International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 1003-1008.e2, 15 March 2009

An Increase in Medical Student Knowledge of Radiation Oncology: A Pre–Post Examination Analysis of the Oncology Education Initiative

  • Ariel E. Hirsch, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Ariel E. Hirsch, M.D., 830 Harrison Avenue, Moakley Building—LL, Boston, MA 02118. Tel: (617) 638-7070; Fax: (617) 638-7037
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  • Pauline Mulleady Bishop, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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  • Luqman Dad, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
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  • Deeptej Singh, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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  • Priscilla J. Slanetz, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Received 4 November 2008; received in revised form 24 November 2008; accepted 2 December 2008.

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 Presented in part at the 50th Annual American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting, September 21–25, 2008.

 Supplementary material for this article can be found at www.redjournal.org.

 Drs. L. Dad, D. Singh, and P. Slanetz were formerly at Boston University School of Medicine.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(08)03825-X

doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.012

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 1003-1008.e2, 15 March 2009

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