“Growing the Radiation Oncology Education Community: Five Years of ROECSG Symposia”
2022 ROECSG Symposium Chair:
Steve Braunstein, MD, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
Co-Sponsored by ROECSG and ASTRO
The 5th Annual ROECSG Spring Symposium was held Friday May 13, 2022, at The University of Chicago in Chicago, IL, USA. This was a hybrid meeting with both in-person and virtual attendance options. As always, the symposium was free to attend with meals provided for in-person attendees.
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View the Asynchronous Oral Presentations here

SESSION 1 – “The Changing World of Radiation Oncology: Developments in Education and Evaluation Across the Globe” | MODERATORS Idalid “Ivy” Franco – Harvard Radiation Oncology Program Gabrielle Peters – Yale University | |||
The Process of Re-developing a National Training Curriculum for Radiation Oncology: The Irish Experience | Neil Wallace | Cork University Hospital | YouTube | |
Improving Education in Radiation Oncology in Poland | Aleksandra Napieralska | MSC National Research Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch, Gliwice, Poland | YouTube | |
Experience from a Hypofractionation Curriculum pilot: Overcoming Education as a Barrier to Implement Hypofractionation | Maria Caicedo-Martinez | Instituto Nacional de Cancerología ESE, Bogotá, Colombia and Rayos Contra Cancer, San Francisco, CA | YouTube | |
Developing the Next Iteration of Radiation Oncology Milestones: How to Make Assessment More Useful for Both Residents and Faculty | Horatio Thomas | University of California, San Francisco | YouTube | |
Analyzing Resident Perceptions of Current Radiation Oncology Evaluation Methods | Rajashri Manjunath | Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership | YouTube | |
Evaluating The Oncology Research Internship (ORION) During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Comparison of Virtual and In-Person Iterations | Sondos Zayed | London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada | YouTube | |
Evaluation of a Radiation Oncology Microclerkship as a Component of Medical Student Training | Shyamala Subramanian | Rutgers New Jersey Medical School | YouTube | |
Design and Implementation of a Radiation Oncology Standardized Letter of Evaluation (RO-SLOE) for the Evaluation of Medical Students and Radiation Oncology Residency Applicants | Jeremy Price | Temple University Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center | YouTube | |
TEAching Mentoring in Radiation Oncology (TEAMRO): a ROECSG GME multi-institutional pilot study on teaching mentorship skills to residents | Anurag Saraf | Harvard Radiation Oncology Program and Massachusetts General Hospital | YouTube | |
Treatment Plan Evaluation Workshops for Residents: Learning the ROPES (Radiation Oncology Plan Evaluation School) | Alexandra De Leo | University of Florida | YouTube | |
REPORT FROM ARRO | Amishi Bajaj | Northwestern University | YouTube | |
REPORT FROM ADROP | Rachel Jimenez | Massachussetts General Hospital | YouTube | |
SESSION 2 – “The Modern Practice: Implementing New Education Programs to Expand Skillsets” | MODERATORS Matthew Spraker – Washington University, St. Louis Jillian Gunther – MD Anderson Cancer Center | |||
Creating Inclusive and Accessible Residency Training programs: Lessons Learned from Establishing a Deaf and American Sign Language Inclusive Model for Residency Training | Colin Hill | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | YouTube | |
PIRADS for Rad Oncs: A Multidisciplinary Educational Lecture to Improve Prostate MRI Interpretation for Radiation Oncology Residents | Ebenezer Asare | University of Virginia | YouTube | |
Development of an Educational Workshop on the Practical Application of Respiratory Motion Management Techniques for Radiation Oncology Trainees | Kristin Ward | University of Virginia | YouTube | |
Preparing for the MR-Linac: Analyzing an Educational Curriculum | James Randall | Northwestern Memorial Hospital | YouTube | |
Determining the Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Virtual Interactive Residents-As-Teachers Curriculum: A Proposed Pilot Study | Lisa Ni | University of California, San Francisco | YouTube | |
Lessons Learned from Multi-Institutional Medical Physics Animated Video Production | Gabrielle Peters | Yale University School of Medicine | YouTube | |
Interobserver Agreement Among Multiple Generalists or Specialists are Comparable to that of Recognized Experts: Prospective Acceptability Benchmarks for H&N from the C3RO Crowdsourced Initiative | Diana Lin | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | YouTube | |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS | William C. McGaghie | Northwestern University | YouTube | |
