ESTRO Guide 2019

“It was an honour to take part in such a successful course, one that will help me upgrade my practice at home.” - Mai K Bishr, Radiation oncologist | Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt (CCHE), Cairo, Egypt -

including new case scenarios. The learning process enables the participants to identify the correct active way for case management and to identify possible flaws andmistakes. The individualised case-based learning process will provide an adapted feedback between teaching staff and participants. Case exercises including clinical information and technical aspects (contouring and application of technologies) permit a comprehensive acquisition of knowledge that can be transferred to different clinical scenarios (enhanced emersion of clinical cases in clinical practice).

• Proton beam therapy in childhood tumours • Various solid cancer types in childhood • Plenary lectures and seminars with practical examples (individual case management) and final plenary case discussions. PREREQUISITES Before commencing this course participants should be one of the below: • An in training radiation oncologist or a qualified radiation oncologist • A paediatric oncologist (in training or qualified) • A radiation therapist (RTT) or medical physicist in training or qualified. This is a 3-day course, jointly organised by ESTRO and PROS. All teachers are oncologists specialised in different fields and treatment techniques of paediatric oncology. The structure of the course includes plenary theoretical lessons, case discussions in small groupswithdevelopment of oncological plans including detailed radiotherapy approaches (target contouring), and discussion of clinical cases in plenary sessions. The didactic concept is a crucial component of the teaching course. Theoretical knowledgewill be communicated by using presentations and providing the participants with basic informationmaterial at home. The participants are strongly encouraged to actively use the acquired theoretical knowledge by using web-based cases. Immersion of knowledge will then be exercised in collaborative discussions TEACHINGMETHODS • 16.5 hours of lectures • 5.5 hours of case discussions.

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MULTIMODAL CANCER TREATMENT

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, RADIATION THERAPIST

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTORS

• Karin Dieckmann, Radiation Oncologist, University Hospital Vienna, Vienna (AT) • Beate Timmermann, Radiation Oncologist, West-German Proton Therapy Centre Essen, WPE, Essen (DE) TEACHERS Teaching faculty is being updated, please visit www.estro-education.org/courses for the latest information.

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT • MCQ • Delineation exercise • Evaluation form.

LOCAL ORGANISER Geert O. Janssens, Radiation Oncologist, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht (NL)

KEYWORDS Basic aspects in paediatric oncology, paediatric radiation oncology, modern technologies in radiation therapy, proton therapy, late effects, imaging

FURTHER READING Please consult the ESTRO website page of this course for further information.

ACCREDITATION Application for CME recognition will be submitted to the European Accreditation Council for ContinuingMedical Education (EACCME), an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). EACCME 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.

This course is using the FALCON platform (Fellowship in Anatomic deLineation and CONtouring) for the contouring exercises

Karin Dieckmann

Beate Timmermann

FALCON Fellowship inAnatomicdeLineation&CONtouring

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