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Annals of Oncology Advance Access published online on July 23, 2009
Annals of Oncology, doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp294
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society for Medical Oncology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Why do residents choose the medical oncology specialty? Implications for future recruitment—results of the 2007 French Association of Residents in Oncology (AERIO) Survey

Y. Loriot1,*, L. Albiges-Sauvin1, D. Dionysopoulos1, A. Bouyon-Monteau2,{dagger}, H. Boyle3, B. You4, C. Massard1, T. de La Motte Rouge1 and for the French Association of Residents in Oncology

1 Department of Medicine
2 Radiotherapy, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif
3 Department of Medical Oncology, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon
4 Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pierre-Bénite, France

* Correspondence to: Dr L. Yohann, Department of Medicine, Institut Gustave Roussy, 39, rue Camille Desmoulins, 94800 Villejuif Cedex, France. Tel: +33-1-42-11-42-11; Fax: +33-1-42-11-52-36; E-mail: yohann.loriot{at}igr.fr

Background: The aim of this study was to analyze demography, motivation behind the choice of the medical oncology specialty, career plans, and the quality of training in medical oncology and to provide guidance to candidates for boosting the number of oncologists.

Methods: In 2007, the French Association of Residents in Oncology conducted a nationwide study of all medical oncology residents in France.

Results: The strongest factors that had influenced their decision to become a medical oncology specialist were an interest in medical oncology (98%), exposure to this branch of medicine during graduate training as a medical student (83%), interest in research (81%), and the diversity of the activity (75%). The mean score for the quality of training was 6 (0–10). More time for reading during working hours as well as for attending staff meetings and greater availability of teaching oncologists would improve the quality of training. The most popular career choice was working in a public hospital but most residents stated that they had not received adequate information about the different career plans.

Conclusions: No data are available regarding how training in medical oncology is perceived. This study provides useful data for future policies to boost the number of oncologists.

cancer, demography, medical oncology, resident, training

{dagger} Deceased.

Received for publication February 17, 2009. Accepted for publication April 21, 2009.


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