Department of Radiation Oncology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Department of Radiation Oncology, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.
J Am Coll Radiol. 2018 Nov;15(11):1620-1623. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2017.10.040. Epub 2018 Jan 2.
To characterize radiation oncologist involvement in undergraduate medical education at US academic medical centers and to incorporate these findings into practical pathways for greater and broader integration of radiation oncology (RO) into medical curricula.
Chairpersons and residency program directors at RO departments directly affiliated with a medical school were asked to describe all the ways in which radiation oncologists in their department are involved in medical student education, excluding their elective clerkship.
Of 75 eligible departments, 49 responded (response rate 65.3%). Twenty departments (40.8%) reported that at least one faculty member participates in a curricular educational session on an oncology-related topic. Twelve (24.5%) of these sessions were focused specifically on RO. Twenty-one departments (42.9%) had faculty involved with organized clinical shadowing or preceptorship programs for first- and second-year medical students. Twelve departments (24.5%) described no involvement in the formal curricula at their local or affiliated medical school. Thirteen departments (44.8%) described participation in a medical school-organized residency fair, and 12 departments (41.4%) sponsor an RO interest group. Reported novel approaches to teaching included development of multidisciplinary clerkships or educational sessions that include RO concepts, guest lectures on RO during a required clerkship, organized extracurricular experiences such as an oncology seminar series, participation in special medical student enrichment programs, and sponsorship or initiation of an RO interest group.
The minority of RO departments are involved in formal teaching of the medical student body at large. The approaches described herein should facilitate more robust involvement of radiation oncologists in all areas of undergraduate medical education.
描述美国学术医疗中心的放射肿瘤学家参与本科医学教育的情况，并将这些发现纳入更广泛地将放射肿瘤学（RO）纳入医学课程的实际途径中。
要求 RO 部门的主席和住院医师项目主任描述他们部门的放射肿瘤学家参与医学生教育的所有方式，不包括他们的选修实习。
在 75 个符合条件的部门中，有 49 个（回应率为 65.3%）做出了回应。20 个部门（40.8%）报告说，至少有一名教师参与了与肿瘤学相关主题的课程教育会议。其中 12 个（24.5%）会议专门针对 RO。21 个部门（42.9%）有教师参与针对一年级和二年级医学生的组织临床影子或指导计划。12 个部门（24.5%）描述了在当地或附属医学院没有参与正式课程。13 个部门（44.8%）描述了参与医学院组织的住院医师招聘会，并且 12 个部门（41.4%）赞助了 RO 兴趣小组。报告的新教学方法包括开发多学科实习或包括 RO 概念的教育会议、在必修实习期间进行 RO 客座讲座、组织课外体验，如肿瘤学研讨会系列、参与特殊的医学生强化计划以及赞助或发起 RO 兴趣小组。
少数 RO 部门参与对全体医学生的正式教学。本文所述的方法应促进放射肿瘤学家更广泛地参与本科医学教育的各个领域。
