in Singapore, a collaborative effort with the Federation of Asian Organisations for Radiation Oncology (FARO). The autumn of 2018 will also be marked by the 2nd ESTROPhysicsWorkshop: Science in development and the 6th GEC-ESTRO workshop. These are unmissable opportunities for scientific exchange and networking for both the medical physicists and brachytherapy enthusiasts. ESTROcontinues to collaborate with other societies to advance multidisciplinary cancer care. In 2018 ESTRO will jointly collaborate with other societies on a number of conferences: EBCC-11 (11th European Breast Cancer Conference) for all professionals in breast cancer; ELCC 2018 (8th European lung cancer conference) that brings together top academic experts in lung cancer and thoracic malignancies; ESHO 2018 (32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology) targeting specialists in the field of hyperthermic oncology; and the ECCO 2018 European Cancer Summit, a multidisciplinary forumdrawing together worldwide leaders from the cancer healthcare, patient advocacy and stakeholder communities.

You can keep track of all activities via our website (www.estro.org), the bimonthly ESTRO e-newsletter, themonthly ESTROFlash and ESTRO social media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Remember to renew your ESTRO membership for 2018 to be able to take maximum advantage of benefits offered to take your professional development to a new level. Finally, we are grateful to all our members who contribute to the content of all the above activities. They voluntarily avail much of their precious free time to commit to teaching or sharing their knowledge. We are also thankful for the support we receive from the ESTRO staff in delivering these activities.

As the demand for education and training in radiation oncology grows so the portfolio of ESTRO courses and conferences becomes more diversified. These activities are the hallmark of the Society and are much sought after by professionals looking to improve their knowledge and skills in patient care both here in Europe and worldwide. The ESTRO School has established its reputation as a leader in developing and running courses. It is now striving to broaden its programme to integrate education and training in all competencies necessary for good medical practice: medical expertise, communication, leadership, advocacy, professionalism, collaboration and life-long- learning. To this end you will notice that some of the new courses in 2018 are designed to contribute to this comprehensiveness. As per custom, courses offered in 2018 range frombasic to advanced level to cater to the different skills needed by professionals at varying levels of career development. In this guide 35 courses are on offer. The majority will be hosted in Europe and 6 will take place outside Europe. As of 2018, the ESTRO School will launch an online learning management system, Moodle, to be used for delivering blended learning and complement the face to face courses. This is part of creating forward looking solutions for education since the introduction of the ESTRO online educational library DOVE (Dynamic Oncology Virtual ESTRO) and online contouring platform FALCON (Fellowship inAnatomic deLineation and CONtouring) which of course will be integrated in this new approach where possible. Online learning is self-paced and reinforces the acquisition of knowledge learned from classical environments. Our annual prestigious congress in the spring, will take place in Barcelona. ESTRO 37, as

I hope you find the guide useful.

Kind regards

Yolande Lievens ESTRO President

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