ESMO / ASCO Recommendations for a Global Curriculum in Medical Oncology Edition 2016.
Christian Dittrich,
Michael Kosty,
Svetlana Jezdic,
Doug Pyle,
Rossana Berardi,
Jonas Bergh,
Nagi El-Saghir,
Jean-Pierre Lotz,
Pia Österlund,
Nicholas Pavlidis,
Gunta Purkalne,
Ahmad Awada,
Susana Banerjee,
Smita Bhatia,
Jan Bogaerts,
Jan Buckner,
Fatima Cardoso,
Paolo Casali,
Edward Chu,
Julia Lee Close,
Bertrand Coiffier,
Roisin Connolly,
Sarah Coupland,
Luigi De Petris,
Maria De Santis,
Elisabeth G E de Vries,
Don S Dizon,
Jennifer Duff,
Linda R Duska,
Alexandru Eniu,
Marc Ernstoff,
Enriqueta Felip,
Martin F Fey,
Jill Gilbert,
Nicolas Girard,
Andor W J M Glaudemans,
Priya K Gopalan,
Axel Grothey,
Stephen M Hahn,
Diana Hanna,
Christian Herold,
Jørn Herrstedt,
Krisztian Homicsko,
Dennie V Jones,
Lorenz Jost,
Ulrich Keilholz,
Saad Khan,
Alexander Kiss,
Claus-Henning Köhne,
Rainer Kunstfeld,
Heinz-Josef Lenz,
Stuart Lichtman,
Lisa Licitra,
Thomas Lion,
Saskia Litière,
Lifang Liu,
Patrick J Loehrer,
Merry Jennifer Markham,
Ben Markman,
Marius Mayerhoefer,
Johannes G Meran,
Olivier Michielin,
Elizabeth Charlotte Moser,
Giannis Mountzios,
Timothy Moynihan,
Torsten Nielsen,
Yuichiro Ohe,
Kjell Öberg,
Antonio Palumbo,
Fedro Alessandro Peccatori,
Michael Pfeilstöcker,
Chandrajit Raut,
Scot C Remick,
Mark Robson,
Piotr Rutkowski,
Roberto Salgado,
Lidia Schapira,
Eva Schernhammer,
Martin Schlumberger,
Hans-Joachim Schmoll,
Lowell Schnipper,
Cristiana Sessa,
Charles L Shapiro,
Julie Steele,
Cora N Sternberg,
Friedrich Stiefel,
Florian Strasser,
Roger Stupp,
Richard Sullivan,
Josep Tabernero,
Luzia Travado,
Marcel Verheij,
Emile Voest,
Everett Vokes,
Jamie Von Roenn,
Jeffrey S Weber,
Hans Wildiers,
Yosef Yarden
Abstract
The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) are publishing a new edition of the ESMO/ASCO Global Curriculum (GC) thanks to contribution of 64 ESMO-appointed and 32 ASCO-appointed authors. First published in 2004 and updated in 2010, the GC edition 2016 answers to the need for updated recommendations for the training of physicians in medical oncology by defining the standard to be fulfilled to qualify as medical oncologists. At times of internationalisation of healthcare and increased mobility of patients and physicians, the GC aims to provide state-of-the-art cancer care to all patients wherever they live. Recent progress in the field of cancer research has indeed resulted in diagnostic and therapeutic innovations such as targeted therapies as a standard therapeutic approach or personalised cancer medicine apart from the revival of immunotherapy, requiring specialised training for medical oncology trainees. Thus, several new chapters on technical contents such as molecular pathology, translational research or molecular imaging and on conceptual attitudes towards human principles like genetic counselling or survivorship have been integrated in the GC. The GC edition 2016 consists of 12 sections with 17 subsections, 44 chapters and 35 subchapters, respectively. Besides renewal in its contents, the GC underwent a principal formal change taking into consideration modern didactic principles. It is presented in a template-based format that subcategorises the detailed outcome requirements into learning objectives, awareness, knowledge and skills. Consecutive steps will be those of harmonising and implementing teaching and assessment strategies.