Digestive oncologist in the gastroenterology training curriculum

作者：Mulder Chris Jacob Johan^*; Peeters Marc; Cats Annemieke; Dahele Anna; Droste Jochim Terhaar Sive

来源：World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011, 17(9): 1109-1115.

DOI：10.3748/wjg.v17.i9.1109

• Gastroenterology
• Training
• Digestive oncologist
• Curriculum
• Chemotherapy
• Immunotherapy
• Oncology
• Targeted therapy

Until the late 1980s, gastroenterology (GE) was considered a subspecialty of Internal Medicine. Today, GE also incorporates Hepatology. However, Digestive Oncology training is poorly defined in the Hepatogastroenterology (HGE)-curriculum. Therefore, a Digestive Oncology curriculum should be developed and this document might be a starting point for such a curriculum. HGE-specialists are increasingly resisting the paradigm in which they play only a diagnostic and technical role in the management of digestive tumors. We suggest minimum end-points in the standard HGE-curriculum for oncology, and recommend a focus year in the Netherlands for Digestive Oncology in the HGE-curriculum. To produce well-trained digestive oncologists, an advanced Digestive Oncology training program with specific qualifications in Digestive Oncology (2 years) has been developed. The schedule in Belgium includes a period of at least 6 mo to be spent in a medical oncology department. The goal of these programs remains the production of well-trained digestive oncologists. HGE specialists are part of the multidisciplinary oncological teams, and some have been administering chemotherapy in their countries for years. In this article, we provide a road map for the organization of a proper training in Digestive Oncology. We hope that the World Gastroenterology Organisation and other (inter)national societies will support the necessary certifications for this specific training in the HGE-curriculum.

• 出版日期2011-3-7