Four years with FALCON - An ESTRO educational project: Achievements and perspectives

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 145-149

  Eriksen, Jesper Grau ^a   Salembier, Carl ^b   Rivera, Sofia ^c   De Bari, Berardino ^d   Berger, Daniel ^e   Mantello, Giovanna ^f   Müller, Arndt Christian ^g   Martin, Arturo Navarro ^h   Pasini, Danilo ⁱ   Tanderup, Kari ^j   Palmu, Miika ^k   Verfaillie, Christine ^k   Pötter, Richard ^e   Valentini, Vincenzo ⁱ  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Europe Hospitals   (Belgium)

^c Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (France)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^h CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

ⁱ CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^j AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Contouring; Delineation; e Learning; Radiotherapy accuracy; Teaching impact; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FALCON; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; SCHOOL; SELF EVALUATION; TEACHING; WORKSHOP; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EDUCATION; EUROPE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACHIEVEMENT; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EUROPE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84908219265     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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