Fixed disease-module curriculum architecture combining contouring, structured plan review, MDT debriefing and narrative feedback¶

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Description¶

The curriculum was designed backward from core clinical tasks rather than lecture topics, organized into three fixed disease modules (locally advanced NPC without induction chemotherapy, middle/lower thoracic esophageal cancer, FIGO 2018 IB3–IIIC1 cervical cancer). Each module combined "one contouring task, one structured plan-review task, one multidisciplinary team (MDT)-style case presentation, and one narrative-feedback encounter", delivered over about 2 weeks with 6–8 hours of supervised faculty contact. The authors regard this architecture as making contouring and plan review explicit and assessable within routine training.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Faculty delivery by attending radiation oncologists with physicist and therapist participation in MDT-style debriefing and plan-review teaching
Preparatory packages (contouring atlas, planning note, pitfalls summary) before each module

Constraints¶

The fixed-module approach is described as most useful as a blueprint for sampling different dimensions of competence rather than producing uniform gains across all disease sites within a limited rotation

Target Learners¶

Radiation oncology postgraduate trainees

Learning Goals¶

Target delineation (contouring)
Structured treatment-plan review
Multidisciplinary clinical reasoning

Claims¶

The integrated NM-PAL curriculum pattern: five synergistic modules combining narrative cases with small-group peer mentoring

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Ma Chen-ying, Chen Jie, Fu Yi, Liu Lou, Zhang Jing-wen, Zhou Ju-ying. (2026). Evaluating a specialty-specific objective structured clinical examination and workplace-based assessment curriculum for radiation oncology postgraduate training: a prospective educational intervention study. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-09554-4

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`title`	`Fixed disease-module curriculum architecture combining contouring, structured plan review, MDT debriefing and narrative feedback`
`description`	`The curriculum was designed backward from core clinical tasks rather than lecture topics, organized into three fixed disease modules (locally advanced NPC without induction chemotherapy, middle/lower thoracic esophage...`
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