How to Succeed Publishing Medical Education Scholarship | James Bates Paris Ann Ingledew | Emory University/PRO Associate Section Editor University of British Colombia/Red Journal Section Editor | YouTube | |
SESSION 3 – “The Clinical Environment: Improving Our Collective Experience and Patient Centered Care Through Education” | MODERATORS Horatio Thomas – University of California, San Francisco Laura Padilla – University of California, San Diego | |||
Sustainability and Expansion of an Interprofessional Education for Medical Assistants in Radiation Oncology after 4 years of Experience | Sumi Sinha | University of California, San Francisco | YouTube | |
Development of a Patient-Centered Communication Curriculum for Radiation Oncology Residents | Michael Christensen | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | YouTube | |
Optimizing Patient-Centered, Inclusive Care in Oncology: Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Caring for LGBTQ2+ Individuals | Jennifer Croke | Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | YouTube | |
Screening for Vaccination Status and Providing Appropriate COVID-19 Vaccine Education to Radiation Oncology (RO) Patients | Joseph Kim | NYU Langone Medical Center | YouTube | |
The Application of Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) to Build Personalized Education Aids | Ellen Kim | Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | YouTube | |
Prospective Pilot Study to Measure Baseline Radiation Knowledge Prior to Radiotherapy After Standard Education at Consultation | Jared Hara | The University of Chicago | YouTube | |
Impact of Individualized Patient Education Material on Patients’ Cancer Care Experiences | Leah D’Souza | Rush University Medical Center | YouTube | |
ASYNCHRONOUS ORAL PRESENTATIONS | ||||
What motivates the post-graduate medical trainee in seeking feedback? | Joanne Alfieri | McGill University | YouTube | |
Problem-Based Learning Curriculum as a Tool to Increase Medical Student Exposure to Radiation Oncology | Naba Ali | Emory University School of Medicine | YouTube | |
Integrating Radiation Plan Review into Radiation Oncology Curriculum: Single-Institution Experience | Mona Arbab | Indiana University | YouTube | |
Value-Based Cancer Care: What are the opportunities to improve training for future Radiation Oncologists on the Quality/Cost Equation? | Lauren Bell | UT Southwestern | YouTube | |
Pilot Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Tumor Board Seminar Series to Foster Increased Understanding of and Interest in Oncologic Care Among Medical Students | Jie Jane Chen | University of California, San Francisco | YouTube | |
Improving Educational Practices During Radiation Oncology Residency Rotations | Alexandra De Leo | University of Florida | YouTube | |
Analysis of the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology Equity and Inclusion Subcommittee (ARRO EISC) Black History Month (BHM) Campaign: Moving Beyond Awareness | Agnes Ewongwo | Stanford University | YouTube | |
Implementation of a dedicated head and neck radiotherapy peer review conference: results of a prospective study | Joshua Farris | Wake Forest School of Medicine | YouTube | |
An interactive smartphone application for trainees in Radiation Oncology: “The Rad Onc Handbook” | Ian J. Gerard | McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | YouTube | |
A Novel Method to Characterize Medical School Research Productivity among Radiation Oncology Residents | Austin Huang | Baylor College of Medicine | YouTube | |
Virtual cadaver facilitates abdominopelvic anatomy teaching | James Janopaul-Naylor | Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University | YouTube | |
Does a mentorship award in radiation oncology inspire medical students to pursue the specialty? A survey analysis of medical students, resident mentors, and research project supervisors | Ruijia Jin | University of British Columbia | YouTube | |
Preferences Amongst Radiation Oncology Residents for Virtual and In-Person Radiation Treatment Planning Review | Conley Kriegler | Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | YouTube | |
Ten-year trends in Canadian female medical student interest in radiation oncology: an analysis of data from the Canadian Resident Matching Service (2012-2021) | Conley Kriegler | Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | YouTube | |
Power of pedaling: Physician well-being as a collaborative effort in social media-based cycling | Anna LaVigne | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | YouTube | |
Development of Climate Health and Oncology-Based Curricula: Understanding Climate Change’s Impact on Cancer Care and a Physicians’ Role | Katie Lichter | University of California San Francisco | YouTube | |
