6/23/22, 1:26 PM Typhon Group - EASI System

Survey: "Brachytherapy Planning Competency"

Reviewer: Clinical Instructors (MICHEL, Ann)
Reviewee: Students (McKane, Brittni)
Survey Period: 6/23/2022
Completed: 6/23/2022 1:26:35 PM CT

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

Intracavitary

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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:  These skills are not unique to brachy and

are assumed to be covered elsewhere in their program.
Dosimetry students use our didactic patient just as our medical
physics residents do.

Loads the patient imaging studies into the planning computer. N/A [0 pts]

Additional Comment:  These skills are not unique to brachy and

are assumed to be covered elsewhere in their program.
Dosimetry students use our didactic patient just as our medical
physics residents do.

Contours the appropriate anatomy on the image data set. N/A [0 pts]

Additional Comment:  These skills are not unique to brachy and

are assumed to be covered elsewhere in their program.
Dosimetry students use our didactic patient just as our medical
physics residents do.

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. N/A [0 pts]

Additional Comment:  These skills are not unique to brachy and

are assumed to be covered elsewhere in their program.
Dosimetry students use our didactic patient just as our medical
physics residents do.

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

makes changes as requested. Additional Comment:  These skills are not unique to brachy and
are assumed to be covered elsewhere in their program.
Dosimetry students use our didactic patient just as our medical
physics residents do.

Exports/Prints appropriate plan data. N/A [0 pts]

Additional Comment:  These skills are not unique to brachy and

are assumed to be covered elsewhere in their program.
Dosimetry students use our didactic patient just as our medical
physics residents do.

Performs hand verification calculations for dwell time. N/A [0 pts]

Additional Comment:  This is not part of our clinical practice

Assembles necessary equipment for source loading. N/A [0 pts]

Additional Comment:  Does not apply to HDR

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

paperwork for appropriate room posting. Additional Comment:  Does not apply to HDR

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

Additional Comment:  Does not apply to HDR

Observes source insertion. Satisfactory [2 pts]

Performs appropriate patient room surveys. N/A [0 pts]

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Additional Comment:  Not a role dosimetrists take in our

practice

Uses appropriate radiation measuring devices for brachytherapy N/A [0 pts]

procedures and source inventory. Additional Comment:  Not a role dosimetrists take in our
practice

Uses time, distance and shielding principles during N/A [0 pts]

brachytherapy procedures. Additional Comment:  Does not apply to HDR

Mean: 0.56 of 2  Points: 10  Score: 27.8%

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: 12

Mean percentage score for all rating scale questions: 63.9%
(Each main question equally weighted)
Responses as of 6/23/2022 1:26:36 PM CT

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