A Podcast About Podcasts:  Podcasts as Educational Tools for Providers (and Patients)

A Podcast About Podcasts: Podcasts as Educational Tools for Providers (and Patients)

From JCO Oncology Practice Podcast by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

October 21, 2025 · 23 min

About this episode

Dr. Chino discusses the impact of podcast-based curricula on oncology education with Dr. Patel and Dr. Teplinsky.

Dr. Chino welcomes Dr. Vivek Patel and Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky to discuss a recent article in JCO OP that reported a podcast-based curriculum could improve knowledge and comfort with common education topics for oncology fellows. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Fumiko Chino: Hello, and welcome to Put Into Practice , the podcast for JCO Oncology Practice . I am Dr. Fumiko Chino, an assistant professor in Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a research focus on access, affordability, and equity. There are over 450 million podcasts available today, and online audio consumption continues to rise year after year. In the US alone, over 200 million people have listened to online audio in the last month, and health and fitness remains one of the most popular categories. Podcast audiences range from the lay public to patients with cancer to providers, with the dual goal to both entertain and inform. A recent randomized control trial published in JCO OP reported that a podcast-based curriculum could improve knowledge and comfort with common education topics for oncology fellows. I am happy to welcome two guests today to discuss the role of podcasts to improve information sharing. They are…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chino, Fumiko Chino

Guests: Dr. Vivek Patel, Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky

Topics covered

  • education
  • oncology
  • podcasts
  • healthcare
  • curriculum

Keywords

  • podcast-based curriculum
  • oncology fellows
  • education topics
  • knowledge improvement
  • comfort with education

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Podcast About Podcasts: Podcasts as Educational Tools for Providers (and Patients), Put Into Practice, Education Impact of a Podcast Curriculum for Hematology-Oncology Fellows, The Curbsiders

Places: US

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