Advanced Oncology (Part-Time) (M.Sc.)

1. Semester:

Modul 1: Attendance Seminar (Introduction & Challenges)

Modul 2: Interdisciplinary Oncology

• Cellular and Molecular Biology of Cancer
• Diagnostics
• Principles of Therapy and Treatment
• Epidemiology

2. Attendance Seminar

2. Semester:

Modul 3: Clinical Research

• Biometry
• Clinical Trials
• Ethical Aspects
• Management (Clinical Research)

3. Attendance Seminar

3. Semester:

Modul 4: Advanced/Integrated Therapies

• Clinical Oncology 1
• Clinical Oncology 2
• Integrated Therapeutic Concepts

4. Attendance Seminar

4. Semester:

Modul 5: Management

• Business Administration for Advanced Oncology
• Health Care Systems
• Management of entities
• Quality Control

5. Attendance Seminar & Summer School

Modul 6: Future Perspective

Master´s Thesis

Specialists in oncology & haematology: The “Master Online Advanced Oncology” program is particularly suitable for specialists in oncology and haematology, but also for physicians on their way to becoming specialists. The CME online program is based on the "ESMO/ASCO Recommendations for a Global Curriculum in Oncology". Prerequisite is at least one year of professional experience in the field of oncology.

Physicians from other disciplines:

Physicians from other disciplines also benefit from the competencies acquired in the “Master Online Advanced Oncology”. The oncology CME online course is particularly suitable for the following specialisations:

• General Medicine
• Surgery
• Gynaecology/ Obstetrics
• Gastroenterology
• ENT
• Human genetics
• Internal Medicine
• Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
• Neurology
• Orthopedics
• Pathology
• Pediatrics
• Radiology
• Urology

The prerequisite is proof of one year of professional experience with cancer patient diagnosis or care or in oncological research.

Scientists: Graduates of natural science courses (pharmacy, biology, biophysics, chemistry) as well as engineering courses (medical engineering, biotechnology) also benefit from the competencies acquired in the “Master Online Advanced Oncology”. Prerequisite is at least two years of professional experience in the field of oncology.

More than 150 international experts impart up-to-date specialist knowledge at the university level:

• Current therapeutic standards including integrated care concepts
• Basics of molecular diagnostics and therapy
• Basics of clinical research including statistics
• Management of health care entities
• Personal coaching

Accredited teaching material

• 165 hours of lecture videos with interactive elements
• Additional readings (relevant publications, library)
• Self-testing and forum

Successful Blended learning concept:

• More than 10 years of successful digital teaching and learning concept
• Learning at your own pace: 90% free time allocation
• Individual and flexible learning: spatially independent learning
• 5 workshop seminars with international participants
• University Degree - Academic Degree: Master of Science
• 60 ECTS points

Continuing medical education "Interdisciplinary Oncology":

The 5-month certificate continuing medical education course “Interdisciplinary Oncology” gives you a comprehensive overview of the cellular and molecular biology of tumors. Current methods of molecular and imaging diagnostics (FISH, sequencing, NGS) and modern therapeutic principles (immunotherapy, drug therapy, surgery and stem cell therapy) will be presented and discussed. In the module "Epidemiology" you will learn about the principles of global tumour documentation and gain a comprehensive insight into statistics and the characteristics of tumour registers.

During the final seminar you will study the principles of action of modern therapeutics as well as the advantages and disadvantages of different molecular biological diagnostics, refresh your knowledge of biometrics and learn how to extract molecular diagnostics from databases independently.

In addition, you will be joining our Master's students for the communication and presentation training and may explore personal coaching.

Continuing medical education "Advanced Therapies in Oncology":

The 5-month certificate continuing medical education course "Advanced Therapies in Oncology" gives you an intensive insight into the entire field of Clinical Oncology. This includes the aetiology, epidemiology, diagnosis and therapy of solid tumours as well as malignant neoplasms of the blood-forming system. In addition, you will learn and refresh other important aspects of comprehensive cancer care: palliative care, evidence-based complementary therapy concepts, pain management and psycho-oncology. Lectures and workshops on conducting conversations in a clinical context round off the continuing education and you also have the opportunity to take advantage of a personal coaching.

A very special highlight of this comprehensive continuing education: In cooperation with the European School of Oncology, a final week will be held as part of the international "ESO-ESMO Masterclass in Clinical Oncology".