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The cancer population is growing and those with urgent and emergent treatment needs are managed by a wide variety of clinicians, including emergency physicians. Education on evaluation and management of specific oncologic emergencies occurs during medical school, residency, fellowship, and continuing medical education courses. In this chapter, we examine unmet needs for professional education in oncologic emergencies and the need for more defined curricula at each level of training. The need for additional training in palliative and end-of-life care is particularly acute. We describe a comprehensive approach to curriculum development, including general and targeted needs assessment, the development of goals and objectives, educational strategies appropriate to specific groups of learners, and approaches to implementation and evaluation. Finally, we provide a description of current fellowship training and continuing medical opportunities specific to oncologic emergencies.
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Creditt, A.B., Sing, K. (2021). Curriculum Development. In: Todd, K.H., Thomas, Jr., C.R., Alagappan, K. (eds) Oncologic Emergency Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67123-5_68
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