programme Specification MD in Clinical Oncology & Nuclear Medicine

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programme Specification

MD in Clinical Oncology & Nuclear Medicine

Academic Year (2012 / 2015 )

A- Basic information:

 Title Doctorate (MD) in Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine

 Final Award: MD degree in Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.

 Programme type: Single Double Multiple 

 Course duration: Three academic year.

 Responsible Departments:

1 Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Department

2 Public Health Department

3 Pathology department

4 Internal Medicine Department

5 General Surgery Department

{Pre-requisite courses in:

1 statistics & methodology for MD students (MS)

2 Computer and internet application in medicine (CA)

3 ONMD 1 (Public Health)

4 ONMD 2 (Pathology)

5 ONMD 3 (Internal Medicine)

6 ONMD 4 (General Surgery)

7 ONMD 5 (Clinical Oncology & Nuclear Medicine)

8 MDTH (thesis)

 Coordinator: Prof Wael Hassan Elsawy

 Assistant coordinator: Dr Nabila Hefzy, Dr Reham Amin

 External evaluators: Prof Abdel Aziz Belal

 Last date of programme specifications approval: 21/11/2011

 Programme management team:

Prof Wael Hassan Elsawy

B-Professional Information:

1 Programme aims:

Apply the bases and methods of principles of radiotherapy, surgery and

chemotherapy with (his/her) medical knowledge and merge it with related

knowledge, improve professional skills, and use of technological tools needed in

his/her practice thorough:

1 Communicate and lead team in systematic professional manner

2 Perfect the bases and methods of cancer medical researchers

3 Decision making through analysis of available information in cancer diagnosis and treatment

4 Effectively manage available resources

5 Oriented with his role in community development, and environmental safety

6 React in professional manner reflecting his commitment towards impartiality,

credibility, medical ethics, and responsibilities

7 Realize the importance of self-development and continuous medical education.

8 Enable the students to perfect technical skills that allow them to interpret

diagnostic investigations related to cancer properly

9 Enable the students to solve clinical problems and suggests logic cost benefit

solutions in cancer management

10 Enable the students to address, demonstrate, and practice positive attitudes that will help them to achieve long life continuous medical education, and share in

community health education

11 React in professional manner reflecting them commitment towards impartiality, credibility, medical ethics, and responsibilities

12 Realize the importance of self-development and continuous medical education in cancer area

13 Commit to continuous self-development and transfer of Clinical Oncology

experience to others

2 Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs):

A- Knowledge and understanding:

By the end of our program graduate should be able to summarize the role of cancer in population health and illness Appreciate the significance of cancer as a health problem

in Egypt and throughout the world

By the end of the programme, graduate should be able to:

KU1- Describe the basic theories and principles update regarding cancer diagnosis,

management; follow up, screening and prevention

KU2- Recognize the ethical and legal principles of cancer practice

KU3- Recognize the principles of quality assurance in radio-chemotherapy practice

KU4- Determine the diagnostic investigations properly for each cancer patient, describe

the logic cost benefit solutions

KU5- Discus well the legal principle of radiation and chemotherapy.

KU6- Specify the recent advances about emerging and re-emerging cancer in Egypt and

world wide

KU7- Express the various tools, methods and ethics of cancer research

KU8- Define his role in community development and environmental safety

B- Intellectual skills

By the end of the program, graduates should be able to:

IS1- Analyzes the cancer problems

IS2- Solve common medical problems related to cancer.

IS3- Analyze related cancer topics in medical journals for researchers in cancer.

IS4- Evaluate risks in cancer management practice

IS5-Take medical dissension according to available information in particular cancer

IS6- Prepare medical research about specified cancer problem (thesis)

IS7- Plane to guide progress in the field of Clinical Oncology through updating

therapeutic guide lines in the hot topics designing cancer control program

C- Professional/practical skills

By the end of the programme, students should be able to:

PS1-Coordinate clinical data of a given case in provisional sheet, develop a management

plane for clinical case

PS2-Report a planning sheet of radiation therapy

PS3- Comment on, and interpret common investigation reports related to specialty

PS4- Construct a referring medical report about clinical case, reflecting its diagnosis and

management plane, and respecting medico legal aspects

D- General &Transferable skills

By the end of the programme, student should be able to:

GS 1-Communicate effectively with his colleagues and patients

GS 2- Apply self-evaluation and specify his medical educational needs.

