The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) annually holds a free whole-day meeting for undergraduates with an interest in oncology.
The meeting is organised with the intention to inform undergraduates about careers in oncology, the training pathway, what life is like as a consultant oncologist after achieving a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), and to provide updates in the field of oncology. It is also a great opportunity to network with your peers, and potential educators and colleagues. At a typical undergraduate oncology day, there will be talks from trainees and leading consultants in the field of oncology.
The 2022 virtual undergraduate oncology day was held Friday 6 May on Zoom. The event was attended by 35 undergraduates. The programme for the day is available below.
2023 virtual undergraduate oncology day programme
Venue: Zoom
Date: Friday 12 May
Registration
To register for the 2023 virtual undergraduate oncology day, please create an RCR website account and then book your place.
You can also watch recorded presentations from previous clinical oncology undergraduate award winners
See the 2022 virtual undergraduate oncology programme for what to expect:
Time | Session | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30-09:35 | Welcome | Dr Seamus McAleer, Chair of the Clinical Oncology undergraduate committee |
| 09:35-09:40 | Quiz | |
| 09:40-10:30 | Medical oncology v Clinical oncology debate | Dr Alison Young and Dr Aidan Cole |
| 10:30-10:45 | Careers Q&A | |
| 10:45-11:00 | BREAK | |
| 11:00-11:25 | Patient journey | Ms Mary-Kate Doherty and Dr Seamus McAleer |
| 11:25-12:25 | Workshops session 1 Research in oncology: A workshop on academic training in clinical oncology. There will be presentations from academics about the training pathway and life as an academic, as well as talks from previous Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF's) and how to get involved in SURF. Multidisciplinary team meeting (MDM): A simulated MDM session with three specialists. Attendees are expected to get involved in the discussions about a cancer case. Treatment planning (x3): A remote simulated practical treatment planning session. |
Dr Stephen Robinson
Dr Amy Cooper, Dr Alison Stillie, Dr Victoria Webber
Dr Michelle Kwok-Williams and Dr Amy Clifford |
| 12:25-13:25 | LUNCH | |
| 13:25-14:25 | Workshops session 2 Research in oncology: A workshop on academic training in clinical oncology. There will be presentations from academics about the training pathway and life as an academic, as well as talks from previous Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF's) and how to get involved in SURF. Multidisciplinary team meeting (MDM): A simulated MDM session with three specialists. Attendees are expected to get involved in the discussions about a cancer case. Treatment planning (x3): A remote simulated practical treatment planning session. |
Dr Stephen Robinson
Dr Amy Cooper, Dr Alison Stillie, Dr Victoria Webber
Dr Michelle Kwok-Williams and Dr Amy Clifford |
| 14:25-14:40 | BREAK | |
| 14:40-14:50 | Presentation of Awards, Bursaries and Prizes | Dr Rachel Cooper |
14:50-15:15 | British Oncology Network for Undergraduate Societies (BONUS) | Miss Emma Khoury and Miss Taylor Fulton-Ward |
| 15:15-15:50 | Q & A session | |
| 15:50-16:00 | Closing survey | |