Gynecologic Oncology
Global Curriculum & Mentorship Program
The IGCS Gynecologic Oncology Global Curriculum & Mentorship Program, is a comprehensive two-year education and training program designed for regions around the world that do not currently have formal training in gynecologic oncology. The program matches institutions and individuals from higher resource settings (International Mentors) with partners in lower resource settings wishing to obtain formal gynecologic oncology training (twinning).
Program Chairs
| Linus Chuang, MD USA |
Thomas Randall, MD USA |
Program Elements:
- Each training site is paired with an International Mentor or Mentors, who is an IGCS member that has an existing relationship with the site.
- The Mentors are responsible for tracking the fellow’s progress by reviewing case logs, completing bi-annual In Training Evaluation Forms, and facilitating monthly quizzes and reading assignments.
- The Mentors will travel to the training site twice per year to provide hands-on surgical training and in-person education.
- The IGCS Fellows travel to Mentor’s institution for a 1-3 month observership
- The Fellows present cases to Mentors, colleagues and other IGCS members in a monthly virtual tumor board
- Fellow has completed the program, an oral structured clinical final examination will be administered on site by a member of the IGCS Global Curriculum Examination Committee. The Fellow will receive an IGCS Certificate of Completion after completing all program requirements and passing the examination.
Sites
Pilot Site:
Da Nang Oncology Hospital, Vietnam
Mentoring Institutions:
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
National University Cancer Institute, Singapore
Hospital Central de Maputo, Mozambique
Mentoring Institutions:
Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
Oncology Department of Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA
Paul’s Hospital and Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mentoring Institutions:
University of Minnesota and University of Michigan, USA
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Moi University, Moi, Kenya
Mentoring Institution:
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Mentoring Institution:
Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
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Liberia College of Physicians & Surgeons, Liberia
Mentoring Institution:
Mount Sinai Hospital, United States
Hospital San Juan de Dios, Guatemala
Mentoring Institution:
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
Contact IGCS
For more information about the Global Curriculum and Mentorship Program, please contact Allie Rubeo at allie.rubeo@igcs.org.