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Digestive oncologist in the gastroenterology training curriculum.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21556128     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Until the late 1980s, gastroenterology (GE) was considered a subspecialty of Internal Medicine. Today, GE also incorporates Hepatology. However, Digestive Oncology training is poorly defined in the Hepatogastroenterology (HGE)-curriculum. Therefore, a Digestive Oncology curriculum should be developed and this document might be a starting point for such a curriculum. HGE-specialists are increasingly resisting the paradigm in which they play only a diagnostic and technical role in the management of digestive tumors. We suggest minimum end-points in the standard HGE-curriculum for oncology, and recommend a focus year in the Netherlands for Digestive Oncology in the HGE-curriculum. To produce well-trained digestive oncologists, an advanced Digestive Oncology training program with specific qualifications in Digestive Oncology (2 years) has been developed. The schedule in Belgium includes a period of at least 6 mo to be spent in a medical oncology department. The goal of these programs remains the production of well-trained digestive oncologists. HGE specialists are part of the multidisciplinary oncological teams, and some have been administering chemotherapy in their countries for years. In this article, we provide a road map for the organization of a proper training in Digestive Oncology. We hope that the World Gastroenterology Organisation and other (inter)national societies will support the necessary certifications for this specific training in the HGE-curriculum.
Authors:
Chris Jacob Johan Mulder; Marc Peeters; Annemieke Cats; Anna Dahele; Jochim Terhaar sive Droste
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  World journal of gastroenterology : WJG     Volume:  17     ISSN:  1007-9327     ISO Abbreviation:  World J. Gastroenterol.     Publication Date:  2011 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-05-10     Completed Date:  2011-07-18     Revised Date:  2011-07-28    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100883448     Medline TA:  World J Gastroenterol     Country:  China    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1109-15     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VU University Medical Center, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. cjmulder@vumc.nl
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Certification
Curriculum*
Digestive System Neoplasms*
Education, Medical, Graduate*
Gastroenterology / education*
Health Personnel / education*
Humans
Internal Medicine / education
Medical Oncology / education*
Netherlands
Societies, Medical
Specialization
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