Kim Benstead1, Pedro C Lara2, Demetrius Andreopoulos3, Jean-Emmanuel Bibault4, Anthony Dix5, Yannick G Eller6, Pierfrancesco Franco7, Meredith Guiliani8, Jana Jaal9, Antonio Juretic10, Elvisa Kozma11, Graeme Lumsden12, Marta Maddalo13, Stefano Magrini14, Ingvil Mjaaland15, Raphael Pfeffer16, Olga M T de Sousa de Sa Pinto17, Mateusz Spalek18, Marie-Catherine Vozenin19, Christine Verfaillie20, Viviane Van Egten21, Jesper G Eriksen22. 1. Gloucestershire Oncology Centre, Cheltenham General Hospital, UK. Electronic address: kim.benstead@nhs.net. 2. Oncology Department, San Roque University Hospital, Las Palmas, Spain. Electronic address: bpedrocarlos.lara@ulgpc.es. 3. Radiation Oncology and Radiology Department, Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre, Strovolos-Nicosia, Cyprus. Electronic address: Cdemetris.andeopoulos@bococ.org.cy. 4. Radiation Oncology Department, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hospitaux de Paris, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France. 5. Department of Physics, Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham, UK. Electronic address: tony.dix@nhs.net. 6. Freiburgstrasse, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: yannick.eller@students.unibe.ch. 7. Department of Oncology-Radiation Oncology, University of Turin School of Medicine, Torino, Italy. Electronic address: pierfrancesco.franco@unito.it. 8. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: meredith.Guiliani@rmp.uhn.ca. 9. Department of Haematology and Oncology, University of Tartu, Estonia. Electronic address: Jana.Jaal@ut.ee. 10. School of Medicine, University of Zagreb and University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Department of Oncology, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: antonio.juretic@zg.t-com.hr. 11. Oncology Service, University Hospital, Tirana, Albania. 12. Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK. Electronic address: graeme.lumsden@nhs.net. 13. University and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy. 14. Brescia University and Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: stefano.magrini@unibs.it. 15. Department of Oncology and Haematology, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway. Electronic address: ingvil.mjaaland@sus.no. 16. Assuta Medical Centres, Tel Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: raphipf@013net.net. 17. Instituo Portuges de Oncologia do Porto, Portugal. 18. Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute-Oncology Centre, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: mateusz.spalek@coi.pl. 19. Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier, Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: Marie-Catherine.vozenin@chuv.ch. 20. ESTRO, Belgium. Electronic address: cverfaillie@estro.org. 21. ESTRO, Belgium. Electronic address: vvanegten@estro.org. 22. Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. Electronic address: jesper@oncology.au.dk.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: In 2017 it was decided to revise the European Core Curriculum for Radiation Oncology/Radiotherapy to produce a 4th edition. The aims of the ESTRO curriculum are to develop comparable standards for training across Europe and to facilitate free movement of specialists across borders. It is also hoped that it will improve the level of training across Europe and will make the non-medical expert roles more explicit. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A wide range of stakeholders including National Society representatives, trainees, recently appointed specialists, members of the European Union Medical Specialists Radiotherapy section, an RTT, a radiobiologist, a physicist and lay members from ESTRO staff developed and commented on iterations of the curriculum. RESULTS: The 4th edition is based on the CanMEDS 2015 framework and identifies 14 Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) and the competencies required to perform these. The manager role is replaced by competencies related to leadership. The levels of proficiency required for tumour sites is defined as levels of EPAs. CONCLUSIONS: It is hoped that the inclusive method of developing the 4th edition has resulted in a document that will have utility in the wide range of environments in which radiation oncology is practised in Europe.
INTRODUCTION: In 2017 it was decided to revise the European Core Curriculum for Radiation Oncology/Radiotherapy to produce a 4th edition. The aims of the ESTRO curriculum are to develop comparable standards for training across Europe and to facilitate free movement of specialists across borders. It is also hoped that it will improve the level of training across Europe and will make the non-medical expert roles more explicit. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A wide range of stakeholders including National Society representatives, trainees, recently appointed specialists, members of the European Union Medical Specialists Radiotherapy section, an RTT, a radiobiologist, a physicist and lay members from ESTRO staff developed and commented on iterations of the curriculum. RESULTS: The 4th edition is based on the CanMEDS 2015 framework and identifies 14 Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) and the competencies required to perform these. The manager role is replaced by competencies related to leadership. The levels of proficiency required for tumour sites is defined as levels of EPAs. CONCLUSIONS: It is hoped that the inclusive method of developing the 4th edition has resulted in a document that will have utility in the wide range of environments in which radiation oncology is practised in Europe.
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