EduCase™ supports the ABS Contouring Workshop at their 2011 annual meeting. The Contouring Workshop will consist of two Breast contouring sessions featuring...

The AAMD is offering a Contouring Workshop at their 2010 annual meeting. The Contouring Workshop will consist of two sessions that use EduCase™, a software tool licensed by RadOnc eLearning, LLC to provide a means for a student to compare contours they have drawn on multiple axial planes with the contours drawn by a mentor. Each of the two sessions will be proceeded by a review of CT and MRI image anatomy using anatomical drawings and diagrams.

The 2009 computer learning lab focuses on the following sites and treatment:

• Gastrointestinal
• Gynecology
• Head and neck
• Lung
• Prostate

The objectives for the computer learning lab are to:

• Strengthen hands-on contouring skills.
• Practice contouring techniques with leading experts.
• Compare contours with leading experts.

This program will be held at the ASTRO Annual Meeting in Chicago and is designed to provide crucial clinical education for professionals to provide an opportunity to discuss issues such as imaging and target delineation, quality assurance and its frequency, and achievable accuracy in each major disease site. Participants have the opportunity to practice contouring and compare their contours to those of experienced professional faculty and technical support.

Target Audience
This course is aimed at radiation oncologists, radiation physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists and radiation therapy nurses who work as part of a treatment planning and delivery team.

http://www.oncology2009.org/

Dr Jatinder Palta, Ph.D. and Dr Najeeb Mohideen, M.D. will lead a Conformal Therapy Practicum and Workshop at the Oncology 2009 conference held in Kumarakom, India from April 23'rd to 26'th 2009. With the implementation of new radiotherapy equipment and planning systems throughout India, there is the great promise of moving from basic 2D planning and simple delivery techniques to highly sophisticated planning and delivery with IMRT and IGRT. The focus will be on how to use the technology to improve patient care and to use this in a safe and effective manner. The sessions will include teaching sessions on identifying target volumes for different sites, accounting for organ motion and other uncertainties, planning and delivery techniques with the  focus on the practical information on execution of these optimal plans, their verification and quality assurance.