Description

Course Description : Due to acute shortage of trained oncologists in periphery, this full time two year diploma course in medical oncology is designed to train mid-level specialists who should be able to diagnose and safely treat common cancers in a secondary level periphery hospital and shall be experienced enough to refer rare or complicated cancer cases to the relevant tertiary care cancer center. The medical oncology program faculty shall include a minimum of one full-time qualified teaching faculty member (supervisor). Each of the faculty members must devote substantial time (at least 10 hours per week) to teaching, research and evaluation of the performance, progress, and competence of the trainees. The unit concerned should have a minimum of twenty beds and should take both acute as well as chronic patients. Experience shall be provided in iMedEdu based teaching hospitals as well as other Hospitals or centers with academic and clinical activities in the field of oncology.

Course Module:

• Medical Oncology and hematology
• General medicine
• Radiation therapy
• Pathology including hematology
• One optional rotation in relevant field
• Molecular biology of cancer and other basics of oncology including oncologic pharmacology and radio-diagnostics.
• Principles of diagnostic skills, staging, response criteria, treatment outcomes etc.
• Principles of surgical oncology
• Principles of radiation oncology
• Principles of oncologic pharmacotherapy
• Principles of targeted and biologic therapy
• Breast cancer
• Endocrine cancers
• Primary malignant tumors of the lung and pleura
• Cancers of the Genito-urinary tract:
• Gynecologic malignancies
• Sarcomas
• Skin cancers
• Central nervous system malignancies
• AIDS related malignancies
• Carcinoma of unknown primary site
• Communication skills, Medical Ethics, Psycho-oncology and Rehabilitation

Eligibility Criteria : Medical graduate (MBBS) with at least 3 years of Experience as primary care physician/clinical

Certificate – You will receive a “Diploma In Medical Oncology” (Online) after successful completion of this course.