flims alumni club

• constitution
• steering committee
• membership form
• news
• achievements
• links
• contact us

• flims course
• flims in google earth
• flims course brochure

Welcome to the flims alumni club

Flims Alumni Club (FAC) is a non-profit organization established during ECCO 11 in Lisbon, 2001. It is supported by the Federation of European CanCer Organisation (ECCO), American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). It is open to:

• all individuals who have participated to the Flims Workshop "Methods in Clinical Cancer Research"

• M.D. or Ph.D. involved in cancer care or cancer research who intend to participate to the Flims Workshop within two years.

 

The ECCO-AACR-ASCO Workshop on Methods in Clinical Cancer Research, or the “Flims Course” in short, is an educational programme that will introduce junior clinical oncologists in any oncology subspecialty to the principles of good clinical trials design. The course has been held in the small town of Flims, Switzerland since 1999, every year in the second half of June. The organizers pursue the ultimate goal of developing a cadre of well-trained, experienced researchers whose expertise will foster better clinical trial designs and thereby hasten the introduction of improved regimens for cancer therapy and prevention into everyday medical practice and patient care.

The participant is expected to propose a trial protocol at the time of application and complete the writing of the protocol during the workshop. The development of the protocol is not merely a practice, and the participant is expected to make every effort to implement the protocol after returning home.

The scientific program of the course is quite extensive and includes protocol development sessions, small group discussion sessions, lectures and panel discussions and one-on-one sessions for individual counseling and advice on protocol and career development.