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ESTRO SCHOOL
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ROADMAP
RADIATION ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL PHYSICIST,
RADIATION THERAPIST
Philippe Maingon
Pierre Scalliet
Núria Jornet
FACULTY
COURSE DIRECTORS
• Núria Jornet,
Medical Physicist, Hospital de la Santa Creu i
Sant Pau, Barcelona (ES)
• Philippe Maingon,
Radiation Oncologist, Hôpitaux
Universitaires Pitié Salpêtrière – Charles Foix, Paris (FR)
• Pierre Scalliet,
Radiation Oncologist, UCL Cliniques
Universitaires St.Luc, Brussels (BE)
TEACHERS
• Pietro Gabriele,
Radiation Oncologist, IRCC of Candiolo,
Candiolo (IT)
• Karine Herlevin,
Medical Physicist, Centre Alexis Vautrin,
Nancy (FR)
• Coen Hurkmans,
Medical Physicist, Catharina Ziekenhuis,
Eindhoven (NL)
• Nicolas Pourel,
Radiation Oncologist, Institut Sainte
Catherine, Avignon (FR)
Teaching faculty is being updated, please visit www.estro-
education.org/coursesfor the latest information.
LOCAL ORGANISER
Jinyi Lang,
Radiation Oncologist, Sichuan Cancer Hospital &
Institute, Chengdu
BEST PRACTICE
example, relevant to radiotherapy of today)
• Taxonomy and classification, distinction between
incident and accident
• Analysis and return on experience (root cause analysis)
• Failure mode and effect analysis
• PRISMA as example (The Netherlands)
• Benchmarking
• Health failure mode and effect analysis (HFMEA), a
prospective risk management method
• Communication to patient
• Communication to the media
• Communication to the organisation (departmental,
hospital level)
• Specific training of staff, internal and external (team
management)
• Comprehensive quality management in radiotherapy
• Performance indicators.
TEACHINGMETHODS
• 12 hours of lectures
• 5 hours of practical workshops
• 3 hours of case discussions.
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
• MCQ
• Evaluation form.
KEYWORDS
Quality management, quality improvement, health
economics, technology assessment, quality indicators.
ACCREDITATION
Application for CME recognition will be submitted to
the European Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education (EACCME), an institution of the
European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). EAC-
CME credits are recognised by the American Medical
Association towards the Physician’s Recognition Award
(PRA). Information on the status of the applications
can be obtained from the ESTRO office.