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AimSurgery for complex colorectal cancer is elaborate: preoperative assessment, patient selection, radiological interpretation, operative strategy, operative technical skills, operative standardization, postoperative care and management of complications are all critical components. Given this complexity, training that encompasses all these crucial aspects to generate suitably edified surgeons is essential. To date, no curriculum exists to guide training in advanced and recurrent pelvic malignancy, particularly for complex colorectal cancer. Such a curriculum would potentially offer numerous advantages, not only for individual surgeons but also for research, governance, international collaboration and benchmarking. The aim of this study was to design and develop a framework for a curriculum for fellowship training in complex colorectal cancer that encompasses pelvic exenteration surgery.MethodKern described a six‐step method for curriculum design that is now widely adopted in medical education. Our study utilizes steps 1–4 of Kern's method to develop a syllabus and assessment framework for curriculum development for fellowship training in complex colorectal cancer encompassing pelvic exenteration. A literature review was conducted to address step 1, followed by targeted needs assessment in step 2 by conducting focus groups with trainees, fellows and experts to identify learning needs and goals with objective setting for step 3. An expert consensus group then voted on these recommendations and developed educational strategy recommendations as step 4. For the purposes of brevity, ‘pelvic exenteration’ in the text is taken to also encompass extended and multivisceral resections that fall under the remit of complex [colorectal] cancer.ResultsStep 1 of Kern's method identified a gap in the literature on curricula in complex cancer surgery. Step 2 identified key areas regarded as learning needs by trainees, including anatomy, hands‐on experience and case volume. Step 3 defined the goals and objectives of a fellowship curriculum, defined in six domains including theoretical knowledge, decision‐making, technical skills, postoperative management and continuing professional development. Finally, as a prelude to stages 5 and 6, a strategy for implementation and for feedback and assessment was agreed by an expert consensus meeting that defined case volume (a minimum of 20 pelvic exenteration operations within a fellowship period) and coverage of this syllabus with derived metrics.ConclusionsOur working group has developed a curriculum framework for advanced fellowship training in complex cancer in the UK. Validation is needed through implementation, and affirmation of its utility, both nationally and internationally, must be sought.
AimSurgery for complex colorectal cancer is elaborate: preoperative assessment, patient selection, radiological interpretation, operative strategy, operative technical skills, operative standardization, postoperative care and management of complications are all critical components. Given this complexity, training that encompasses all these crucial aspects to generate suitably edified surgeons is essential. To date, no curriculum exists to guide training in advanced and recurrent pelvic malignancy, particularly for complex colorectal cancer. Such a curriculum would potentially offer numerous advantages, not only for individual surgeons but also for research, governance, international collaboration and benchmarking. The aim of this study was to design and develop a framework for a curriculum for fellowship training in complex colorectal cancer that encompasses pelvic exenteration surgery.MethodKern described a six‐step method for curriculum design that is now widely adopted in medical education. Our study utilizes steps 1–4 of Kern's method to develop a syllabus and assessment framework for curriculum development for fellowship training in complex colorectal cancer encompassing pelvic exenteration. A literature review was conducted to address step 1, followed by targeted needs assessment in step 2 by conducting focus groups with trainees, fellows and experts to identify learning needs and goals with objective setting for step 3. An expert consensus group then voted on these recommendations and developed educational strategy recommendations as step 4. For the purposes of brevity, ‘pelvic exenteration’ in the text is taken to also encompass extended and multivisceral resections that fall under the remit of complex [colorectal] cancer.ResultsStep 1 of Kern's method identified a gap in the literature on curricula in complex cancer surgery. Step 2 identified key areas regarded as learning needs by trainees, including anatomy, hands‐on experience and case volume. Step 3 defined the goals and objectives of a fellowship curriculum, defined in six domains including theoretical knowledge, decision‐making, technical skills, postoperative management and continuing professional development. Finally, as a prelude to stages 5 and 6, a strategy for implementation and for feedback and assessment was agreed by an expert consensus meeting that defined case volume (a minimum of 20 pelvic exenteration operations within a fellowship period) and coverage of this syllabus with derived metrics.ConclusionsOur working group has developed a curriculum framework for advanced fellowship training in complex cancer in the UK. Validation is needed through implementation, and affirmation of its utility, both nationally and internationally, must be sought.
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