Congratulations to several award winners, listed below, from our University of Calgary Radiation Oncology Training Program and Tom Baker Cancer Centre at this year’s CARO virtual Scientific Meeting held on Sept 28-Oct 1 (and hosted by our very own – and CARO President – Dr. Corinne Doll):
- Book prize for quality assurance (studies that address clinical practice performance, care delivery or system improvement):
- Dr. Amy Khan for her oral presentation, UNDERSTANDING END-OF-LIFE CANCER CARE IN CANADA: AN UPDATED 12-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THREE-PROVINCES’ ADMINISTRATIVE HEALTH CARE DATA; co-contributors for this work include Hsien Seow, Rinku Sutradhar, Stuart Peacock, Kelvin Chan, Fred Burge, Kim McGrail, Beverley Lawson, Adam Raymakers, and Lisa Barbera
- Book prize for CanMEDS non-medical expert (studies that address CanMEDS-related subject areas outside of the medical expert domain, i.e. issues in Communication, Collaboration, Leadership, Advocacy, Scholarship, or Professionalism):
- Dr. David Wu for his oral presentation, BURNOUT AND RESILIENCY ASSESSMENT OF CANADIAN RADIATION ONCOLOGY TRAINEES DURING THE EARLY PHASE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC; co-contributors for this work include Tasnima Abedin, Shaun Loewen, and Natalie Logie
- CARO VSM Education Award:
- Dr. Mira Keyes for her oral presentation, THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY 2020 RADIATION ONCOLOGIST BURNOUT AND WORK ENGAGEMENT SURVEY; co-contributors to this work include Michael Leiter, Paris Ann Ingledew, Scott Tyldesley, Maryam Dosani, Michael Brundage, and Shaun Loewen
