Each of these centers has areas of academic excellence that compliment resident experience at Tufts.
Our program provides each resident with a diverse and formalized curriculum. The curriculum comprises Bone & Soft tissue, Breast, Central Nervous System (CNS/Eye), Gastrointestinal tract, Genitourinary tract, Gynecology, Head, Neck & Skin, Lung, Lymphomas/Leukemia and Pediatrics. Rotations are typically three (3) months in duration.
Clinical training is divided into three month blocks with rotations primarily at Tufts Medical Center and the Rhode Island Hospital. The program is structured to foster an understanding of true multi-disciplinary clinical management.
Using the New Innovations Residency Management Suite, residents and faculty receive learning goals and objectives for each rotation prior to the start of the rotation. The distribution is set-up based on PGY-year level.
The primary goal of each rotation is for the resident to be able to provide the best possible care for patients from initial consultation to creation of a multidisciplinary care plan, radiation simulation and planning, management during and after therapy, and continuous follow-up. Residents will be exposed to discussions of practice-changing and informing papers as well as hands-on experience with the surgical, radiological and medical disciplines including extensive time spent with the radiation therapy team. Clinical rotations are a 1:1 apprenticeship with supervising faculty to provide experiential learning with increasing autonomy. Feedback is provided to assist residents and the program director in identifying strengths and weaknesses.
Resident case logs are reviewed by the program director and discussed with the resident twice a year during the semi-annual resident evaluation to monitor for the breadth of cases and inform scheduling for the individual resident to maximize the variety of their clinical exposure.
