Web-Based Instruction for Medical Dosimetrists

描述（由申请人提供）：医疗剂量师是专职健康 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 美国的医疗剂量师短缺。这种短缺 训练有素的专家正在拖延技术先进的 - 放射治疗，特别是三维适形放射治疗，以及 调强放射治疗，放射治疗的临床试验， 将不可能与新的药物和生物制剂组合 如果没有强大的医疗剂量测量队伍大多数剂量测定 学生们一次接受一到三名学生的个别辐射指导。 肿瘤科。大部分培训都是在职培训 没有正式结构或明确的教学目标的学徒制。 这里提出的方案将产生和支持一个结构良好， 国家可用的、基于网络的计算机辅助远程学习工具， 医学剂量学家的导师。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已经承诺， 作为该工具中近20多个模块的志愿作者。 斯坦福大学的互联网培训专家， 顾问和心理测量顾问将支持开发 模块？内容符合美国的建议， 医学剂量学家协会。远程学习模块将 包含总结性评价的评估工具， 学生以及学习工具的形成性评价。的 该计划将在一系列年度研讨会的帮助下制定， 斯坦福大学的开发人员将分享对形成性评估的分析， 与作者一起，并为继续开发和完善该工具设定目标和优先事项。医学物理学家，放射肿瘤学家， 放射肿瘤学中心的医学剂量学家将继续担任 为学生提供当地的导师。导师将组织自己的培训 程序和增强远程学习工具与自己的培训 方法.导师将制定结构化的临床轮换，以提供 学生的实践经验。这些工具的试用将在 在拉克罗斯的威斯康星州大学的一个培训项目中进行 分布在威斯康星州和邻近各州。全国20辐射 肿瘤研究中心致力于使用该工具。这个计划的目的是 供这些课程的毕业生申请参加认证考试 由医学剂量师认证委员会管理， 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.