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Title: Radiation Oncology Clerkship
Instructor: Buddy Jenrette, M.D.
Location: Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Number of students: 2
Duration: 2 and 4 weeks
Credit hours: 2.5 and 5
Course offered: Year Round
Description
Introduces students to the care of cancer patients. Emphasis is placed in the role of radiation and the multi-disciplinary nature of the management of malignant disease.
Course objectives
- Understand how cancer is staged
- Identify the presenting symptoms of the most common cancers
- Obtain a background in radiation techniques
- Develop and understanding of the prognosis of the most common malignancies
Instructional methodology
- Lectures - none
- Rounds/Discussions
- Patient Contact
- Lab - none
- Patient Load - 60
- Call - none