The University of Washington Department of Radiation Oncology welcomes rotating medical students. Radiation Oncology offered two clerkship courses, R Onc 695 and R Onc 601. We welcome students both from the University of Washington and other schools of medicine.
R Onc 601 Multidisciplinary Oncology Clerkship
This two-week rotation will bring students into several of the multidisciplinary clinics our radiation oncology faculty practice in. Multidisciplinary clinics bring together providers across specialties to provide care and support to patients in a single setting. Each clinic operates uniquely and will offer different opportunities, like tumor boards, as well as exposure to other specialties, like medical oncology and pathology.
The multidisciplinary clinics are located across UWMC-Montlake and Fred Hutch Cancer Center. This clerkship is appropriate for both students considering a career in radiation oncology and students planning careers in other specialties but interested in learning more about the care many patients experience.
R Onc 695 Clinical Cancer Management Clerkship
This two- or four-week rotation rotates students with radiation oncology faculty for a deeper look into patient care and cancer management. Students learn about indications for, side effects of, and physical principles of radiation therapy. And will participate in consultations, radiation planning, and seeing patients during their radiation treatment.
During their rotation, students will work with a variety of faculty and experience multiple specialties- some specialties students may see include central nervous system (CNS), pediatrics, lymphoma, head and neck, and thoracic. Students will also learn about the role of medical physics, dosimetrists, and radiation therapists in radiation therapy. They will see how radiation oncology partners with medical oncology, surgery, and other disciplines in the care of cancer patients.
Students enrolled in this course will rotate through several of the clinic sites our faculty practices in, though they may not be scheduled in every site. The sites are: UWMC-Montlake, Fred Hutch Cancer Center Sloan, Fred Hutch Proton Center, Northwest Hospital, and Northwest Hospital- Gamma Knife. Students are also offered the possibility, schedule allowing, to observe a brachytherapy procedure. This clerkship is appropriate for both students considering a career in radiation oncology and students planning careers in other specialties but interested in learning more about the care many patients experience
If you are interested in a R Onc 601 or R Onc 695 rotation but do not see an open rotation to register for, please reach out to our clerkship administrator Caitlin Feeley, caitf42@uw.edu, to discuss possible availability. Please include the rotation you are interested in (including if you want a 2- or 4-week rotation for R Onc 695) and the timeframe(s) you would like to rotate for.
Radiation Oncology is proud to assist UW medical students interested in radiation oncology special assignment electives (aka away rotations) through R Onc 697 and R Onc 699. If you have been accepted to rotate with another institution, please submit your filled-out application to our clerkship administrator Caitlin Feeley, caitf42@uw.edu. For more information about special assignment electives, please visit the UW SOM’s page here: https://education.uwmedicine.org/curriculum/clinicalcurriculumphases/clinical-curriculum-overview/explore-and-focus/special-assignment-electives/ . Please note that we can only approve special assignment electives with other radiation oncology departments and not other specialties/ disciplines.
Our department is pleased to host visiting students based on schedule availability. All visiting students enrolled in US medical schools interested in rotating with our department must apply through the UW School of Medicine’s visiting student clinical elective program via the Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO). For more details about the application and eligibility, please visit: https://stevie.cms.uwmedicine.org/school-of-medicine/visiting-students-program/visiting-us-canada
Visiting students from non-US and Canadian medical schools may visit the following page for the UW SOM’s current application process for international visiting students: https://stevie.cms.uwmedicine.org/school-of-medicine/visiting-students-program/visiting-international