Handbook for setting up courses

Defining the Course format

Courses should be as interactive as possible and will consist of a mixture of lectures, case presentations, small group and general discussion sessions, ev hands-on exercises and practical demonstrations

Course Material

The course material should include a list of contents and contain copies of the slides of all lectures that will be given during the presentation. The presentation of each lecture should start with a narrative description of the learning objectives of the lecture, followed by a list of essential references recommended for further reading. In addition, an abstract for each lecture is very useful for participants. Details of case presentations and exercises such as volume delineation can also be included within the course book. The course material from the previous year will be made available online to the participants as background information. All presentations should be provided to the ESTRO project manager at the latest before the start of the course. The latest version of all presentations is uploaded at the end of the course and remains available online for all participants and for all the teachers for 1 year. When preparing course presentations the teachers should respect the intellectual property (IP) and copyright legislation. They mainly concern the integration of material from third parties in one’s presentation: • in principle one should obtain consent from third parties to use their material • BUT it is legally acceptable to quote from published work for the purpose of education or in the frame of scientific activities, when these quotes are made conform fair professional practice and serve the intended target. These quotations should obviously always mention the source and the name of the author(s). ESTRO thoroughly investigated the legislation applicable to IP and copyright in order to avoid possible problems and protect faculties from possible conflicts regarding IP and copyright. The legal advice can be found on the ESTRO website and is complemented with some practical examples (see attached) All faculty members are asked to sign a teacher’s agreement form explaining these regulations (see attached). By signing they agree to follow these rules and agree to have their presentations made available online in the ESTRO library DOVE (Dynamic Oncology Virtual Environment) to the participants of their specific course, to all ESTRO faculty members and to the ESTRO Ambassador members. Each teacher has the right to refuse this online communication of his/her presentations or to exclude specific slides from their presentation. Templates are available for preparing the presentation slides and case studies (see attached IP and copyright

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