Cancer Careers a ROECSGXLearnOncology podcast: Increasing Accessibility to Information about Oncology Careers | Lauren Linkowski | University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine | YouTube | |
Enhancing medical student interest in the oncologic fields via a novel third year elective | My-Lien Nguyen | University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center | YouTube | |
Measuring resident/faculty contour concordance as a potential tool for quantitative assessment of residents’ performance in target volume delineation: a feasibility study | Caleb Nissen | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | YouTube | |
Introductory Curriculum to Health Disparities for Medical Physics Trainees: A Pilot Experience | Laura Padilla | University of California, San Diego | YouTube | |
Career advising structure and roles in five Chicago medical schools | Travis Pflederer | University of Illinois College of Medicine | YouTube | |
Impact of a Single Institution Resident-Led Education Committee in Radiation Oncology | Christina Phuong | University of California, San Francisco | YouTube | |
Integration of Plan Review into Resident Clinical Didactics | Anne Rajkumar | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | YouTube | |
A Targeted Interest Survey of Preclinical Medical Students for Implementation of Exposure Opportunities in Multidisciplinary Oncology Education | Kevin Reyes | University of California, San Francisco | YouTube | |
Increasing Resident and Medical Student Participation in National Conferences with Sponsored Travel Grants via a Need-Based Method | Alexis Schutz | University of Oklahoma | YouTube | |
Feasibility of an education-focused travel award for radiation oncology trainees | Michael Sherer | University of California San Diego | YouTube | |
Evaluating a structured applied physics case-based course for radiation oncology and radiation physics residents | May Tsao | Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto | YouTube | |
Analysis of Patient Contacts with the Radiation Oncology Triage Nurse: The Experience of a Single Center | Benjamin Weber | University of Wisconsin | YouTube |
About the keynote speaker – William C. McGaghie, PhD is a Professor in the Departments of Medical Education and Preventive Medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois USA. Dr. McGaghie’s medical education scholarship is wide-ranging including personnel and curriculum evaluation, research methods, clinical skill acquisition, the science of expertise, and especially simulation-based mastery learning. Dr. McGaghie has been a consultant to a variety of professional organizations including the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Medical Specialties, and to universities and medical schools worldwide. In 2019 he received the John P. Hubbard Award from the NBME for excellence in the field of evaluation in medicine. Dr. McGaghie has authored or edited ten books and has published more than 300 journal articles, textbook chapters, essays, and book reviews in health professions education, simulation-based education, and related fields. His recent publications include (with JH Barsuk and DB Wayne) Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Mastery Learning in Health Professions Education. New York: Springer, 2020; and (with DB Wayne, JH Barsuk, and SB Issenberg) Deliberate practice and mastery learning contributions to medical education and improved healthcare. Journal of Expertise 2021; 4(2): 144-168.
2022 ROECSG Spring Symposium Planning Committee
Steve Braunstein MD PhD, University of California San Francisco – 2022 Symposium Chair
Ravi Chandra MD PhD, Oregon Health & Science University
Simon Duke MBBS, Cambridge University Hospitals, UK
Christian Fernandez MD, Cook County Hospital
Elizabeth Jeans MD MEd, Mayo Clinic (Rochester)
Emma Fields MD, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jenna Kahn MD, Oregon Health & Science University
Anna Laucis MD MPhil, Green Bay Oncology
Erin Gillespie MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Daniel Golden MD MHPE, University of Chicago
Jill Gunther MD PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Rachel Jimenez MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Bailey Nelson MD, University of Cincinnati
Raphael Yechieli MD, University of Miami
2022 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
Parul Barry
Jane Chen
Anupama Chundury
Jenn Croke
Simon Duke
Yannick G. Eller
Emma Fields
Jillian Gunther
David Horowitz
Paris Ann Ingledew
James Janopaul-Naylor
Einsley Janowski
Liz Jeans
Rachel Jimenez
Jenna Kahn
Anna Laucis
Lisa Ni
Indranil Mallick
Gabrielle Peters
Jeremy Price
Hina Saeed
Julianna Sienna
Raphael Yechieli
Mehran Yousef
Shun Zhang