Recommended ESTRO Core Curriculum for Radiation Oncology/Radiotherapy 4th edition

Kim Benstead; Pedro C Lara; Demetrius Andreopoulos; Jean-Emmanuel Bibault; Anthony Dix; Yannick G Eller; Pierfrancesco Franco; Meredith Guiliani; Jana Jaal; Antonio Juretic; Elvisa Kozma; Graeme Lumsden; Marta Maddalo; Stefano Magrini; Ingvil Mjaaland; Raphael Pfeffer; Olga M T de Sousa de Sa Pinto; Mateusz Spalek; Marie-Catherine Vozenin; Christine Verfaillie; Viviane Van Egten; Jesper G Eriksen

doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2019.08.013

Recommended ESTRO Core Curriculum for Radiation Oncology/Radiotherapy 4th edition

Radiother Oncol. 2019 Dec:141:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.08.013. Epub 2019 Sep 5.

Authors

Kim Benstead¹, Pedro C Lara², Demetrius Andreopoulos³, Jean-Emmanuel Bibault⁴, Anthony Dix⁵, Yannick G Eller⁶, Pierfrancesco Franco⁷, Meredith Guiliani⁸, Jana Jaal⁹, Antonio Juretic¹⁰, Elvisa Kozma¹¹, Graeme Lumsden¹², Marta Maddalo¹³, Stefano Magrini¹⁴, Ingvil Mjaaland¹⁵, Raphael Pfeffer¹⁶, Olga M T de Sousa de Sa Pinto¹⁷, Mateusz Spalek¹⁸, Marie-Catherine Vozenin¹⁹, Christine Verfaillie²⁰, Viviane Van Egten²¹, Jesper G Eriksen²²

Affiliations

¹ Gloucestershire Oncology Centre, Cheltenham General Hospital, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Oncology Department, San Roque University Hospital, Las Palmas, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Radiation Oncology and Radiology Department, Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre, Strovolos-Nicosia, Cyprus. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Radiation Oncology Department, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hospitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.
⁵ Department of Physics, Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁶ Freiburgstrasse, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁷ Department of Oncology-Radiation Oncology, University of Turin School of Medicine, Torino, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁸ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁹ Department of Haematology and Oncology, University of Tartu, Estonia. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁰ School of Medicine, University of Zagreb and University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Department of Oncology, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹¹ Oncology Service, University Hospital, Tirana, Albania.
¹² Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹³ University and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
¹⁴ Brescia University and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁵ Department of Oncology and Haematology, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁶ Assuta Medical Centres, Tel Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁷ Instituo Portuges de Oncologia do Porto, Portugal.
¹⁸ Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute-Oncology Centre, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: [email protected].
¹⁹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier, Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].
²⁰ ESTRO, Belgium. Electronic address: [email protected].
²¹ ESTRO, Belgium. Electronic address: [email protected].
²² Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31495514
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.08.013

Abstract

Introduction: In 2017 it was decided to revise the European Core Curriculum for Radiation Oncology/Radiotherapy to produce a 4th edition. The aims of the ESTRO curriculum are to develop comparable standards for training across Europe and to facilitate free movement of specialists across borders. It is also hoped that it will improve the level of training across Europe and will make the non-medical expert roles more explicit.

Materials and methods: A wide range of stakeholders including National Society representatives, trainees, recently appointed specialists, members of the European Union Medical Specialists Radiotherapy section, an RTT, a radiobiologist, a physicist and lay members from ESTRO staff developed and commented on iterations of the curriculum.

Results: The 4th edition is based on the CanMEDS 2015 framework and identifies 14 Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) and the competencies required to perform these. The manager role is replaced by competencies related to leadership. The levels of proficiency required for tumour sites is defined as levels of EPAs.

Conclusions: It is hoped that the inclusive method of developing the 4th edition has resulted in a document that will have utility in the wide range of environments in which radiation oncology is practised in Europe.

Keywords: CanMEDS; ESTRO; Oncology education and training; Radiation oncology; Radiotherapy; Specialist education and training.

MeSH terms

Clinical Competence
Curriculum*
Education, Medical, Graduate / methods
Education, Medical, Graduate / standards*
Europe
European Union
Humans
Radiation Oncology / education*
Radiation Oncology / standards