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An Innovative Competency-based Oncology Course for First Year Medical Students

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Future physicians will likely encounter patients with cancer or cancer survivors.Therefore the acquisition of core competencies in oncology is essential.1–3 We share our experience with the development and implementation of an oncology component in the recently redesigned Learner Centered Integrated Curriculum (LInC) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. This pre-clinical course content is presented in a cross-disciplinary and longitudinal format that fosters problem solving, communication, lifelong learning skills, and professionalism throughout the undergraduate years and beyond.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

    Richard S. Pieters MD, MEd, FACR, Maryann Bishop-Jodoin & James Liebmann

  2. University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care System, Worcester, MA, USA

    Richard S. Pieters MD, MEd, FACR & James Liebmann

  3. Quality Assurance Review Center, Lincoln, RI, USA

    Maryann Bishop-Jodoin

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Correspondence to Richard S. Pieters MD, MEd, FACR.

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Pieters, R.S., Bishop-Jodoin, M. & Liebmann, J. An Innovative Competency-based Oncology Course for First Year Medical Students. Med.Sci.Educ. 23, 327–328 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341643

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