GS 3-Search all different learning resources to get continuous knowledge and

information

GS 4- Manage time and practice team working through collaboration with other

specialties to get proper diagnosis of a given case

GS 5-lead a medical team in patient care wards

GS 6- Perform continuous medical education

3 Academic standards:

3a Generic standards of postgraduate programs prepared by National Authority of

Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education (NAQAAE)

ةيسايقلاريياعملا ةماعلا

جماربل تاساردلا

ايلعلا يتلا

اهتدعأ ةئيهلا

ةيموقلا

نامضل ةدوج

ميلعتلا دامتعلاو

)رياربف 2009

) 3b External reference (Benchmark) (attached): Doctorate (MD) degree in Clinical

Oncology & Nuclear Medicine Royal College of Radiologists

3c Matrices:

1 Comparison between the intended learning outcomes (ILOs) of the Faculty of

Medicine Zagazig university MD in Clinical Oncology & Nuclear Medicine

programme and that of the Generic Academic standards of postgraduate

programme prepared by National Authority of Quality Assurance and

Accreditation of Education

Generic Academic

standards of MD

programme

جماربل ةماعلا ريياعملا

ايلعلا تاساردلا

)

جمارب

(ةاروتكدلا

Comparable ILOs in the MD

in Clinical Oncology &

Nuclear Medicine

Remarks

1

مهفلا و ةفرعملا

أ

-تايساسلا و تايرظنلا

لاجم ىف فراعملا نم ثيدحلاو

تاذ تلاجملا يف اذكو صصختلا

ةقلعلا

-و ةيقلخلا ئدابملا ب

ةينهملا ةسرامملل ةينوناقلا

.صصختلا لاجم يف

-تايساسأ و ئدابم ت

تاسرامملا يف ةدوجلا

.صصختلا لاجم يف ةينهملا

-تايقلخأ و تايساسأ ث

هتاودأو يملعلا ثحبلا

ةفلتخملا

-راثآب ةقلعتملا فراعملا ج

ةئيبلا ىلع ةينهملا هتسرامم

اهتنايصو ةئيبلا ةيمنت قرطو

KU1-8

100 % is fulfilled

ةينهذلا تاراهملا

أ

-تامولعملا مييقت و ليلحت

صصختلا لاجم يف

طابسلاو اهيلع سايقلاو

.اهنم ب -ةصصختملا لكاشملا لح

تايطعملا ىلع ادانتسا

ةحاتملا

ت

-فراعملا نيب طبرلا

لكاشملا لحل ةفلتخملا

.ةينهملا

ث

-فضت ةيثحب ةسارد ءارجا

.فراعملا ىلإ

ج

-يف رطاخملا مييقت

يف ةينهملا تاسرامملا

.صصختلا لاجم

ح

-ءادلا ريوطتل طيطختلا

.صصختلا لاجم يف

خ

-ةينهملا تارارقلا ذاختأ

.ةعونتم ةينهم تاقايس يف

-ةيملع قاروأ ةغايص د

.عادبلاو راكتبلا ذ

-ىنبملا شاقنلاو راوحلا ر

.ةلدلاو نيهاربلا ىلع

ةينهملا تاراهملا

أ

-ةينهملا تاراهملا ناقتا

يف ةثيدحلا و ةيساسلا

صصختلا لاجم

ب

ريراقتلا مييقت و ةباتك

ةينهملا

ت -مييقت

قرطلا ريوطتو

لاجم يف ةمئاقلا تاودلاو

صصختلا

-لئاسولا مادختسإ ج

مدخي امب ةيجولونكتلا

.ةينهملا ةسرامملا

-روطتل طيطختلا ح

ءادآ ةيمنتو ةينهملا ةسرامملا

.نيرخلا

و ةماعلا تاراهملا

ةلقنتملا

أ

-هعاونأب لاعفلا لصاوتلا

ةفلتخملا

ب -ايجولونكت مادختسا

مدخي امب تامولعملا

ةينهملا ةسرامملا

ت -يتاذلا مييقتلا

رمتسملاو

ث

-رداصملا مادختسا

يلع لوصحلل ةفلتخملا

فراعملاو تامولعملا

ج

-مييقتو نيرخلا مييلعت

مهءادآ

ح

ةدايق و قيرف يف لمعلا

ةينهم تاقايس يف قرف

ةفلتخم

خ

-ةيملعلا تاءاقللا ةرادإ

ةءافكب تقولاو

د

رمتسملا و يتاذلا ملعتلا

2- Comparison between the ILOs of the MD programme in CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, Faculty

of medicine-Zagazig University and CLINICAL ONCOLOGY MD Programme of Royal

Colleges of Radiologists Training Board, London

Department of Clinical Oncology & Nuclear Medicine

5-

Radiologists Training Board,

London

medicine-Zagazig University 1- Purpose of the Curriculum

The purpose of this curriculum is to

define the process of training and the

competencies needed for the award of

a Certificate of Completion of Training

(CCT) in clinical oncology.

Covered by our aim 100%

Entry Requirements and Training

Pathway

The curriculum is defined for each

phase of training for the benefit of

the trainee, the trainers and those

responsible for the organization and

quality assessment of training

Training objectives and methods of

assessment are identified for:

• An introduction to clinical oncology

that should be completed during the

first six months

• Management of oncology

emergencies that should be

completed during the first 12

months of training, i.e by the end of

ST3

• Underpinning sciences modules

including some learning outcomes

related to research that should be

completed by the end of ST4

• Tumor site – specific training

including learning outcomes related

to general clinical and

communication skills, and research.

