Transcript Clinical Oncology - KCL Oncology Society

Clinical Oncology
Liam Welsh
Clinical Research Fellow & Honorary Senior Registrar
Institute of Cancer Research and
Head & Neck Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital
Overview
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My medical training
About Clinical Oncology
Radiotherapy Treatment
Working in Clinical Oncology
Training in Clinical Oncology
Opportunities to gain experience
My Training
• GKT Medical School, 1999-2004
• House Officer, KCH & Lewisham, 2004-05
• SHO Bart’s SHO Rotation, 2005-07
– Elderly Medicine; Endocrinology & Diabetes
– HIV Medicine; Medical Oncology
• ST2 Royal Free Hospital, 2007-08
– Cardiology; Clinical Oncology
• ST3 Clinical Oncology, RMH, 2008-
Clinical Oncology
• “The total non-surgical management of cancer”
– Curative treatment
– Palliative treatment
– Radiotherapy, chemotherapy, biological therapies, combined
treatments
• “Of those cancer patients who are cured it is estimated
that 49% are cured by surgery, 40% by radiotherapy
alone or combined with other modalities and 11% by
chemotherapy alone or combined with other modalities”
– Bentzen et al., (2005) Radiotherapy and Oncology, v75(3),
p355–365
Henk JM. A brief history of British radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1996;36(1): 213-8.
Multi-disciplinary Team for
Radiotherapy
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Clinical Oncologists
Medical Physicists
Radiotherapy Radiographers
Radiotherapy Nurses
Administrative Staff
Radiotherapy Planning
Radiotherapy Set-up & Delivery
IMRT
Typical Working Week
Mon
Tues
RT Audit Ward
Meeting Round
Clinic
Weds
Thurs
Fri
MDM
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Clinic
Clinic
Clinic
RT
RT
Ward
Planning Planning Round
Admin
Clinical Oncology UK
• 2010 RCR Census
– Consultants – 687
– Registrars – 315
– Other grades – 88
• Clinical Oncology Consultants
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10.6 WTE per million population in UK
58% men, 42% women
19% work part-time
Majority of UK cancer centres have 8-14 WTE
Consultant Clinical Oncologists
Training Pathway
Foundation Training - FY1 & FY2
Core Medical Training
CMT1 & CMT2
Acute Care Common Stem
ACCS1-3
Specialty Registrar Clinical Oncology
StR3-7
MRCP
FRCR
MSc
Research – MD/PhD
Clinical Oncology StR
StR 1
First FRCR
ICR MSc Part A
StR 2
ICR MSc Part B
StR3
ICR MSc Part C
StR4
Final FRCR Part A (MCQs)
Final FRCR Part B (Clinical & Vivas)
StR5
(Research – MD or PhD)
CCT
FRCR
• First FRCR Examination
– SBA MCQs – 4 papers over 2 days
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Cancer Biology & Radiobiology
Clinical Pharmacology
Physics
Medical Statistics
• Final FRCR Examination
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• SBA MCQs – 2 papers over 1 day
– Part B
• Clinical cases
• Vivas
Research
• During Clinical Training
– NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowships
• ICR MSc – Part C Research Project
• Post FRCR
– MD (2years) or PhD (3 years)
Clinical Oncology StR NTN
Competition Ratios
Year
Applicants
Posts
Competition
Ratio
2012 R1
118
33
3.6:1
2011 R1
95
40
2.4:1
2011 R2
30
15
2:1
2010
117
47
2.5:1
http://oncologyrecruitment.nhs.uk/clinical/useful/competition_ratios
http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=20004464
Elective Opportunities
• UK Centres
– RMH, Mount Vernon, Christie, Beatson
• Johns Hopkins, Baltimore USA
– GKT Elective Exchange Programme
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester USA
– Visiting Medical Student Clerkships
– http://www.mayo.edu/msgme/visiting-medical-student-clerkships
• University of Toronto, Canada
– https://admin.med.utoronto.ca/utme/
– http://www.radonc.utoronto.ca/
Resources
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Royal College of Radiology
– www.rcr.ac.uk
– http://oncologyrecruitment.nhs.uk/clinical/home
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NHS Medical Careers
http://www.medicalcareers.nhs.uk/specialty_pages/radiology/clinical_oncology
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London Deanery - http://oncologyrecruitment.nhs.uk/Clinical/london
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NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowships - http://www.nihrtcc.nhs.uk/intetacatrain/
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National Radiotherapy Implementation Group (NRIG) - http://ncat.nhs.uk/
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BMJ Careers - http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=725
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Institute of Cancer Research - Oncology MSc
– http://www.icr.ac.uk/education/clinical_trainees/msc_oncology/index.shtml
– http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=20001851