Long-term results of radiation oncology seminar for medical students and residents held between 1995 and 2011: career pa
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Long-term results of radiation oncology seminar for medical students and residents held between 1995 and 2011: career paths of the participants Yukihisa Tamaki • Tomoko Itazawa • Tomoyuki Okabe • Kazuma Toda • Eisuke Abe Satoaki Nakamura • Taisuke Inomata
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Received: 27 June 2013 / Accepted: 19 September 2013 / Published online: 4 October 2013 Ó Japan Radiological Society 2013
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
Y. Tamaki (&) T. Inomata Department of Radiation Oncology, Shimane University School of Medicine, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan e-mail: [email protected] T. Itazawa Department of Radiotherapy, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan T. Okabe Department of Radiation Oncology, Hiroshima City Hospital, 7-33 Motomachi, Naka-kku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima 730-8518, Japan K. Toda Department of Radiology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan E. Abe Department of Radiation Oncology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Niigata 951-8510, Japan S. Nakamura Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho Kawaramachi Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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. Keywords Radiation oncology seminar Affiliation rate of JRS and JASTRO Board-certified radiation oncologist Medical students Residents
Introduction The number of radiation oncologists in Japan is extremely small compared with that in western countries. Areas with a lower availability of radiation oncologists tend to have a lower proportion of patients underg
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