The stage of training by which these

should be achieved is documented

for each tumor site.

• Other professional areas

(‘Common Competencies’) including

clinical governance, audit,

education, ethics, law, team

working, management and

leadership The stage of training at

which the trainee should achieve

specific learning outcomes within

these areas is stated.

Royal Colleges of Radiologists

Training Programme Learning

Outcomes

A Knowledge and understanding

of:

 Etiology, epidemiology,

pathophysiology, genetics,

diagnosis, clinical features,

investigations and management

of malignant diseases

Programme admission requirements

Master degree in clinical oncology and nuclear medicine (Candidates must pass the final

exam of course RDMS 2 with at least 65%)

6- Regulations for progression and programme completion

At the end of 1 st Academic Year

*- fulfillment of the of log book.

*- Pass examinations in the pathology, computer and statistics courses

2 nd Academic Year

*- fulfillment of the of log book.

*- Pass examination in the course of ONMD 01 , ONMD 02 CMD SMD

3 rd Academic Year

*- Perform the MD thesis in new area of clinical oncology and nuclear medicine fulfillment of

the supervisors report every 3 months

*- perform a seminar about the thesis results

*- Acceptance of the MD thesis from judgment committee nominated by department

council

7- Evaluation of programme intended learning outcomes

Report

All the students

3-Graduates after achieving MSc Questionnaires – 10 at least

degree group discussion

rs *- teaching staff.

*- Technicians

*- Regional medical institutes

*- International medical

institutes

*- other Governmental

faculties

*- Non governmental faculties

Interviews Internet contact Phone calls Questionnaires

10 at least

6-Others(If Present)

Hospital managers

8- References :

a- Course Notes: lecture notes prepared by staff members in the department Department notes, lectures and handouts

b - Essential Books (Text Books)

1 Diagnostic imaging and radiology text book(Sutton)

2 CT and MR imaging of the whole body(Hagga)

3 Diagnostic imaging and radiology text book(Granger and Allison)

Online Encyclopedia of clinical oncology and nuclear medicine

eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base

Journal of the American College of clinical oncology and nuclear medicine

9- Supports for Candidates and their Learning:

Candidates and their learning are supported in a number of ways:

 Printed copies of the programme and clinical oncology and nuclear medicine courses

(Candidates aware of the ILOs and requirement of the MD degree in clinical oncology and nuclear medicine

 Availability of University central liberary

 Availability of the Faculty postgraduate library

 Availability of the Department Postgraduate library

 Availability of the faculty digital library

 Availability of the other educational resources included in every course

 MD thesis Supervisors (three Staff members according to the research specialty for

each candidate)

 Websites available in the department

10-Methods used for improving the programme:

 Peer teaching observations and feedback to the programme management team and the coordinator (written reports at the end of the courses)

 Faculty appointed external examiners

 Candidates evaluation of teaching (Questionnaires)

 Contact with ACR asking for their support

11-Committee with responsibility for monitoring and evaluating quality:

 Internal Evaluators:

Prof dr/ Abass Sarhan Member from Quality unit in the faculty

 External Evaluator :

Prof Dr

12- Regulations of assessment by-laws of the MD degree postgraduate of the faculty of medicine:

Cmputer course

1- Attendance of at least 75% of the teaching courses

2- Log book fulfilled and approved by the head of the department

Computer course

Statistics course

3- Attendance of at least 75% of the teaching courses

4- Log book fulfilled and approved by the head of the department

Pathology course

ONMD03

1- Pass the exam of the computer and statistics courses (at least 60% of total Mark)

2- Attendance of at least 75% of the teaching courses

3- Log book fulfilled and approved by the head of the department.

community course

MD THESIS

*- Preregistration seminar

*- Registration of the thesis title

*- Perform the thesis within at least 24 months of registration

*- After finishing the thesis Candidate perform a seminar about the thesis results

*- progression reports are introduced by each supervisor (one every 3 months)

*- MD thesis acceptance by the supervisors

*- MD thesis acceptance by the judgment committee in an advertised public session by three

professors including one of the supervisors, one from the faculty and third from other faculty

*- Four copies of the thesis must be given to the postgraduate library

13- Rules for awarding the MD Degree in clinical oncology and nuclear medicine:

* Candidates must pass the computer and statistics courses exams (at least 60%) as a

prerequisite for the registration clinical oncology and nuclear medicine courses and MD thesis

* MD thesis must be accepted by the judgment committee after attending the final exam of clinical oncology and nuclear medicine

* Candidates must pass the final exam of clinical oncology and nuclear medicine course (at least 60% )

Head of the Department :