Current Practices of Medical Physics External Beam Plan Checking : a report on the results of a survey conducted by the Medical Physics Community of Practice (CoP) Chart Checking Practices Working Group
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Authors
Medical Physics Community of Practice (CoP)
Date
2016-05
Type
technical report
Language
en
Keyword
Survey , Medical Physics Community of Practice , CoP , Chart Checking Practices Working Group , Physics Treatment Plan , Ontario Cancer Centres , Physicists , Variability in Practice , Plan Checking , Safe High-Quality Radiation Therapy , Current Practices
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Abstract
The Chart Checking Practices Group of the CCO Medical Physics Community of Practice conducted a survey of the physics treatment plan checking practices at the beginning of 2015. They asked each medical physics department from all the Ontario cancer centres to complete the survey in a group setting and submit a single response from that centre. As part of the survey the physicists were asked to self-report the variability in practice within their centre.
Description
The physics treatment plan (or chart) check has been shown to be a critical factor in ensuring safe high-quality radiation therapy . However, there is very little publicly available documentation on plan checking. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the practice of plan checking is highly variable even among physicists within the same centre. The Medical Physics Community of Practice Chart Checking Practices Working Group (CCPWG) conducted a survey of the medical physics departments at all cancer centres in Ontario in order to determine the current practices relating to physics treatment plan checking.
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Publisher
Cancer Care Ontario (CCO)