Continuous professional development: elevating thoracic oncology education in Europe

Wouter H. van Geffen; Torsten G. Blum; Stefano Aliberti; Kevin G. Blyth; Clementine Bostantzoglou; Amy Farr; Bogdan Grigoriu; Georgia Hardavella; Rudolf M. Huber; Nick Maskell; Gilbert Massard; Najib M. Rahman; Daiana Stolz; Jan van Meerbeeck

doi:10.1183/20734735.0296-2019

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Table 1

Module-based CPD training

Module 1	Carcinogenesis, immunology and defence mechanisms
Module 2	Tobacco: risk factors and epidemiology
Module 3	Indoor and outdoor pollution
Module 4	Respiratory hazards associated with occupational factors
Module 5	Asbestos-related diseases
Module 6	Lung cancer screening
Module 7	Signs and symptoms
Module 8	Imaging techniques
Module 9	Bronchoscopy
Module 10	Advanced endoscopy
Module 11	Thoracoscopy and pleural diagnostics
Module 12	Evaluation of patient fitness for diagnostics and therapy
Module 13	Pathology
Module 14	Multidisciplinary team and multidisciplinary team meeting
Module 15	Thoracic surgery
Module 16	Radiotherapy
Module 17	Systemic pharmacotherapy
Module 18	Immunotherapy
Module 19	Rehabilitation
Module 20	Smoking prevention and cessation
Module 21	Palliative care including treatment of tumour-related symptoms and complications
Module 22	Patient and family support
Module 23	Management of paraneoplastic syndromes
Module 24	Thromboembolic disease in thoracic oncology
Module 25	Thoracocentesis including chest tube and tunnelled indwelling pleural catheter
Module 26	Common side effects of systemic therapies and their management
Module 27	Common radiation-induced side effects and their management
Module 28	Solitary pulmonary nodules
Module 29	Malignant pleural mesothelioma
Module 30	Mediastinal tumours
Module 31	Common metastatic pulmonary tumours
Module 32	Malignant pleural effusion

Table 2

Activity programme

	Get involved	Q1 2019	Q2 2019	Q3 2019	Q4 2019	Q1 2020	Q2 2020	Q3 2020	Q4 2020
ERS Congress	Suggest topics and sessions to your Assembly leadership	Submit your challenging cases and abstracts		Dedicated programme track (Madrid, Spain)		Submit your challenging cases and abstracts		Dedicated programme track (Vienna, Austria)
Online courses	Open to applications				Essentials of modern lung cancer care	Solitary pulmonary nodule	Calendar sheets in malignant pleural diseases
Skills courses/ training programmes	You can apply with your institution to run skills-based courses				Multidisciplinary care in thoracic oncology (Athens, Greece) EBUS training programme (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)	Thoracic ultrasound training programme (Odense, Denmark) Thoracic ultrasound training programme (Oxford, UK) Thoracic ultrasound training programme (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) EBUS training programme (Heidelberg, Germany)	Practical pleural skills (Bristol, UK) Multidisciplinary care in thoracic oncology (Warsaw, Poland) Thoracic ultrasound training programme (Bristol, UK) EBUS training programme (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) EBUS training programme (Ancona, Italy)		Multidisciplinary care in thoracic oncology (Antwerp, Belgium) EBUS training programme (Athens, Greece)
Research seminars	Open to applications		New biomarkers, molecules and therapeutic sequences for non-small cell lung carcinoma in the era of precision medicine				Challenges and research opportunities for lung cancer screening and early detection in Europe
Courses^#		Potentially operable lung cancer						Pleura, mediastinum, rare tumours	Lung transplantation
Satellite symposia							Advances in the management of thoracic tumours
Respiratory Digest	You can send in your own digest regarding a recent published, high-impact paper		Pembrolizumab in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Webinars	One webinar per quarter; you choose the topic, we will deliver the expert			Low-dose CT screening for early detection of lung cancer	Diseases caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria	Topics of your choice from Q1 2020
Social media cases	We will quiz you frequently; your chance to excel and win prizes					Launch in Q1 2020
CME cases	Submission open to all Assembly members