Web-Based Instruction for Medical Dosimetrists

描述(申请人提供)：医学剂量师为专职医疗人员。 提供治疗计划以支持放射肿瘤学的专家。 放射肿瘤学专业协会已经认识到一个关键的 美国缺乏医学剂量师。这一短缺 训练有素的专家正在拖延先进技术的实施 放射治疗，特别是三维适形放射治疗和 年调强放射治疗的临床试验 不可能与新的药物和生物制剂相结合 没有一支强大的医学剂量测量队伍。大多数剂量学 学生在个人辐射中一次指导一到三名学生 肿瘤科。大部分培训都变成了在职培训 没有正式的结构或明确的教学目标的学徒制。 这里提出的计划将产生和支持一个结构良好的、 全国可用的基于网络的计算机辅助远程学习工具，用于 医学剂量师的导师。医学物理学家，放射肿瘤学家， 来自全国各地的医学剂量学家承诺 作为该工具中近24个模块的志愿者作者。 互联网培训专家在斯坦福大学接受教育 顾问和心理测量学顾问将支持制定 模块？内容与《美国人报》的建议一致 医学剂量师协会。远程学习模块将 载有评估工具，用于对 以及对学习工具的形成性评价。这个 计划将在一系列年度研讨会的帮助下制定， 斯坦福大学的开发者将分享对形成性评估的分析 并为该工具的持续开发和改进设定目标和优先事项。医学物理学家、放射肿瘤学家和 放射肿瘤学中心的医学剂量师将继续担任 为学生提供当地的导师。导师将组织他们自己的培训 通过自己的培训计划和增强远程学习工具 方法：研究方法。导师将开发有组织的临床轮换，以提供 学生的实践体验。这些工具的试验应用将是 在威斯康星大学拉克罗斯分校进行的一项培训计划 分布在威斯康星州和邻近的州。全国20个辐射 肿瘤学网站致力于使用该工具。这项计划的目的是 这些专业的毕业生可以报考认证考试 由医学剂量师认证委员会管理，当他们有 积累了所需的两年培训和经验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Medical dosimetrists are allied health specialists that provide treatment planning in support of radiation oncology. The radiation oncology professional societies have recognized a critical shortage of medical dosimetrists in the United States. This shortage of trained specialists is stalling the implementation of technically advanced radiotherapy, in particular three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy, Clinical trials of radiation therapy in combination with new pharmaceutical and biological agents will not be possible without a strong medical dosimetry workforce. The majority of dosimetry students are mentored one to three students at a time in individual radiation oncology departments. Much of the training has become on-the-job apprenticeship without formal structure or clearly defined didactic goals. The program proposed here will produce and support a well-structured, nationally available, web-based computer-aided distant learning tool for the mentors of medical dosimetrists. Medical physicists, radiation oncologists, and medical dosimetrists from around the country have made commitments to serve as volunteer authors of the nearly two-dozen modules in the tool. Internet training specialists sited at Stanford University, an education consultant, and a psychometric consultant will support the development of the modules? content consistent with the recommendations of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists. The distant learning modules will contain assessment instruments for both the summative evaluations of the students as well as the formative evaluation of the learning tools. The program will be developed with the aid of a series of annual workshops at which the Stanford developers will share analyses of the formative assessments with the authors, and set goals and priorities for continued development and refinement of the tool. Medical physicists, radiation oncologists, and medical dosimetrists in radiation oncology centers will continue to serve as local mentors for the students. The mentors will structure their own training programs and augment the distant learning tools with their own training methods. The mentors will develop structured clinical rotations to provide the students practical experience. A trial application of the tools will be conducted at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse in a training program distributed over Wisconsin and neighboring states. Nationally 20 radiation oncology sites are committed to using the tool. The intent of this program is for graduates from these programs to apply for the certification examination administered by the Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board when they have accrued the required two years of training and experience.