Development of Continuing Medical Education Materials: The Experience of the ‘Oncovideos’ Production by ECCO

Figures & data

Table 1. Timeline of the project.

Tasks	Proposed timing	Real timing
Initial idea for video project ECCO Education Committee	June 2008
First proposal to ECCO board	July 2008
Contacting ECCO societies for participation	July 2008
Writing EU Proposal	July 2008-September 2008
List of suggested topics, partners and partner organisations by the societies	November 2008
Contact and agreement partners and partner organisations	December 2008-February 2009
Submission proposal to EU	February 2009
Acceptance proposal for EU funding	September 2009
Contracts between ECCO and partner institutions	January–March 2010
Completion administrative procedures with EU Commission	January–May 2010
Call for tenders and hiring IT subcontractor for website	January–May 2010
Meeting IT subcontractor	June 2010
Preparation of material/proposed template for scientific experts/partner institutions	February–April 2010
Discussion of template with European societies representatives and scientific experts in partner institutions	June 2010
Scientific experts drafting script(s) of their video(s) according to template	June–August 2010	September 2010
European societies to review and provide comments on the scripts for videos in their discipline	September–October 2010	February 2011
Partner institutions produce videos	October–November 2010	April–December 2011
Dissemination plan	October–November 2010	February 2011
Monitoring visit EU representatives	December 2010	December 2010
Videos posted on website	December 2010	April 2011
Interim report to the European Commission	January 2011	January 2011
Final report to the European Commission	January 2012	March 2012

Abbreviations: ECCO, European Cancer Organisation; EU, European Union; IT, information technology.

Table 2. Partner institutions and topics produced on suggestion of the cancer societies.

Partner institution (Country)	Topic	Cancer society	Authors
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospital (UK)	ROLL & SNOLL	ESSO	Riccardo Audisio Hodigere Ramesh
Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)	Lumbar puncture in paediatric oncology Bone marrow aspiration in paediatric oncology Bone marow biopsy in paediatric oncology	SIOPE SIOPE SIOPE	Riccardo Riccardi
Università degli Studi di Milano ‘Bicocca’ (IT)/ Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital (AT)	Chemotherapy-induced peripheral toxicity	EANO	Guido Cavaletti Wolfgang Grisold
Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital (AT)	Patient information Chemotherapy-induced peripheral toxicity CSF studies: Analysis and therapy	ESTRO EANO EANO	Andreas Osztavics Wolfgang Grisold Stefan Oberndorfer
Istituto Europeo Di Oncologia SRL (IT)	Totally implantable central venous access port	ESSO	Roberto Biffi
Radiotherapy Centre West (Radiotherapiecentrum West), Medical Center Haaglanden (NL)	Position verification in the radiation treatment of head and neck cancer and Preparation of breathing adapted radiation treatment in left-sided breast cancer	ESTRO	Miriam Mast
Kliniken Essen-Mitte (DE)	How to deliver bad news to patients	ESMO	Marianne Kloke
Trinity College Dublin, St James’ Hospital (IE)	Patient safety in radiation oncology Thermoplastic mask construction for head and neck radiotherapy	ESTRO	Joanne Cunningham Mary Coffey Michelle Leech Maria Broderick
The Lothian Health Board (UK)	Neurological examination for the oncologist	EANO	Robin Grant Simon Kerrigan
UZ Leuven Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Gasthuisberg)(B)	Breast treatment and positioning	ESTRO ESSO	Caroline Weltens
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (B)	Image guided radiotherapy in clinical practice: the Cyberknife system, the Siemens system, The tomo-therapy Hi-Art system, the Vero system	ESTRO ESTRO	Dirk Verellen
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent (B)	Image guided radiotherapy in clinical practice: The Varian solution and the Elekta solution	ESTRO ESTRO	Gert De Meerleer
Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori (Milano, IT)	How to approach pain in cancer patients	ESMO	Carla Ripamonti
Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, (SI)	How to safely excise a cutaneous melanoma	ESSO	Marko Hocevar
VU University Medical Center (NL)	Neurocognition	EANO	Martin Klein
Medical University of Gdansk (PL)	Video-assisted thoracic surgery	ESSO	Wojciech Zurek Witold Rzyman

Abbreviations: UK, United Kingdom; ESSO, European Society for Surgical Oncology; IT, Italy; SIOPE, European Society of Paediatric Oncology Europe; EANO, European Association of Neuro-Oncology; AT, Austria; ESTRO, European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology; NL, The Netherlands; DE, Germany; ESMO, European Society for Medical Oncology; IE, Ireland; B, Belgium; SI, Slovenia; PL, Poland.

Table 3. Viewers of the oncovideos per video in the first months of 2012.

Videos	February	March	April	May
Breaking bad news	118	126	134	144
Thermoplastic mask construction for head and neck RT	89	108	118	126
Preparation of breathing adapted radiation treatment	91	102	106	118
Neurological examination for the oncologist	63	68	85	98
How to approach pain in cancer patients	69	74	82	89
Position verification in the radiation treatment of head and neck cancer	51	68	82	93
Breast treatment and positioning	52	67	82	90
Lumbar puncture	51	43	77	81
VATS Lobectomy in early stage NSCLC	54	54	73	78
Totally implantable central venous access port	40	57	63	57
The Varian solution	28	42	52	61
Bone marrow biopsy	31	40	49	70
How to safely excise cutaneous melanoma	25	31	48	64
Radio isotope guided surgery for occult breast lesions	27	30	41	52
Bedside neurocognitive testing in brain tumour patients	23	28	35	52
Bone marrow aspiration	20	24	33	35
The Tomo therapy system	17	31	32	36
CSF studies: analysis and therapies	14	20	31	34
Chemotherapy induced peripheral neurotoxicity	15	21	27	29
The Vero system	13	13	25	26
The Elekta solution	12	14	23	27
Briefing your patient (RO)	12	15	21	25
Cyberknife solution	7	15	20	27
Patient safety in radiation oncology	7	15	18	19
Siemens solution	4	10	15	15
Total	934	1116	1372	1546