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Long-term results of radiation oncology seminar for medical students and residents held between 1995 and 2011: career paths of the participants

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Abstract

Purpose

The radiation oncology seminar for medical students and residents was initiated by the Japanese Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (JASTRO) with the aim of increasing the numbers of radiation oncologists. We investigated the long-term results related to the career paths of the program participants.

Methods

This study enrolled 531 individuals who were medical students and residents at the time of program participation, between 1995 and 2011. We surveyed participants with regard to their affiliation status with the Japan Radiological Society (JRS) and JASTRO and whether they were board-certified radiation oncologists.

Results

Forty-two percent of the participants were members of JRS and 26.4 % were members of JASTRO. The membership status with JASTRO was investigated in program participants from 2004 to 2009, and comparison by status revealed that 30.1 % of medical students and 47.2 % of residents were members, with a significant difference (p = 0.013). As high as 92.3 % of the participants in the 1995–2001 cohort who had joined JRS and JASTRO were board-certified radiation oncologists.

Conclusion

This program has greatly contributed to increasing the numbers of radiation oncologists. Because residents had a higher rate of affiliation than medical students, it is necessary to share information with not only medical universities, but also teaching hospitals.

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Acknowledgments

We sincerely thank JRS, JASTRO and the Radiation Therapy Promotion Committee for provision of the JASTRO workshop program, the members of the Japanese Association for Young Radiation Oncologists “NExT”, for the operation of the program, and the administrative office at JASTRO for editorial help.

Conflict of interest

All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest for the submitted work. I have no financial relationship to disclose.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Shimane University School of Medicine, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo, Shimane, 693-8501, Japan

    Yukihisa Tamaki & Taisuke Inomata

  2. Department of Radiotherapy, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8655, Japan

    Tomoko Itazawa

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Hiroshima City Hospital, 7-33 Motomachi, Naka-kku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 730-8518, Japan

    Tomoyuki Okabe

  4. Department of Radiology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-8610, Japan

    Kazuma Toda

  5. Department of Radiation Oncology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan

    Eisuke Abe

  6. Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho Kawaramachi Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan

    Satoaki Nakamura

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Tamaki, Y., Itazawa, T., Okabe, T. et al. Long-term results of radiation oncology seminar for medical students and residents held between 1995 and 2011: career paths of the participants. Jpn J Radiol 31, 755–759 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-013-0251-3

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