A national survey on the medical physics workload of external beam radiotherapy in Japan†.

ABSTRACT: Several staffing models are used to determine the required medical physics staffing, including radiotherapy technologists, of radiation oncology departments. However, since Japanese facilities tend to be smaller in scale than foreign ones, those models might not apply to Japan. Therefore, in this study, we surveyed workloads in Japan to estimate the optimal medical physics staffing in external beam radiotherapy. A total of 837 facilities were surveyed to collect information regarding radiotherapy techniques and medical physics specialists (RTMPs). The survey covered facility information, staffing, patient volume, equipment volume, workload and quality assurance (QA) status. Full-time equivalent (FTE) factors were estimated from the workload and compared with several models. Responses were

SUBMITTER: Tohyama N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10665301 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature