Hone your critical reasoning and evaluation skills in a case review course designed to help you zero in on what is most clinically relevant for diagnosis, developing a management plan, and treatment approach in all essential Areas of Radiation Oncology. Emphasis is placed on the clinical management of malignant and benign diseases by requiring knowledge of anatomy, epidemiology, pathology, patterns of local, regional, and distal involvement, treatment modalities, radiation treatment planning, and treatment results, including prognosis and complications.
The course opens with a lecture presentation on the critical reasoning and communication skills essential to passing the Oral Certification exam, which will be emphasized in the recorded mock orals available for viewing. The recorded mock orals cover relevant standards-of-care cases, using a half-hour mock oral exam with feedback. In addition, participant volunteers and some of our best faculty were recorded in 25-minute virtual simulations of the Oral Board process, followed by faculty critique.
Course fees include participation in 2 private virtual mock oral sessions scheduled over the three days of the course. Participants may purchase additional mock orals if desired; however, topic availability may be limited near the start of the course. Participants are matched with faculty based on their topic selections.
Topics Covered
Mock Oral Exam Categories • Breast • CNS • Gastrointestinal• Genitourinary • Gynecologic• Head, Neck, and Skin • Lung, Soft Tissue, and Bone • Lymphoma• Pediatric
Enter Mock Oral topic preference(s) in the indicated box that appears during the registration process.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to perform the following for cancers of the eight ABR defined anatomical categories:
• Describe the anatomy, epidemiology/etiologic agents, and natural history
• Explain the pathology and use of tumor markers in determining therapy
• Describe the initial clinical evaluation, staging, and routes of disease spread (local and distant)
• Outline potential treatment modalities, including optimum beam and radiation sources, volume and dose calculations, as well as fractionation as appropriate for a case scenario
• Describe the application of brachytherapy or use of multimodality therapies, including sequence, interactions, and specific agents if warranted
• Discuss follow-up treatment and evaluation, patterns of failure, and expected tissue effects
• Review the use of palliative care for brain, hepatic and skeletal lesions
• Summarize ethical issues, patient safety, and quality assurance pertinent to individual cases
CME
Accreditation Statement:
The Osler Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement:
The Osler Institute designates this other activity (recorded case reviews plus real-time virtual one-on-one interaction with Faculty) for a maximum of 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Required Physician Participation
Attend the course and complete the course survey to report participation hours.
Guarantee
The Osler “Until You Pass” Guarantee
The Osler Institute is committed to providing high-quality education to our learners. We offer courses that are guaranteed to help them confidently pass their examinations. In the unlikely event that a learner does not pass their examination, we allow them to re-enroll in a course tuition-free* until they succeed. Suppose you have attended an Osler course or subscribed to an online review and failed the examination for which the course was designed within the following nine months. In that case, you can re-enroll in an Osler course or resubscribe to the same term online review until you pass. This offer is tuition-free, but a corresponding failed examination attempt must precede each free course.
Please be aware that the course registration fee does not cover hotel costs, meeting amenities, or any additional mock orals or study materials. If you want to enroll in a course under the guarantee, please make sure that you complete the enrollment process more than 30 days before the course start date. By doing so, you can avoid any late fees that may apply if you enroll after this time frame.
*Some restrictions apply: The course must be equal to or lesser value than the previous course. You may upgrade to a different course at a discounted rate. If the same course isn’t available, we offer a three-month subscription-based course in its place. Additional mock orals or a la carte course options are excluded from our guarantee option.
Group Discounts Available
If you have two or three residents interested in participating in live virtual or subscription-based reviews, you are eligible for a 35% discount when registering!
If you have four or more residents interested in participating in live virtual or subscription-based reviews, you are eligible for a 50% discount when registering!
Contact us for details; call 1-800-356-7537 or
Group Discount Program has conditions that cannot be combined with other discounts or offers.
Doc Ling – The instructors are top notch and the best in their field with sincere desire to help physicians pass their most grueling endeavor yet.
Shams W.PawelFounder & CEO of XpeedStudio
This has been an excellent experience. The examiners were very helpful and instructive. Videos online are an incredible resource. Big fan of the live sessions.
Shams W.PawelFounder & CEO of XpeedStudio
I’ve been in practice 32 years, the fundamentals remain the same, and the course was a perfect review for my type of practice.
