Cancer education in Lithuania
The aim of this article is to describe cancer education in Lithuania according to the data of 2013. In Lithuania, there are the following stages of education for physicians: basic education through integrated studies of medicine (six years), postgraduate education through residency studies (four to...
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Cancer Intelligence
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4263525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25525465 http://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2014.487 |
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author | Mineikyte, Ramune Janulionis, Ernestas Liutkeviciute-Navickiene, Jurgita Atkocius, Vydmantas |
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description | The aim of this article is to describe cancer education in Lithuania according to the data of 2013. In Lithuania, there are the following stages of education for physicians: basic education through integrated studies of medicine (six years), postgraduate education through residency studies (four to five years), and continuing professional development. In recent years, integrated studies of medicine have been the most popular specialty. Oncology is incorporated into the teaching courses in medicine programmes. In each university, an oncology course is mandatory during these studies. In Lithuania, there are two types of specialists related to oncology: medical oncologists and radiation oncologists. These oncologists complete multidisciplinary residency study programmes in the clinics. To receive a doctoral degree, specialists may join PhD programmes at any of the accredited universities. In recent years the number of dissertations in oncology has grown. Notably, oncology is chosen not only by students in the field of medicine. It also becomes the choice of those seeking a doctorate in the fields of nursing, public health, biochemistry, and physics. The professional development of oncologists is a lifelong commitment. In Lithuania, continuing specialist medical training is mandatory. This requirement is ensured with the process of licensing of medical practice. All Lithuanian study programmes are certificated by an independent public agency and are recognised by a number of other countries as well. |
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spelling | pubmed-42635252014-12-18 Cancer education in Lithuania Mineikyte, Ramune Janulionis, Ernestas Liutkeviciute-Navickiene, Jurgita Atkocius, Vydmantas Ecancermedicalscience Policy The aim of this article is to describe cancer education in Lithuania according to the data of 2013. In Lithuania, there are the following stages of education for physicians: basic education through integrated studies of medicine (six years), postgraduate education through residency studies (four to five years), and continuing professional development. In recent years, integrated studies of medicine have been the most popular specialty. Oncology is incorporated into the teaching courses in medicine programmes. In each university, an oncology course is mandatory during these studies. In Lithuania, there are two types of specialists related to oncology: medical oncologists and radiation oncologists. These oncologists complete multidisciplinary residency study programmes in the clinics. To receive a doctoral degree, specialists may join PhD programmes at any of the accredited universities. In recent years the number of dissertations in oncology has grown. Notably, oncology is chosen not only by students in the field of medicine. It also becomes the choice of those seeking a doctorate in the fields of nursing, public health, biochemistry, and physics. The professional development of oncologists is a lifelong commitment. In Lithuania, continuing specialist medical training is mandatory. This requirement is ensured with the process of licensing of medical practice. All Lithuanian study programmes are certificated by an independent public agency and are recognised by a number of other countries as well. Cancer Intelligence 2014-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4263525/ /pubmed/25525465 http://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2014.487 Text en © the authors; licensee ecancermedicalscience. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Policy Mineikyte, Ramune Janulionis, Ernestas Liutkeviciute-Navickiene, Jurgita Atkocius, Vydmantas Cancer education in Lithuania |
title | Cancer education in Lithuania |
title_full | Cancer education in Lithuania |
title_fullStr | Cancer education in Lithuania |
title_full_unstemmed | Cancer education in Lithuania |
title_short | Cancer education in Lithuania |
title_sort | cancer education in lithuania |
topic | Policy |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4263525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25525465 http://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2014.487 |
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