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Monday
August 30
08:45 - 10:00
Room 2.1
Proffered papers 28: Automated planning
Jan Unkelbach, Switzerland;
Steven Petit, The Netherlands
Proffered papers
Physics
16:05 - 16:20
ESTRO Education: What did we learn from COVID-19?
Jesper Grau Eriksen, Denmark
SP-0173

Abstract

ESTRO Education: What did we learn from COVID-19?
Authors:

Jesper Grau Eriksen1

1Aarhus University Hospital, Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus, Denmark

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Abstract Text

Since the first ESTRO course in 1985, ESTRO education and ESTRO School has experienced a constant growth in terms of educational activities and attendees. ESTRO School has surely provided the most comprehensive post-graduate educational radiation oncology program in the world.

The program for 2020 was no exception. It was planned to be one of the biggest programs with 40 live courses, 10 online contouring workshops and four new courses in the pipeline. In March, COVID-19 did set everything on hold and 37 courses were cancelled or postponed. Al new developments were put on hold.

A plan was set up to deal with this situation and seven online courses were launched in 2020 with excellent support from all stakeholders and faculties. Several different models were developed and, in the end, online courses turned out to be a success that could be handled in ESTRO School.

The lecture will describe the development of the online activities and discus the potential and challenges at present as well as the future role and andragogical implications for online course activities in the ESTRO School.