Select the brachytherapy planning competency from the drop down menu below:
Intracavitary
Please assign each task a score of Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory.
Unsatisfactory in any essential task constitutes competency failure. The student will repeat the competency at a later date.
Discusses the plan prescription with the physician. - Satisfactory[2 pts]
Loads the patient imaging studies into the planning computer. - Satisfactory(Additional Comment: 2D Imaging)[2 pts] Contours the appropriate anatomy on the image data set. - N/A(Additional Comment: 2D Imaging)[0 pts] Identies appropriate dose points on the image data set. - Satisfactory[2 pts] Successfully identies source positions. - Satisfactory[2 pts] Identies available isotope and activity for date and time of treatment. - Satisfactory[2 pts] Correctly generates plan using appropriate isotope and activity to achieve treatment objective. - Satisfactory[2 pts] Accurately generates DVH/Dose point summary for implant. - Satisfactory[2 pts] Communicates effectively with physician for plan review and makes changes as requested. - Satisfactory[2 pts] Exports/Prints appropriate plan data. - Satisfactory[2 pts] Performs hand verication calculations for dwell time. - N/A(Additional Comment: NA)[0 pts] Assembles necessary equipment for source loading. - Satisfactory[2 pts] Makes appropriate entries in source log and lls out necessary paperwork for appropriate room posting. - Satisfactory[2 pts] Prepares sources for transport and loading. - N/A(Additional Comment: was present but did not load as he did not have TLD ring badge)[0 pts] Observes source insertion. - Satisfactory[2 pts] Performs appropriate patient room surveys. - Satisfactory[2 pts] Uses appropriate radiation measuring devices for brachytherapy procedures and source inventory. - Satisfactory[2 pts] Uses time, distance and shielding principles during brachytherapy procedures. - Satisfactory[2 pts]
MEAN: 1.67 (out of possible 2), POINTS: 30, % SCORE: 83.3%
Overall rating:
Pass[2 pts]
MEAN: 2.00 (out of possible 2), POINTS: 2, % SCORE: 100.0%
Additional Comments:
Performed under supervision of Emma Viviers Treatment Planning Medical Physicist
Total points for all rating scale questions: 32
Mean percentage score for all rating scale questions: 91.7% (Each main question equally weighted)