Current status and developments of German curriculum-based residency training programmes in radiation oncology

Radiation Oncology

Gunther Klautke¹  Hans Christiansen²  Maximilian Niyazi³  Marcel Büttner³  Matthias Mäurer⁴  Esther Gera Cornelia Troost⁵  Nils Cordes⁵  Oliver Micke⁶  Tobias Gauer⁷  Jan Sokoll⁸  Daniel Habermehl⁹ 

[1] Clinic for Radiation Oncology, Chemnitz Medical Center, Chemnitz, Germany;Department of Radiation Oncology, Hannover Medical School, 30625, Hannover, Germany;Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistraße 15, 81377, Munich, Germany;German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany;Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Jena, Jena, Germany;Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany;OncoRay-National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany;National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany;German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany;Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany;Helmholtz Association/Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden, Germany;Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Radiooncology - OncoRay, Dresden, Germany;Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Franziskus Hospital Bielefeld, Kiskerstrasse 26, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany;Department of Radiotherapy and Radio-Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany;PRO RadioOncology GmbH, Poststraße 10-12, 27404, Zeven, Germany;Radprax MVZ, Leimbacher Str. 51a, 42281, Wuppertal, Germany;

关键词: Radiotherapy;    Radiation oncology;    Curriculum;    Training;    Evaluation;    DEGRO;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13014-021-01785-7

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

PurposeThe current status of German residency training in the field of radiation oncology is provided and compared to programmes in other countries. In particular, we present the DEGRO-Academy within the international context.MethodsCertified courses from 2018 and 2019 were systematically assigned to the DEGRO-Curriculum, retrospectively for 2018 and prospectively for 2019. In addition, questionnaires of course evaluations were provided, answered by course participants and collected centrally.ResultsOur data reveal a clear increase in curriculum coverage by certified courses from 57.6% in 2018 to 77.5% in 2019. The analyses enable potential improvements in German curriculum-based education. Specific topics of the DEGRO-Curriculum are still underrepresented, while others decreased in representation between 2018 and 2019. It was found that several topics in the DEGRO-Curriculum require more attention because of a low DEGRO-curriculum coverage. Evaluation results of certified courses improved significantly with a median grade of 1.62 in 2018 to 1.47 in 2019 (p = 0.0319).ConclusionThe increase of curriculum coverage and the simultaneous improvement of course evaluations are promising with respect to educational standards in Germany. Additionally, the early integration of radiation oncology into medical education is a prerequisite for resident training because of rising demands on quality control and increasing patient numbers. This intensified focus is a requirement for continued high standards and quality of curriculum-based education in radiation oncology both in Germany and other countries.

【 授权许可】

CC BY