ArticleTechnical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology2022
Exploring radiation therapist education and training.
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Abstract
Radiation therapy has become increasingly complex over time and is rapidly evolving. Radiation therapists play a key role within the interdisciplinary team and their education must prepare them to function effectively in the future in order to ensure a safe, high quality radiation therapy service. The aim of this research was to evaluate the current status of radiation therapist education to establish the duration of education programs, the percentage of radiation therapy-specific content and the professional title on graduation. A survey was developed, based on the questionnaire used for the ESTRO 3rd Revision of the Core Curriculum for Radiation Therapists. This was piloted by colleagues to verify the validity of the survey and also its use outside of the European context. The final survey was distributed purposively through Survey Monkey via a local gatekeeper to key radiation therapy personnel covering all of Europe and Australia, New Zealand, USA and South Korea in January 2021 who distributed it to educational institutes and clinical departments in their respective countries. 101 responses were received of which 58 were fully complete and available for analysis representing 30 countries, 26 European and 4 beyond Europe. The duration and radiation therapy-specific content of education programs varied considerably with dedicated radiation therapy programs from the respondents offered only in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S.A. 17 countries in the survey offer 'combined' programs with the majority dedicating less than 20% of their content to radiation therapy. Of note is that several respondents were unable to state the percentage of content related to radiation therapy and there was a variation in content and duration of programs, even within a single country. This survey has demonstrated that there remains a significant deficit in the educational programs of radiation therapists in many regions.
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