TSJCI Annual Report 2021

Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute Annual Report 2021 29 Section 6.0 Education 6.1 Key Developments during 2021 The mission of the education pillar is to position the Cancer Institute as the hub for cancer education offering cancer education opportunities for all connected with delivering cancer care and those enrolled in cancer education training programmes. Outlined are some of our key achievements in 2021. • 11 Ph.D. students graduated across the different thematic research areas in TSJCI. • 16 MSc in Translational Oncology graduated where 30 ECTs of their 90 ECT degree was assigned to translational cancer research experience. These students were placed across many cancer groups in TSJCI to conduct these oncology research placements. • The Cancer TEP elective directed by Dr Maher ran again in 2021 and attracted 52 students from many different disciplines outside of Health Science. This educated non-biology focused students. • Online courses on Radiation Oncology were available on FutureLearn platform. • Transition education programme ran in February 2021. • Many thematic based seminar series ran in 2021 attracting interest from those interested in oncology across the different disciplines.