title: [Continuing medical education in radiation oncology].
abstract: In France, continuing medical education (CME) and professional practice evaluation (PPE) became mandatory by law in July 2009 for all health professionnals. Recently published decrees led to the creation of national specialty councils to implement this organizational device. For radiation oncology, this council includes the French Society for Radiation Oncology (SFRO), the National Radiation Oncology Syndicate (SNRO) and the Association for Continuing Medical Education in Radiation Oncology (AFCOR). The Radiation Oncology National Council will propose a set of programs including CME and PPE, professional thesaurus, labels for CME actions consistent with national requirements, and will organize expertise for public instances. AFCOR remains the primary for CME, but each practitioner can freely choose an organisation for CME, provided that it is certified by the independent scientific commission. The National Order for physicians is the control authority. Radiation oncology has already a strong tradition of independent CME that will continue through this major reform.
authors.affiliation: Conseil national professionnel d'oncologie radiothérapie, centre Antoine-Béclère, Paris, France. cnponcorad@orange.fr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chauvet
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barillot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Denis
authors.forename: P-É
authors.initials: PÉ
authors.lastname: Cailleux
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ardiet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mornex
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000193:education*