Lessons to Learn From a Successful Virtual Mock Oral Examination Pilot Experience

Avinash R Chaurasia; Brandi R Page; Amanda J Walker; Kilian Salerno; Kevin Camphausen; Young Kwok; Gopal K Bajaj; Daisy Ambrocio; Delnora Erickson

doi:10.1016/j.adro.2020.07.011

Lessons to Learn From a Successful Virtual Mock Oral Examination Pilot Experience

Adv Radiat Oncol. 2021 Jan-Feb;6(1):100534. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.07.011. Epub 2020 Aug 8.

Authors

Avinash R Chaurasia^{1

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3}, Brandi R Page⁴, Amanda J Walker⁴, Kilian Salerno⁵, Kevin Camphausen⁵, Young Kwok⁶, Gopal K Bajaj⁷, Daisy Ambrocio^{1

2}, Delnora Erickson^{1

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3}

Affiliations

¹ National Capital Consortium Radiation Oncology Residency, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
² Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
³ Radiation Oncology Service, Department of Radiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁶ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁷ Center for Advanced Radiation Oncology and Proton Therapy, Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, Virginia.

Abstract

oronavirus (COVID-19) has caused marked impact on graduate medical education for all medical specialties. Radiation Oncology and the American Board of Radiology have also had to rapidly adapt to converting education and examinations to virtual platforms. We describe our small pilot experience in transitioning our in-person mock oral examinations to a virtual platform. Survey-based assessment revealed excellent feedback regarding ease of use and educational usefulness. Our mock oral examinations pilot experience adds to evidence that virtual mock oral examinations are an important considerationfor Radiation Oncology education and a feasible alternative to an in-person oral examination.