A Paradigm Shift in Radiation Oncology Training

Subha Perni, MD; Anurag Saraf, MD; Michael Milligan, MD, MBA; Oluwadamilola T. Oladeru, MD, MA; Idalid Franco, MD, MPH; Shekinah N.C. Elmore, MD, MPH

Advances in Radiation Oncology (Mar 2021)

A Paradigm Shift in Radiation Oncology Training

Subha Perni, MD,
Anurag Saraf, MD,
Michael Milligan, MD, MBA,
Oluwadamilola T. Oladeru, MD, MA,
Idalid Franco, MD, MPH,
Shekinah N.C. Elmore, MD, MPH

Affiliations

Subha Perni, MD: Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Corresponding author: Subha Perni, MD
Anurag Saraf, MD: Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Milligan, MD, MBA: Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Oluwadamilola T. Oladeru, MD, MA: Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Idalid Franco, MD, MPH: Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Shekinah N.C. Elmore, MD, MPH: Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 2
p. 100599

Abstract

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The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has been intertwined with the movement for racial justice in the United States and has highlighted and risks aggravating educational and workforce disparities within radiation oncology. We discuss wide-ranging changes within radiation oncology training that are essential to developing and maintaining diversity, including utilization of competency-based educational models that allow for streamlining of training and examinations; responsiveness to the needs of residents and medical students of different gender, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic groups; and technological integration to increase educational efficiency and decrease barriers.

Published in Advances in Radiation Oncology

ISSN: 2452-1094 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/advances-in-radiation-oncology/

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