Introducing Multidisciplinary Oncology Management to the Medical Student.

ABSTRACT: Despite the fact that a large portion of medical students pursue training in a cancer-related discipline, oncology is emphasized to a disproportionately lesser extent than are other disciplines in medical school. Medical students have wide gaps in their oncology-specific knowledge, and undergraduate medical education fails to address the multidisciplinary nature of oncology. To address these shortcomings and improve medical students' understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of oncology, we have instituted a clinical oncology elective for medical students: an optional, 2-day session held after classes and promoted by student interest groups. Day 1 comprised a series of short faculty lectures beginning with the concepts of and rationale for staging, an approach to breaking bad news, gui

SUBMITTER: LaRiviere MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7136620 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature