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Vienna, Austria

IAEA- ESTRO Best Practice in Radiation Oncology – A Workshop to Train the RTT (Radiation Therapist) Trainers

*RTT refers to the health professional who is part of the team involved in the preparation and delivery of treatment to patients receiving radiotherapy.

Course Director

Mary Coffey, Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Radiation Therapy, Trinity College, Dublin (IE)

Teachers

Colleen Dickie, Radiation Therapist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto (CA)

Velimir Karadza, Radiation Therapist, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb (HR)

Michelle Leech, Associate Professor, Head of the Discipline of Radiation Therapy, Trinity College, Dublin (IE)

Philipp Scherer, Radiation Therapist, Landeskliniken, Salzburg (AT)

Elena Fidarova, Radiation Oncologist, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (AT)

 

 

  • To define the gaps in radiotherapy content and encourage a greater focus on radiotherapy in the existing national education programmes and increase the standard of education for RTTs
  • To equip RTTs with the skills necessary to design, organise, deliver, and evaluate educational initiatives in their own language to RTTs in their own country
  • To encourage RTTs to set up a regional or national network (e.g., working parties, regional or national groups/society).
  • To raise the benefits of ESTRO membership to RTTs in your country and to increase RTT membership and participation

Selection Procedure

Applications are accepted per country by IAEA

Teaching Methods

  • 8 hours of lectures
  • 16 hours of assisted preparation
  • 5 hours of feedback sessions
  • 4 hours of discussion.

 

IAEA headquarters, Wagramer Str 5, 1400 Vienna, Austria

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