Clinical Haematology and Oncology

Components of Training

Core Training
A minimum of two years is required. During this period you shall:

• Acquire knowledge of the nature, pathology, natural history and epidemiology of haematological and malignant disease in children
  
• Gain experience in investigation and management of patients with these disorders including clinical examination, laboratory investigation and diagnostic imaging
  
• Acquire knowledge of the pharmacology, pharmaco-kinetics, use and side effects of anti-neoplastic and other drugs relevant to management of children with these disorders
  
• Gain experience in the prevention and treatment of the short and long term complications of malignant disease and its treatment
  
• Gain an understanding of the role of radiotherapy and surgery in the management of children and adolescents with malignant disease
  
• Obtain experience in the multi-disciplinary approach to management of children and adolescents with malignant disease or complicated haematological problems including palliative care
  
• Gain experience in the role of haemotopoietic stem cell transplantation in the management of malignant, haematological and metabolic disorders in children and adolescents
  
• Gain experience in design, implementation and evaluation of clinical trials protocols for the management of haematological and malignant disease in children and adolescents including statistical design and analysis

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Elective Training
You can undertake a maximum of twelve months elective training. This period may be used to gain further clinical or laboratory experience in related specialties or to undertake a period of research in a field of direct relevance to paediatric haematology and oncology. For example this year could constitute one year of full-time research towards an MD of PhD.

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Posts
Programs will be approved for training in recognised specialised paediatric haematology/oncology units. At least one year of core training should be undertaken in a unit with an active bone marrow transplantation program. It is recognised that some of you will seek to undertake part of our training outside Australia. In general, you are not encouraged to undertake all three years training in the one unit.

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Assessment
Projects are not required for the training years supervised by the Medical Oncology SAC, but will be required for the elective years and for any other years of training undertaken under the supervision of the CPPT.

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