Rotations
For each rotation: what you'll see, the skills you'll practice, and what goes in your logbook.
Breast Cancer
At Baheya Hospital. One month, split across the four units of breast cancer care, so you follow the patient from diagnosis to treatment.
Time in each unit: one week each
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 (ER, PR, HER2)
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 (ER, PR, HER2, Ki-67)
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 practise
Clinical breast examination
Axillary examination
Wound and drain review
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 practise
Basic mammogram interpretation
Understanding BI-RADS categories
Correlating imaging with clinical findings
In your logbook
Studies reviewed
Biopsies observed
Supervisor sign-off
More rotations
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Found your rotation?
Applications are reviewed in the order they arrive. Places each month are limited.