“Assessment in Radiation Oncology Education: Beyond Basic Competence“
2021 ROECSG Symposium Chair:
Jillian Gunther, MD, PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center
The 4th Annual ROECSG Spring Symposium is scheduled for May 14, 2021 in Chicago, IL, USA. Due to the ongoing disruptions caused by COVID19, the meeting will be hosted virtually. The symposium will run from 10am to 5pm central (Chicago) time with informal pre- and post-symposium virtual networking. Abstracts presented at the symposium will be published electronically in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics.
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Symposium Schedule
(scroll down for YouTube links to individual talks)
| 8:30 – 10:00 CDT: Asynchronous Oral Presentations, Coffee, and Zoom Networking |
| 10:00 – 10:10 CDT: Welcome Remarks and Introductions Jillian Gunther, MD, PhD |
| 10:10 – 10:15 CDT: Overview of ROECSG symposium abstract review process (NEW!) Simon Duke, MBBS, FRCR |
| 10:15 – 10:20 CDT: The ROECSG 2020 Spring Symposium: Is Virtual the New Reality? Kaitlyn Lapen, MD |
| 10:20 – 12:20 CDT: Session #1 “Expanding the Field: Avenues to Optimize Training” Moderators: Christian Fernandez, MD, and David Kok, MBBS, MEd, FRANZCR |
| 12:20 – 12:25 CDT: Overview of expanded ROECSG organizational structure (NEW!) Daniel Golden, MD, MHPE |
| 12:25 – 1:00 CDT: Lunch, networking, and breakout rooms to discuss ROECSG working groups |
| 1:00 – 1:05 CDT: Report from ARRO Austin Sim, MD, JD |
| 1:05 – 1:10 CDT: Report from ADROP Emma Fields, MD |
| 1:10 – 2:20 CDT: Session #2 “Framing the Field: Radiation Oncology for New Learners” Moderators: Elizabeth Jeans, MD, MEd, and Brandi Page, MD |
| 2:20 – 2:30 CDT: Break |
| 2:30 – 3:00 CDT: Keynote Address “Measuring Competence through Systems of Assessments: Best Practices and Guidelines for Clinical Assessments” Speaker: Yoon Soo Park, PhD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School Director of Health Professions Education Research, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 3:00 – 3:10 CDT: Keynote Discussion/Break |
| 3:10 – 4:40 CDT: Session #3 “Redefining the Field: Seeing Radiation Oncology As More Than The Clinic” Moderators: Paris Ann Ingledew, MD, FRCPC, MHPE, and Anna Laucis, MD, MPhil |
| 4:40 – 4:50 CDT: Closing remarks Jillian Gunther, MD, PhD |
| 4:50 – 6:00 CDT: Post-Symposium Virtual Networking (NEW!) |
About the keynote speaker – Yoon Soo Park, PhD, is Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and the inaugural Director of Health Professions Education Research at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Park’s experiences include both academic and industry settings, with research interests and experiences across multiple disciplines in psychometrics, biostatistics, educational psychology, and medicine. Park’s research agendas have focused on assessment methods in health professions education, advancing the preparation of learners in clinical reasoning and measurement of competencies through validity studies. He has also contributed to psychometric methods, focusing on statistical modeling of educational and psychological processes using latent class models and item response theory models. His psychometric research has contributed to methods that reduce statistical error for complex data structures. He has also actively engaged in interdisciplinary research in the social sciences, collaborating with diverse researchers and practitioners across disciplines. Park is Chair of the Research in Medical Education (RIME) committee of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). He is also Vice President and Member of Council for the American Educational Research Association (AERA), serving Division I: Education in the Professions.
