Medical Oncology

Oncology clinic and day-care unit

What you'll see

  • Staging and treatment planning

  • Chemotherapy and targeted therapy

  • Hormonal therapy follow-up

  • Managing treatment side effects

  • Multidisciplinary tumour board

Skills you'll practice

  • Reading receptor status

  • Recognizing chemotherapy toxicity

  • Taking an oncology history

In your logbook

  • Cases by stage and subtype

  • Treatment regimens observed

  • Supervisor sign-off

Pathology

Histopathology laboratory

What you'll see

  • Core biopsy and surgical specimen handling

  • Histological types of breast cancer

  • Tumour grading

  • Immunohistochemistry

Skills you'll practice

  • Reading a pathology report

  • Linking pathology to treatment decisions

  • Understanding margins and nodal status

In your logbook

  • Reports reviewed

  • Specimens observed

  • Supervisor sign-off

Surgical Oncology

Breast surgery clinic and theatre

What you'll see

  • Triple assessment of a breast lump

  • Pre-operative workup

  • Lumpectomy and mastectomy (observed)

  • Sentinel lymph node biopsy (observed)

  • Post-operative follow-up

Skills you'll observe

  • Clinical breast examination

  • Axillary examination

In your logbook

  • Clinic cases

  • Operations observed

  • Supervisor sign-off

Breast Radiology

Breast imaging unit

What you'll see

  • Screening and diagnostic mammography

  • Breast ultrasound

  • BI-RADS reporting

  • Image-guided core biopsy (observed)

Skills you'll observe

  • Basic mammogram interpretation

  • Understanding BI-RADS categories

  • Correlating imaging with clinical findings

In your logbook

  • Studies reviewed

  • Biopsies observed

  • Supervisor sign-off

Make your internship year count

One month, one speciality, one logbook that shows what you did.