TT31-A Web-based Training Tool Developed at Stanford
A.L. Boyer
Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-5487, USA
The goal of this project is to develop and assess an internationally available web-based training tool for medical physicists. As the practice of radiation oncology integrates more advance computer technology, the need has accelerated for trained medical physicists skilled at utilizing this new technology. There is an apparent need to train medical physicists in the growing and maturing radiation oncology network in China. However, there is a shortage of mentors with time to devote to training outside their clinical duties. This shortage of trained specialists is stalling the implementation of technically advanced radiotherapy in China. The tool will consist of up to 24 course modules accessible over the internet. Each module will consist of up to 30 training sessions equivalent to conventional lectures. Each of the training sessions will consist of approximately 20 HTML pages in a path followed by approximately 20 self-test quiz questions. Each module will be preceded by a pre-quiz consisting of approximately 20 questions, and will end with a final exam consisting of another approximately 50 questions. This content will be transferred for the most part from a parallel project to develop web-basted training for medical dosimetrists in the United States. This program will be supported by voluntary efforts by the Asian and Oceanic Affairs Subcommittee of the International Affairs Committee of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). Individual members of the subcommittee will contribute to the task reviewing the CAI modules. Sessions held at the Chengdu meeting will be used to identify a network of facilities in China that have the resources and interest in participating. Dr. Boyer will continue to work through the AAPM Asian and Oceanic Affairs Subcommittee to foster the use of the tool by mentors and training programs around China. The development of this web-based training tool will provide a needed service to the radiation oncology sector of the Chinese national health system by developing a flexible, curriculum-driven program aimed at developing and sustaining an innovative educational approach that ultimately will have an impact on reducing cancer incidence, mortality and morbidity, as well as on improving the quality of life of cancer patients. The annual infusion of an adequate number of well-trained medical physicists into the radiation oncology work force in China will constitute a significant contribution to improvement of health of its citizens.
TT31 - 一个基于互联网的培训工具
A.L. Boyer
Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-5487, USA
这个项目的目的是开发并评估一个针对医学物理师的基于互联网的国际间培训工具。由于放射肿瘤学结合了很多先进的计算机技术，所以加剧了培训医学物理师利用新技术的需求。对于正在发展和成熟的中国放射肿瘤学网络，显然需要培训医学物理师。然而，教师要完成其临床职责，很少有时间专门从事培训工作。人员缺乏培训正阻碍先进放疗技术在中国的开展。本培训工具将由24个课程模块组成，可以在互联网上获得。各模块相当于常规讲课30讲，每讲有约20页的HTML教材并有20道左右的自测题。在各模块的开始部分有20道左右的预习题，在最后有50道左右的终考题。这些内容大部分来自一个美国利用互联网培训剂量师的并行项目。此项目为AAPM国际事务委员会亚洲和大洋州分委会所支持，分会的委员对CAI的各模块进行检查。成都会议将确定在中国有资源和兴趣参加这个项目的一些单位。Dr. Boyer将通过亚洲和大洋州分会继续推动中国的教师和培训项目利用这一工具。开发基于互联网的培训工具，革新教育方式，为中国卫生系统的放射肿瘤工作人员提供灵活的课程培训，对降低癌症的发病率、致死率和改善癌症患者的生存质量会带来积极的影响。在放射肿瘤领域，每个增加一定数目的经过良好培训的医学物理师对于改善人民的健康是非常重要的。