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ARROgram #16
October 19, 2004
To All ARRO Members:

1) Boards Reminder and Rule Change-see Attachment #1.

Please find attached a recent memorandum from the ABR regarding the rules governing the written board examination.

Please also note that the absolute deadline for filing your application with the ABR is October 31 (if you file between October 1 and 31, you have to pay an additional $400 late filing fee.)

2) Travel Grant Opportunity-see Attachment #2.

Yours sincerely,
Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil.
Chair, ARRO Executive Committee

October 19, 2004
ARROgram #16, Attachment #1

MEMORANDUM

October 7, 2004

TO: Radiation Oncology Training Directors
FR: Lawrence W. Davis, M.D.
Associate Executive Director

RE: Change in Rules for Conditioning Written Radiation Oncology Exam

Beginning in July 2005, a candidate passing one or two of the three written exams will be considered having conditioned the exam and will need to repeat only the exam(s) they did not pass. (Previously a candidate was required to pass two of the three exams to be considered as conditioning the exam.) As a result of this change in the rules, a candidate choosing to take only the biology and physics exams when they are eligible will not be required to pass both to be successful in either. That is, if a candidate passes either the physics or biology exam but not both, they will be credited with passing the one exam and failing the other.

The time constraint rules for passing all conditioned exams is not changed and candidates will still have three opportunities to pass all of those conditioned.

October 19, 2004
ARROgram #16, Attachment #2

ASTRO Announces 10 Travel Grants Available for the 2005 Gordon Research Conference on Radiation Oncology

The Gordon Research Conferences provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences, and their related technologies. This years' conference on radiation oncology will be held January 30-February 4, 2005, in Ventura, Calif. ASTRO is sponsoring 10 travel grants of $1000 for attendance at this meeting. In order to qualify for this travel grant, you must have an accepted abstract to the meeting. ASTRO's Research Council, in conjunction with the Gordon Research Conference, will select the 10 winners. The program for this year's meeting may be found by visiting the Gordon Research Conferences Web site at http://www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2005/radonc.htm. The deadline for applications is December 19, 2004 (http://www.grc.uri.edu/attend.htm)