| Presentation | Speaker | Institution | Category WIP = work in progress | Watch the Presentation |
| Introductory remarks | Jill Gunther | MD Anderson Cancer Center | YouTube | |
| Overview of 2021 ROECSG symposium abstract review process | Simon Duke | Cambridge University Hospitals, UK | YouTube | |
| The Radiation Oncology Education Collaborative Study Group 2020 Spring Symposium: Is Virtual the New Reality? | Kaitlyn Lapen | University of Illinois Chicago | YouTube | |
| SESSION 1 – “Expanding the Field: Avenues to Optimize Training” – MODERATORS – Christian Fernandez and David Kok | ||||
| Exploring Current Gaps in Radiation Oncology Resident Teaching: A Thematic Analysis of Free-Text Responses from the Radiation Oncology Residents-As-Teachers Targeted Needs Assessment | Lisa Ni | University of California, San Francisco | WIP | YouTube |
| Improving Radiation Oncology (RO) Resident Communication Skills by Leveraging the DiSC Assessment Tool | Ammoren Dohm | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute | WIP | YouTube |
| Developing a New Virtual Professional Development Education Model for Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics Residents | Anna Laucis | University of Michigan | WIP | YouTube |
| Protocol for a prospective trial to assess novel contouring education interventions for Radiation Oncology residents using an interactive online platform | Michael Sherer | University of California, San Diego | WIP | YouTube |
| Clinical Physics Boot camp for Radiation Oncology Residents: A Pilot Study | Einsley-Marie Janowski | University of Virginia | Completed | YouTube |
| Near peer teaching in radiation oncology: proof of principle study for treatment planning skills | Gerard Walls | Cancer Centre Belfast City Hospital, UK | Completed | YouTube |
| Remote contouring and virtual review during the COVID-19 pandemic (RECOVR-COVID19): Results of a quality improvement initiative for virtual resident training in radiation oncology | Andrew Arifin | London Health Sciences Centre, Canada | Completed | YouTube |
| Analysis of Resident and Faculty Assessment Methods used by United States Radiation Oncology Residency Programs | Rajashri Manjunath | Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership | Completed | YouTube |
| Radiation Oncology Deliberative Curriculum Inquiry: Feasibility of a National Delphi Process | Elizabeth Jeans | Mayo Clinic (Rochester) | Completed | YouTube |
| Overview of expanded ROECSG organizational structure | Daniel Golden | The Univerity of Chicago | ||
| REPORT FROM ARRO | Austin Sim | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute | YouTube | |
| REPORT FROM ADROP | Emma Fields | Virginia Commonwealth University | YouTube | |
| SESSION 2 – “Framing the Field: Radiation Oncology for New Learners” – MODERATORS – Elizabeth Jeans and Brandi Page | ||||
| Radiation Oncology Virtual Elective Rotation for Medical Students and Residents: Implementation of a National Virtual Education Resource | Navjot Sandhu | Stanford University | Completed | YouTube |
| RISE: An equity and inclusion-based virtual pipeline program for medical students underrepresented in medicine | Idalid “Ivy” Franco | Harvard Radiation Oncology Program | Completed | YouTube |
| Implementation of Multi-Institutional Virtual Radiation Oncology Clerkship | Loise Wairiri | Oregon Health & Science University | Completed | YouTube |
| Improving Medical Student Education in Radiation Oncology: evaluating and integrating an experiential interdisciplinary workshop into the medical student curriculum | Carmen Swanton | Sydney West Radiation Oncology Network, Australia | Completed | YouTube |
| Teaching Mentoring: Utilizing a resident-student peer mentorship program as a tool to educate residents about the core components of mentoring | Anurag Saraf | Massachusetts General Hospital | WIP | YouTube |
| KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND DISCUSSION | Yoon Soo Park | Harvard University | YouTube | |
| SESSION 3 – “Redefining the Field: Seeing Radiation Oncology As More Than The Clinic” – MODERATORS – Paris Ann Ingledew and Anna Laucis | ||||
| IMRT 2.0: Refining an IMRT-focused Telehealth Curriculum for Existing Radiation Oncology Centers in Latin America | Meridith Balbach | Vanderbilt University | WIP | YouTube |
| Contouring Collaborative for Consensus in Radiation Oncology (C3RO): An international crowdsourcing challenge to improve radiotherapy contour delineation | Diana Lin | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | WIP | YouTube |
| Social Media for Knowledge Sharing and Translation on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – Implementation and Assessment of our First Campaign | Ian Pereira | Queen’s University, Canada | WIP | YouTube |
| Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Course for Radiation Therapists (RTTs) in Latin American Countries | Alina Mitchell | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Completed | YouTube |
| Readability of a Radiotherapy Graphic Narrative Patient Education Guide Series in English and Spanish | Santiago Avila | The University of Chicago | Completed | YouTube |
| Needs Assessment for an Introductory Radiation Oncology Curriculum for Advanced Practice Providers | Kate Martin | Brigham and Women’s Hospital/DFCI | Completed | YouTube |
| CLOSING REMARKS | Jill Gunther | MD Anderson Cancer Center | ||
| ASYNCHRONOUS ORAL PRESENTATIONS | ||||
| Are They Ready? The Current Status of Canadian and US Radiation Oncology and Radiation Therapy Training Programs in Preparing Trainees for On-Call Emergencies and Interdisciplinary Teamwork | Mustafa Al Balushi | University of Alberta, Canada | WIP | YouTube |
| 1ONC: A Comprehensive Mobile and Web Application to Improve Access to Clinical Resources for Practicing Radiation Oncologists | Matthew Culbert | University of Florida | WIP | YouTube |
