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MONDAY, April 2, 2018 (HealthDay News) — A small number of academic-affiliated radiation oncology (RO) departments report involvement with formal teaching of medical students, according to a study published recently in the Journal of the American College of Radiology<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Malcolm D. Mattes, M.D., from West Virginia University in Morgantown, and colleagues surveyed chairpersons and residency program directors at RO departments directly affiliated with a medical school (49 of 75) in order to understand all the ways in which radiation oncologists are involved in medical student education, excluding elective clerkships.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that 40.8 percent of departments reported that at least one faculty member participates in a curricular educational session on an oncology-related topic. Faculty members from 42.9 percent of departments are involved with organized clinical shadowing or preceptorship programs for first- and second-year medical students. Nearly one in four departments reported no involvement in the formal curricula at their local or affiliated medical school.<\/p>\n
“Reported novel approaches to teaching included development of multidisciplinary clerkships or educational sessions that include RO concepts, guest lectures on RO during a required clerkship, organized extracurricular experiences such as an oncology seminar series, participation in special medical student enrichment programs, and sponsorship or initiation of an RO interest group,” the authors write.<\/p>\n
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