Survey: "Brachytherapy Planning Competency"

Reviewer: Clinical Instructors (MILLER, Brett)

Reviewee: Students (Ayers, Aaron)
Survey Period: 12/7/2021
Completed: 12/15/2021 2:03:31 PM CT

1. Select the brachytherapy planning competency from the drop down menu below:

Interstitial
2. 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. N/A [0 pts]

Additional Comment:  We don't do these clinically anymore, but

he was able to use old data from when we used to do them.

Loads the patient imaging studies into the planning computer. Satisfactory [2 pts]

Contours the appropriate anatomy on the image data set. Satisfactory [2 pts]

Identifies appropriate dose points on the image data set. Satisfactory [2 pts]

Successfully identifies source positions. Satisfactory [2 pts]

Identifies available isotope and activity for date and time of Satisfactory [2 pts]

treatment.

Correctly generates plan using appropriate isotope and activity Satisfactory [2 pts]

to achieve treatment objective.

Accurately generates DVH/Dose point summary for implant. Satisfactory [2 pts]

Communicates effectively with physician for plan review and N/A [0 pts]

makes changes as requested. Additional Comment:  See above comment

Exports/Prints appropriate plan data. Satisfactory [2 pts]

Performs hand verification calculations for dwell time. Satisfactory [2 pts]

Assembles necessary equipment for source loading. Satisfactory [2 pts]

Makes appropriate entries in source log and fills out necessary N/A [0 pts]

paperwork for appropriate room posting. Additional Comment:  Not a clinical case: we talked through
this.

Prepares sources for transport and loading. N/A [0 pts]

Additional Comment:  Not a clinical case: we talked through

this.

Observes source insertion. N/A [0 pts]

Additional Comment:  Not a clinical case: we talked through

this.

Performs appropriate patient room surveys. Satisfactory [2 pts]

Uses appropriate radiation measuring devices for brachytherapy Satisfactory [2 pts]

procedures and source inventory.

Uses time, distance and shielding principles during Satisfactory [2 pts]

brachytherapy procedures.

Mean: 1.44 of 2  Points: 26  Score: 72.2%

3. Overall rating:

Pass [2 pts]

Mean: 2.00 of 2   Points: 2  Score: 100.0%

4. Additional Comments:

NR

Total points for all rating scale questions: 28

Mean percentage score for all rating scale questions: 86.1%
(Each main question equally weighted)
Responses as of 12/15/2021 4:41:14 PM CT