| Clinical Oncology Module for the ESTRO Core Curriculum | Yannick G. Eller | University of Dundee, UK | Completed | YouTube |
| RadOnc Tables: An Online Resource for Commentary and Summaries of Key Clinical Trials | Christopher Estes | Mercy Hospital | Completed | |
| Increasing Brachytherapy Mentorship and Representation Through #NextGenBrachy | Idalid “Ivy” Franco | Harvard Radiation Oncology Program | Completed | YouTube |
| Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Postgraduate Training in Radiation Oncology | Meredith Giuliani | Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Canada | Completed | YouTube |
| COVID-era Medical Student Education: Creation and Implementation of an Informal Virtual Elective in Radiation Oncology | Jillian Gunther | MD Anderson Cancer Center | Completed | YouTube |
| Development and Implementation of a Solid Tumor Oncologic Emergency Lecture for Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine Residency Programs | Stanley Gutiontov | The University of Chicago | Completed | YouTube |
| Correlation Between Research Productivity During Medical School and Radiation Oncology Residency | Daniel Huang | Boston University | Completed | YouTube |
| Methodology and Efficacy of Weekly SA-CME Web-Based Radiation Oncology Educational Conference in a Large Integrated Cancer Network | Andrew Keller | University of Pittsburgh | Completed | YouTube |
| COVID Pass: A Case Study for Clinical Informatics | Ellen Kim | Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Completed | YouTube |
| The Development and Piloting of a Virtual Reality Patient Consultation Simulation to Improve Oncology Practitioners Communication and Counseling Skills | David Kok | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia | WIP | YouTube |
| A Structured Approach for Training and Testing Staff in Radiation Therapy | Chandrasekhar Kota | Integrated Radiotherapy Services | WIP | YouTube |
| Improving the MR Guided Radiotherapy Patient Experience Through Story Driven Video With 3D Animations | Lauren Linkowski | University of South Florida | WIP | YouTube |
| Initial Experience with a Multidisciplinary Leadership Journal Club | Homan Mohammadi | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center | WIP | YouTube |
| Benefits of a Tele-education Curriculum for Radiation Oncology Centers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Transitioning from 2D to 3D External Beam Radiation Therapy | Elaine Nguyen | University of California, San Francisco | WIP | YouTube |
| The Impact of ROESCG 2020 on Unique Site Visits to a Radiation Oncology Educational Website | Jeff Ryckman | West Virginia University | Completed | YouTube |
| Competency-Based Medical Education in Canadian Radiation Oncology Residency Training: An Institutional Implementation Pilot Study | Amir Safavi | University of Toronto, Canada | Completed | YouTube |
| Feedback Delivery in an Academic Cancer Centre: Reflections from an R2C2-Based Microlearning Course | Amir Safavi | University of Toronto, Canada | Completed | YouTube |
| Using the Dosimetric Radiation Plan as a Teaching Tool for Early Trainees to Understand Radiation Toxicity | Anurag Saraf | Massachusetts General Hospital | WIP | YouTube |
| 1ONCstudent: Development of Open Access Radiation Oncology Medical Education App for Medical Students | Anurag Saraf | Massachusetts General Hospital | WIP | YouTube |
| Integrating Leadership Competencies in Clinical Didactic Curricula: The Mock Tumor Board | Austin Sim | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute | WIP | YouTube |
| A Mixed-Methods Analysis of a Single-Institution Radiation Oncology Virtual Medical Student Rotation | Horatio Thomas | University of California, San Francisco | WIP | YouTube |
| The Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) Office Elective for Senior Residents: A New Opportunity for Tomorrow’s Physician Leaders. | Toms Vengaloor Thomas | University of Mississippi | WIP | |
| Evaluation of an Inter-disciplinary Simulation-based Learning Module in Improving Learners’ Comfort Level in Managing Neoplastic Spinal Cord Compression | Fan Yang | University of Alberta, Canada | WIP | YouTube |
2021 ROECSG Spring Symposium Planning Committee
Jill Gunther MD PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center – 2021 Symposium Chair
Steve Braunstein MD PhD, University of California San Francisco
Ravi Chandra MD PhD, Oregon Health & Science University
Emma Fields MD, Virginia Commonwealth University
Erin Gillespie MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Daniel Golden MD MHPE, University of Chicago
Rachel Jimenez MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Raphael Yechieli MD, University of Miami
2021 ROECSG Spring Symposium Abstract Review
Abstract review committee chairs
- Simon Duke MBBS, Cambridge University Hospitals, UK
- Jenna Kahn MD, Oregon Health & Science University
Abstract Reviewers
- Christian Fernandez MD, Thomas Jefferson University
- Meredith Giuliani MBBS Med PhD FRCPC, University of Toronto/Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
- Jill Gunther MD PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Elizabeth Jeans MD MEd, Mayo Clinic (Rochester)
- Anna Laucis MD MPhil, University of Michigan
- Anna Lee MD MPH, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Kara Lynne Leonard MD MS, Brown University
- Bailey Nelson MD, University of Cincinnati
- Akash Parekh MD, University of Florida
- Erqi Liu Pollom MD, Stanford University
- Jessica Schuster MD, University of Wisconsin
- Utkarsh Shukla MD, Tufts University
- Lisa Singer MD PhD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School
- Rahul Tendulkar MD, Cleveland Clinic