The ECCO-AACR-EORTC-ESMO Workshop on Methods in Clinical Cancer Research, better known as the ‘Flims’ Workshop, is an educational programme that introduces junior clinical oncologists in any oncology subspecialty to the principles of good clinical trial design. Since 1999, this extremely successful joint Workshop has taken place in a remote Swiss village, proving to be very conducive for an educational focus.

Why do we need a workshop?

The presence of a strong research base is essential to the future of good quality cancer care. Clinical scientists who are able to set up and run high-quality clinical trials are vital to the advancement of new therapies. This Workshop was established to reverse the decline in numbers of clinical scientists. The ultimate goal: to develop a robust, expanding base of well-trained clinical researchers by providing them with the training they need to conduct better clinical/translational trial designs.

Key benefits:

Exclusive access to and mentoring by up to 40 highly experienced clinical experts in the field of oncology from Europe, US and Canada;
Exceptional opportunity to meet and network with an elite group of 80 junior clinical oncologists from all over the world;
Outstanding educational experience in a unique setting conducive to professional relationship building, learning and development;
Access to a variety of educational tools designed to enable participants to develop their initial protocol proposal into a complete protocol;
Active promotion of productive dialogues between young cancer specialists and the European and non-European Cancer Societies;
Establishment of a network for educational exchanges between young cancer clinicians worldwide.