Integrating Radiation Oncology Into Undergraduate Medical Education

Cancer is one of the most important public health problems. However, medical education has not advanced at the same rate when it comes to cancer education. Currently, the United States Medical Licensing Examination subject examinations do not cover radiation oncology, prevention, and survivorship pl...

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Autores principales: Arbab, Mona, Holmes, Jordan A., Olivier, Kenneth R., Fields, Emma C., Corbin, Kimberly S., Kahn, Jenna M., Zellars, Richard C., Haywood, Antwione M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Brief Opinion
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8426518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34522827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2021.100765
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author Arbab, Mona
Holmes, Jordan A.
Olivier, Kenneth R.
Fields, Emma C.
Corbin, Kimberly S.
Kahn, Jenna M.
Zellars, Richard C.
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description Cancer is one of the most important public health problems. However, medical education has not advanced at the same rate when it comes to cancer education. Currently, the United States Medical Licensing Examination subject examinations do not cover radiation oncology, prevention, and survivorship planning in its assessment model. Incorporating medical oncology and radiation oncology training into the undergraduate medical education curriculum can have a significant benefit in training future physicians. In this paper, we review current literature and propose some ideas that can help incorporate oncology, and specifically radiation oncology, into undergraduate medical education.
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spelling pubmed-84265182021-09-13 Integrating Radiation Oncology Into Undergraduate Medical Education Arbab, Mona Holmes, Jordan A. Olivier, Kenneth R. Fields, Emma C. Corbin, Kimberly S. Kahn, Jenna M. Zellars, Richard C. Haywood, Antwione M. Adv Radiat Oncol Brief Opinion Cancer is one of the most important public health problems. However, medical education has not advanced at the same rate when it comes to cancer education. Currently, the United States Medical Licensing Examination subject examinations do not cover radiation oncology, prevention, and survivorship planning in its assessment model. Incorporating medical oncology and radiation oncology training into the undergraduate medical education curriculum can have a significant benefit in training future physicians. In this paper, we review current literature and propose some ideas that can help incorporate oncology, and specifically radiation oncology, into undergraduate medical education. Elsevier 2021-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8426518/ /pubmed/34522827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2021.100765 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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