ESTRO Guide 2019

Best Practice in Radiation Oncology Train the RTT (Radiation Therapists) Trainers - Part II 14-16 October 2019 | Vienna, Austria

TARGET GROUP • Ten groups of three participants from ten European countries. Participants should represent or collaborate with the academic and clinical staff and the radiotherapy representative of their national society • Participants must be familiar with the current national education programme for radiation therapists (RTTs) Participants should commit to: • Initiate liaisonwith the national education provider and prepare appropriate documentation • Attend and evaluate the two face to face courses and maintain communication with the faculty in the interim period • Design, deliver, evaluate and provide feedback on a series of educational initiatives over a three year period. programme admits three representatives per country from ten countries to learn how to become an expert in designing, organising and evaluating RTT courses. Are you committed to training the next generation of radiation therapists (RTTs)? Then this is the course for you. The two-year

FIRSTWORKSHOP AIMS TO: To define the gaps in radiotherapy content and encourage a greater focus on radiotherapy in the existing national education programmes and increase the standard of education for RTTs • To equip RTTs with the skills necessary to design, organise, deliver and evaluate educational initiatives in their own language to RTTs in their own country • To encourage RTTs to set up a regional or national network (eg. working parties, regional or national groups/society) and to join the ESTRO RTT Alliance. • To raise the profile of ESTRO amongst RTT by highlighting the benefits of membership • To increase RTT membership and participation to support the development of the profession.

SELECTION PROCEDURE Applications are accepted per country. Provide three names and a short description of the topics of the first planned course and the target audience (ten lines maximum). Where IAEA support is applicable, the IAEA will make the country selection. Participants must commit to the two year project. TIMELINES • Applications to be received by 29 February 2018 • Selection to be done by 18 March 2018 • Notification and detailed information of the preparatory work to be sent by 31 May 2018. EEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME Train the RTT Trainers (5 days – 22 to 26 October 2018) During this first week there will be introductory lectures on how to design,

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