scholarly journals Subjects such as strategic planning, extra‐disciplinary communication, and management have become crucial to medical physics clinical practice and should become an integral part of the medical physics curriculum

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 3885-3887 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmel J. Caruana ◽  
J. Adam M. Cunha ◽  
Colin G. Orton
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Medical Physics ◽  
Physics Curriculum

scholarly journals THE MEDICAL PHYSICIST - SCIENTIST BEHIND THE CURTAIN

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 3212-3213
Author(s):  
Anurag A. Luharia
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Radiation Protection ◽  
Medical Physics ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Quality Assurance Program ◽  
Medical Physicist ◽  
Accurate Treatment ◽  
Medical Physicists

Ionizing radiation has validated its existence and effectiveness in modern medicine for both diagnostic and therapeutic use. For the last decade rapid growth in medical radiation application has witnessed in India towards the betterment of mankind, for safe and quality clinical practice, radiation protection and quality assurance. At the end of the 19th century Physics brought paradigm shift in the field of radiation-based medical diagnosis and treatment and giving rise to the modern medical physicist profession and revolutionized the practice of medicine. Medical Physicists are the scientists with Post graduation / PhD degrees, and certified from A.E.R.B as Radiological Safety Officer, deals with utilization of Physics knowledge in developing not only lifesaving tools & technology but also diagnosis and treatments of various medical conditions that help humans live longer and healthier. Medical Physicists are responsible to carry out the commissioning, establishment of entire Radiation facility and get the clearance of statutory compliances form authorities in order to start the clinical practice are also responsible for research, developing and evaluating new analytical techniques, planning and ensuring safe and accurate treatment of patients also provide advice about radiation protection, training and updating healthcare, scientific and technical staff , managing radiotherapy quality assurance program, mathematical modeling ,maintaining equipment ,writing reports, teaching ,laboratory management and administration. Now it’s a time to raise the curtain from the Medical Physics profession and utilize their services up to maximum extent in the field of scientific research, academic, teaching, diagnosis, treatment and safety.

scholarly journals Integration of Gross Anatomy Laboratory Sessions into Medical Physics Curriculum

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 1765-1773
Author(s):  
Esther ShinHyun Kang ◽  
Marija Popovic ◽  
Geoffroy Noel
Keyword(s):  
Medical Physics ◽  
Gross Anatomy ◽  
Anatomy Laboratory ◽  
Physics Curriculum

scholarly journals Factual survey of the clinical use of deformable image registration software for radiotherapy in Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 546-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noriyuki Kadoya ◽  
Satoshi Kito ◽  
Masahiko Kurooka ◽  
Masahide Saito ◽  
Akihiro Takemura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Image Registration ◽  
Radiation Oncology ◽  
Japanese Society ◽  
Medical Physics ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Deformable Image Registration ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Clinical Use ◽  
Actual Patient

Abstract Deformable image registration (DIR) has recently become commercially available in the field of radiotherapy. However, there was no detailed information regarding the use of DIR software at each medical institution. Thus, in this study, we surveyed the status of the clinical use of DIR software for radiotherapy in Japan. The Japan Society of Medical Physics and the Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology mailing lists were used to announce this survey. The questionnaire was created by investigators working under the research grant of the Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology (2017–2018) and intended for the collection of information regarding the use of DIR in radiotherapy. The survey was completed by 161 institutions in Japan. The survey results showed that dose accumulation was the most frequent purpose for which DIR was used in clinical practice (73%). Various commissioning methods were performed, although they were not standardized. Qualitative evaluation with actual patient images was the most commonly used method (28%), although 30% of the total number of responses (42% of institutions) reported that they do not perform commissioning. We surveyed the current status of clinical use of DIR software for radiotherapy in Japan for the first time. Our results indicated that a certain number of institutions used DIR software for clinical practice, and various commissioning methods were performed, although they were not standardized. Taken together, these findings highlight the need for a technically unified approach for commissioning and quality assurance for the use of DIR software in Japan.

Pediatric Neurology Workforce in Saudi Arabia

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 166-170
Author(s):  
Bayan Al-Nahdi ◽  
Mowadah Ashgar ◽  
Mayasem Domyati ◽  
Ali AlWadei ◽  
Raidah Albaradie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Pediatric Neurology ◽  
Practice Experience ◽  
Neurologic Disorders ◽  
Feeling Overwhelmed

Background The availability of pediatric neurologists remains a global problem. Strategic planning and tackling issues related to optimizing the care of children with neurologic disorders depend on the workforce, which we aim to evaluate in this study. Method Physicians practicing in the field of pediatric neurology in Saudi Arabia were identified from the database of national societies. A structured 30-item online survey was designed to examine their clinical practice, experience, and availability of supporting services. Results A total of 56 pediatric neurologists completed the survey, mostly (48%) practicing in the capital city of Riyadh. Many of them worked alone (30%) or with only one other colleague (21%). Based on their responses, the estimated total number of pediatric neurologists across the country was 75 with a ratio of 1.06 pediatric neurologists per 100,000 children < 15 years of age. They had very busy services with 66% evaluating > 15 patients per clinic and 79% reporting difficulties in finishing on time. The majority (87.5%) felt overwhelmed, which correlated with working alone (p = 0.002), having no assistant consultant (p = 0.039), and having no access to international sent-out laboratories (p = 0.02). The majority (94.5%) needed additional help in dealing with the volume and complexity of their patients, which correlated with feeling overwhelmed (p = 0.006). Conclusion Although the total number of pediatric neurologists across Saudi Arabia has improved significantly over the last decade, their distribution remains uneven leading to shortages in many regions. This adds to the excessive workload and affects the quality of the provided services.

Acomprehensive computer database for medical physics on-call program

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Mohamed Mohamed ◽  
James C. L. Chow
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
Probability Distributions ◽  
Medical Physics ◽  
Treatment Site ◽  
Emergency Radiotherapy ◽  
Statistical Results ◽  
Excel File

AbstractPurpose: A comprehensive and robust computer database was built to record and analyse the medical physics on-call data in emergency radiotherapy. The probability distributions of the on-call events varying with day and week were studied.Materials and methods: Variables of medical physics on-call events such as date and time of the event, number of event per day/week/month, treatment site of the event and identity of the on-call physicist were input to a programmed Excel file. The Excel file was linked to the MATLAB platform for data transfer and analysis. The total number of on-call events per day in a week and per month in a year were calculated based on the physics on-call data in 2010–18. In addition, probability distributions of on-call events varying with days in a week (Monday–Sunday) and months (January–December) in a year were determined.Results: For the total number of medical physics on-call events per week in 2010–18, it was found that the number was similar from Sundays to Thursdays but increased significantly on Fridays before the weekend. The total number of events in a year showed that the physics on-call events increased gradually from January up to March, then decreased in April and slowly increased until another peak in September. The number of events decreased in October from September, and increased again to reach another peak in December. It should be noted that March, September and December are months close to Easter, Labour Day and Christmas, when radiation staff usually take long holidays.Conclusions: A database to record and analyse the medical physics on-call data was created. Different variables such as the number of events per week and per year could be plotted. This roster could consider the statistical results to prepare a schedule with better balance of workload compared with scheduling it randomly. Moreover, the emergency radiotherapy team could use the analysed results to enhance their budget/resource allocation and strategic planning.

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