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Education in Radiation Oncology—Current Challenges and Difficulties
The evolution and development of radiotherapy in the last two decades has meant that postgraduate medical training has not kept up with this rapid progress both in terms of multidisciplinary clinical approaches and especially in terms of technological advances. Education in radiation oncology is a m...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8997535/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409453 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073772 |
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author | Mireștean, Camil Ciprian Iancu, Roxana Irina Iancu, Dragoș Petru Teodor |
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description | The evolution and development of radiotherapy in the last two decades has meant that postgraduate medical training has not kept up with this rapid progress both in terms of multidisciplinary clinical approaches and especially in terms of technological advances. Education in radiation oncology is a major priority in the context of the rapid development of radiotherapy, including advanced knowledge of radiobiology, radiation physics and clinical oncology, anatomy, tumor biology and advanced medical imaging. In this context, the lack of training in radiation oncology in the curricula of medical faculties may have detrimental consequences for the training of residents in radiotherapy but also in their choice of specialty after completing their university studies. There is a clear gap between resident physicians’ actual and required knowledge of radiotherapy, and this requires urgent remediation. In the context of technical advances in imaging-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and new radiobiology data, a balanced approach divided equally between general oncology, clinical radiation oncology, radiation oncology technology, medical physics and radiobiology, anatomy and multimodal imaging, including mentorship could bring educational and career choice benefits for students of radiation oncology. |
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spelling | pubmed-89975352022-04-12 Education in Radiation Oncology—Current Challenges and Difficulties Mireștean, Camil Ciprian Iancu, Roxana Irina Iancu, Dragoș Petru Teodor Int J Environ Res Public Health Opinion The evolution and development of radiotherapy in the last two decades has meant that postgraduate medical training has not kept up with this rapid progress both in terms of multidisciplinary clinical approaches and especially in terms of technological advances. Education in radiation oncology is a major priority in the context of the rapid development of radiotherapy, including advanced knowledge of radiobiology, radiation physics and clinical oncology, anatomy, tumor biology and advanced medical imaging. In this context, the lack of training in radiation oncology in the curricula of medical faculties may have detrimental consequences for the training of residents in radiotherapy but also in their choice of specialty after completing their university studies. There is a clear gap between resident physicians’ actual and required knowledge of radiotherapy, and this requires urgent remediation. In the context of technical advances in imaging-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and new radiobiology data, a balanced approach divided equally between general oncology, clinical radiation oncology, radiation oncology technology, medical physics and radiobiology, anatomy and multimodal imaging, including mentorship could bring educational and career choice benefits for students of radiation oncology. MDPI 2022-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8997535/ /pubmed/35409453 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073772 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Opinion Mireștean, Camil Ciprian Iancu, Roxana Irina Iancu, Dragoș Petru Teodor Education in Radiation Oncology—Current Challenges and Difficulties |
title | Education in Radiation Oncology—Current Challenges and Difficulties |
title_full | Education in Radiation Oncology—Current Challenges and Difficulties |
title_fullStr | Education in Radiation Oncology—Current Challenges and Difficulties |
title_full_unstemmed | Education in Radiation Oncology—Current Challenges and Difficulties |
title_short | Education in Radiation Oncology—Current Challenges and Difficulties |
title_sort | education in radiation oncology—current challenges and difficulties |
topic | Opinion |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8997535/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409453 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073772 |
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