A resident or attending presents the diagnosis for each patient. The conference focuses on treatment techniques and dose prescriptions. The meeting concludes with a review of patients scheduled for simulation and with a five-minute presentation by a resident. Residents may also present brief summaries of current literature relevant to recent clinical cases. The department holds Journal Club meetings monthly between September and June.
Residents select articles with approval by the staff coordinator.
Facilitated by the presenting resident and attending, meeting participants critically review and discuss articles with regard to their statistical validity and clinical relevance. The department's staff medical physicists teach Radiation Physics, which is a comprehensive course. The radiobiology staff teaches Radiation Biology, which covers basic principles of radiobiology and includes a molecular oncology lecture series which highlights molecular findings related to radiation oncology. The courses each meet twice weekly from September through March. Attendance is mandatory for residents during their first 2 years of training.