2020
Resident attitudes and benefits of mock oral board examinations in radiation oncology
Peters GW, Decker RH, Park HS, Yu JB, Evans SB. Resident attitudes and benefits of mock oral board examinations in radiation oncology. BMC Medical Education 2020, 20: 203. PMID: 32586357, PMCID: PMC7318518, DOI: 10.1186/s12909-020-02106-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-intervention surveysMock oral board examinationsOral board examinationImproved resident confidenceMore disease sitesPost-graduate year 3Pre-intervention surveyClinical domainsPost-intervention scoresSelf-reported comfortResultsA totalBoard examinationDisease sitesOncology training programsDose parametersRadiation oncologyResident confidenceClinical knowledgeT-testAmerican BoardMixed-methods surveyYear 3ExaminationUnanimous requestClinical reasoning
2016
Attitudes of radiation oncologists toward palliative and supportive care in the United States: Report on national membership survey by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
Wei R, Mattes M, Yu J, Thrasher A, Shu H, Paganetti H, De Los Santos J, Koontz B, Abraham C, Balboni T. Attitudes of radiation oncologists toward palliative and supportive care in the United States: Report on national membership survey by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). Practical Radiation Oncology 2016, 7: 113-119. PMID: 28274395, PMCID: PMC5538013, DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2016.08.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmerican Society for Radiation OncologyRadiation oncologistsPracticing radiation oncologistsInitiate advance care planningLack of clinical timeCare planning discussionsAdvance care planningDiscussion of prognosisRadiation oncologyMedical education effortsRadiation Oncology membersSupportive careCare planningManaging depressionPsychosocial distressPerceived barriersUnited StatesPlanning discussionsManaging painPractice membersMedical educationClinical timeResidency programsResidency trainingAdvanced cancer