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ArticleJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2026

Utility of Virtual Program Information Sessions to Inform Medical Students About Radiation Oncology Residency Programs.

Conley Kriegler, Adele Duimering, Soobin Park, Ania Widomska, Connie Le, Mustafa Al Balushi, Paris-Ann Ingledew

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Article in Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Conley KrieglerDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. kriegler@ualberta.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-9643-8976
Adele DuimeringDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Soobin ParkDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Ania WidomskaFaculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Connie LeDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Mustafa Al BalushiSultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center, University Medical City, Muscat, Oman.
Paris-Ann IngledewDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread adoption of virtual program information sessions (VPIS) in Radiation Oncology (RO) to provide medical students (MS) with information about residency programs. We aimed to investigate whether students find VPIS useful and desire continuation. An anonymous survey utilizing 5-point Likert scales and descriptive feedback was developed to assess MS and residency program member (RPM) perspectives on VPIS. Surveys were distributed between September and December 2023 to MS who registered for RO VPIS during the 2022-2023 Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) cycle and RPMs who had attended VPIS. Quantitative data were interpreted with descriptive statistics. Eighteen MS (of 25 VPIS MS attendees) and 20 RPMs completed the survey. Overall, 100% of MS and RPMs agreed or strongly agreed that sessions were useful and should continue, though RPMs endorsed more strongly that sessions were useful (4.82 vs. 4.5, p = 0.045) and should continue (5.00 vs. 4.67, p = 0.008). MS reported sessions being cost-free and providing exposure to more programs as benefits (100% and 94% agree or strongly agree), as did RPMs (100% agree or strongly agree). Proposed improvements included having sessions for different time zones, increased resident interactions, and only having residents present. This is the first analysis of the utility of VPIS in RO and supports continuation. Responses suggest numerous benefits with limited detriments. We recommend integration of these results to optimize implementation.

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Education, DistanceInternship and ResidencyRadiation OncologyStudents, MedicalCanadaCOVID-19FemaleHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Surveys and QuestionnairesMedical studentRadiation oncologyRecruitment

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PMID40711628

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