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Cultivating Interest in Oncology Through a Medical Student Oncology Society
Abstract The purpose of this descriptive analysis is to describe a formal method to foster interest in oncology among medical students through a Student Oncology Society (SOS). The SOS is a student-run multidisciplinary interest group that offers oncology-related events to interested medical students at the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). We employed a student survey to document the impact of the SOS on student interest in careers in oncology and students’ perceived accessibility of mentors in oncology at our institution. All 35 students who attended the event reported that they found the discussion...
Source: Journal of Cancer Education - September 5, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

Exploring How the New Entrustable Professional Activity Assessment Tools Affect the Quality of Feedback Given to Medical Oncology Residents
This study provides insight into faculty and resident perceptions of quality feedback and the potential for WBA tools to assist in providing effective feedback to residents as we shift to competency-based medical education in Canada. Our results sugg est the need for additional faculty development around the use of the tools, and their intended role, and the elements of quality feedback.
Source: Journal of Cancer Education - January 3, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

Oncology Training in Rwanda: Challenges and Opportunities for Undergraduate Medical Students (The EDUCAN Project)
AbstractA critical shortage of trained cancer specialists is one of the major challenges in addressing the increasing cancer burden in low- and middle-income countries. Inadequate undergraduate cancer education in oncology remains a major obstacle for both task shifting to general practitioners and for training of specialists. We provide the first report of cancer education in Rwanda ’s undergraduate program to survey how new graduates are prepared to provide care for cancer patients. Anonymous online survey was sent January to June 2017 to medical students in their senior clinical years (years 5 and 6). Questions relate...
Source: Journal of Cancer Education - January 21, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

Knowledge and Experiences of Final Year Medical and Nursing Students with Regard to Palliative Care at Government University in Oman: A Questionnaire Based Study
AbstractPalliative care (PC) is an essential part of the healthcare system, aiming to improve the quality of life of terminally ill patients and their families through prevention, relief of suffering, and providing psychosocial and spiritual support. To achieve high-quality PC, medical education should encompass PC training, including knowledge of PC, and skills and attitudes towards PC, at the undergraduate level. The aim of this study is to identify PC knowledge and experience among undergraduate medical and nursing students at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), a government university in Oman. A validated questionnaire tha...
Source: Journal of Cancer Education - February 3, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

A Scoping Review of Radiation Oncology Educational and Career-Planning Interventions in Undergraduate Medical Education.
The objective of this scoping review is to examine the extent of published literature describing RO educational and career-planning interventions in UME. Online databases were searched from respective dates of inception to June 2020 for articles that reported outcomes from RO educational and career-planning interventions in UME. Two independent reviewers screened entries for inclusion. Following full-text reviews, 25 articles were analyzed. Most interventions were a single session, involved clinical medical students, and were based in North America. Didactic teaching was most commonly used, though a majority included inter...
Source: Current Oncology - February 13, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Curr Oncol Source Type: research

Implementing Changes to a Residency Program Curriculum before Competency-Based Medical Education: A Survey of Canadian Medical Oncology Program Directors
Conclusions: Transitioning to CBME led to major structural and curricular changes within medical oncology training programs. Identifying these commonly implemented changes could help other programs transition to CBME.PMID:33704218 | DOI:10.3747/co.27.6659
Source: Current Oncology - March 11, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: R Arora G Kazemi T Hsu O Levine S K Basi J W Henning J Sussman S D Mukherjee Source Type: research