A Qualitative Assessment of Radiotherapy Training at a UK Regional Cancer Centre.

Clinical Oncology : a Journal of the Royal College of Radiologists
Gerard M WallsGerard G Hanna

Abstract

Specialty trainees in clinical oncology must be competent in the coordination of both radiotherapy and systemic therapy at the completion of their training. Radiotherapy technology and postgraduate medical education have evolved significantly over the last two decades, but little is known of the educational impact of those changes within the dual training of the clinical oncology programme. A qualitative assessment of the radiotherapy component of training was undertaken at a single regional cancer centre in order to identify potential areas for improvement. Consultants and trainees (n = 10) at a regional cancer centre underwent semi-structured interviews regarding their lived experience of learning radiotherapy skills and knowledge. As consultants and trainees can be considered equal co-investors in the process of radiotherapy learning, the same question stems were used for both groups. An interpretative phenomenological analysis was undertaken by the investigators to elicit the perception of both groups. Consultant and trainee assessments of current radiotherapy learning standards differ for several aspects of training, as do their expectations of the other in learning processes. A lack of time is a major barrier in modern pr...Continue Reading

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