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each professional [1]. I had to work on a new project in a Medical Physics field also almost new for me. Unlike other times where I already knew the field of research, this time I was disoriented by the new field of the project. Therefore my first aim in participating to the ESTRO Research Master Class was to improve my project and get in contact to some people expert in the specific field. The abstract and project writing phase was already for me an opportunity to go deeply inside the field and strength the project idea, focusing on the main objective and describing the technique that I would like to apply. I was accepted to the Master Class (ESTRO Research Master Class, 10-13 September 2017, Florence, Italy). That was a great experience, and we had talks on different tasks, valuable debate in small group on each single project, personal discussion with teachers and opportunity to share experience and compare projects/ideas with different colleagues both young investigators as well as well experienced researchers. I participated to the Master Class with a first aim to strength my project idea, but then I come back realizing that the most valuable part of the Master Class was the possibility to get in contact with different professionals and share ideas. The opportunity to talk with great investigators in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere I think is one of the most valuable points. Also all coffee breaks, lunches, dinners and also social life together was an opportunity to share ideas and construct a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. I came back not only with a stronger project idea, but also (and more important) with a robust and valuable method to do research and with lots of contact of people interested to collaborate with each other around world. [1] Bortfeld T., Torresin A., Fiorino C. et al. The research versus clinical service role of medical physics. Radiother Oncol(2015);114(3):285-8 Abstract text My first participation to an ESTRO meeting was in 2005, and my first contact with some of the ESTRO teachers was during the Target Volume Delineation course in Beijing in 2008. I participated to this course during my last year of residency, and it was completely crazy to have, by chance, the possibility to share some drinks with the big names of European radiotherapy while they discussed about the future of our discipline and their vision of ESTRO. This is the beginning of my history in ESTRO, initially as participant to the ESTRO courses and meetings, then as ESTRO fellow in 2010, and now as part of the teaching group. In these almost 10 years, I have been involved in the first Young ESTRO taskforce, in the 3rd AGORA Meeting, in the FALCON program and in the Evidence Based Radiotherapy course. The professional impact of these opportunities is clear and noteworthy. The possibility of sharing my ideas, my doubts, my research and teaching projects with all the ESTRO teachers, usually in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, boosted my career: it has been easier for me to move my first steps as radiation oncologist as I found a lot of experienced colleagues who helped me since the beginning. After each ESTRO event, I came back with a lot of ideas, with a strategy to realize them, and with many people who were interested in collaborating and/or in developing these ideas with me. Nevertheless, it is the human and personal aspects of this experience that are not so easy to be showed in the daily life, but that did surely impact my point of view about my profession, my relationships with younger and “less young” colleagues SP-0250 Experiences from young scientists: Experience from a young ESTRO teacher B. De Bari 1 1 Hôpital Univ. Jean Minjoz CHU Minjoz Jeans & Belfort- Montbéliard Hospital, Radiation Oncology, Besançon, France

Symposium: Modern learning methods

SP-0247 The educational offer of the ESTRO School: roadmap to choose the right course C. Verfaillie 1 1 ESTRO, Education and Science, Brussels, Belgium Abstract text The ESTRO School offers a wide range of educational opportunities to trainees and specialists in Radiation Oncology and associated professions. Around 35 live courses are conducted every year, in Europe and beyond. They address all professional and scientific needs of the radiation oncology community, based on the current core curricula. The School equally offers an annual program of live online contouring workshops (FALCON). Educational resources are made available through the ESTRO online library DOVE and the web-based platform Moodle has been implemented to enhance the learning experience of the live courses with permanent online access to learning material. The School also provides mobility grants for study visits to centers of excellence in Europe or beyond. A roadmap to all these activities is presented to familiarize (young) professionals with ESTRO’s educa- tional portfolio. SP-0248 How to learn effectively? The role of modern learning methods in radiation oncology training M. Spalek The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center, Waraw, Poland Abstract text Being radiation oncology professional is challenging, and education is lifelong. We must analyze, synthesize, and evaluate large amounts of information. And we must learn how to learn. Boring lectures, unproductive workshops, passive participation are over. We live in a moment of unprecedented change. We have access to powerful technologies, modern tools and methods that we can use to improve learning process. ESTRO has implemented several solutions that will be discussed in this presentation. How to boost your educational power? We will try to find the answer. SP-0249 Experiences from young scientists: Participant ESTRO Physics Research Master Class M.L. Belli 1 1 Fondazione Centro San Raffaele, Deaprtment of Medical Physics, Milano, Italy Abstract text I am a young Medical Physics Expert, just finished my residency. During my residency, a part from a strong clinical involvement, I was actively involved in different research project and I had the opportunity to work with great experts in the field, both in my own country (Italy) as well as around Europe (i.e. Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland ). Now that I am working in a different institution as Medical Physics Expert, I am trying to pursue some research investigation and starting new projects. Even thought I am not at first-time investigator, I recognize that am still young in the field and that I need to discuss my projects with other researchers in order to be able to perform strong and valuable researcher projects. Moreover, I am strongly convinced that be in contact with researcher form different Institutions and share different ideas is right way to work. Finally, as Medical Physics Expert I strongly agree with the view coming out form last ESTRO meeting (ESTRO36, 2017 Vienna) where both clinical and research character of Medical Physicist should be improved and strengthen for