The practice and thinking on the standardized training of radiation oncologic residents

Radiation oncology is quite different from other medical majors. Without any related courses in undergraduate education, radiation oncology covers many diseases and is difficult for students to learn. Since 2014, radiation oncology has been enrolled into standardized training subjects for resident physicians in China. Therefore, it is quite important to figure out how to perform the standardized training for radiation oncology physicians. Based on the characteristics of radiation oncology, we innovatively introduce mentors, in addition to tutors, to share responsibility for physician training. Resident physicians receive a comprehensive, systematic, and standardized training in terms of clinical practice, clinical thinking, scientific research, and teaching. Meanwhile, a standardized evaluation system is used, to assure the effectiveness of the training for resident physicians. This paper preliminarily investigates the problems and corresponding strategies in the standardized training for radiation oncology resident physicians. (authors)