Klein Eric E, Balter James M, Chaney Edward L, Gerbi Bruce J, Hughes Lesley
WUSM Radistion Oncology, Washington University, 4921 Parkview Place, St. Louis, MO 63110-1093, USA.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Nov 1;60(3):697-705. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.07.675.
In 2002, the Radiation Physics Committee of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) appointed an Ad-hoc Committee on Physics Teaching to Medical Residents. The main initiative of the committee was to develop a core curriculum for physics education. Prior publications that have analyzed physics teaching have pointed to wide discrepancies among teaching programs. The committee was composed of physicists or physicians from various residency program based institutions. Simultaneously, members had associations with the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), ASTRO, Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO), American Board of Radiology (ABR), and the American College of Radiology (ACR). The latter two organizations' representatives were on the physics examination committees, as one of the main agendas was to provide a feedback loop between the examining organizations and ASTRO. The document resulted in a recommended 54-h course. Some of the subjects were based on American College of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements (particles, hyperthermia), whereas the majority of the subjects along with the appropriated hours per subject were devised and agreed upon by the committee. For each subject there are learning objectives and for each hour there is a detailed outline of material to be covered. Some of the required subjects/h are being taught in most institutions (i.e., Radiation Measurement and Calibration for 4 h), whereas some may be new subjects (4 h of Imaging for Radiation Oncology). The curriculum was completed and approved by the ASTRO Board in late 2003 and is slated for dissemination to the community in 2004. It is our hope that teaching physicists will adopt the recommended curriculum for their classes, and simultaneously that the ABR for its written physics examination and the ACR for its training examination will use the recommended curriculum as the basis for subject matter and depth of understanding. To ensure that the subject matter and emphasis remain current and relevant, the curriculum will be updated every 2 years.
2002年，美国放射治疗及肿瘤学学会（ASTRO）的放射物理学委员会任命了一个医学住院医师物理教学特别委员会。该委员会的主要举措是制定物理教育核心课程。此前分析物理教学的出版物指出，各教学项目之间存在很大差异。该委员会由来自不同住院医师培训项目机构的物理学家或医生组成。同时，成员们还与美国医学物理学家协会（AAPM）、ASTRO、放射肿瘤学住院医师协会（ARRO）、美国放射学会（ABR）以及美国放射学院（ACR）有联系。后两个组织的代表在物理考试委员会任职，因为主要议程之一是在考试机构和ASTRO之间建立反馈机制。该文件最终形成了一门建议时长为54小时的课程。部分主题基于美国毕业后医学教育委员会（ACGME）的要求（粒子、热疗），而大多数主题以及每个主题的相应时长是由委员会设计并商定的。每个主题都有学习目标，每个小时都有要涵盖材料的详细大纲。一些必修主题/小时数在大多数机构都有教授（例如，4小时的放射测量与校准），而有些可能是新主题（4小时的放射肿瘤学成像）。该课程于2003年末完成并经ASTRO董事会批准，计划于2004年向业界发布。我们希望物理教学人员在授课时采用推荐课程，同时，ABR的书面物理考试和ACR的培训考试将以推荐课程为主题内容和理解深度的基础。为确保主题内容和重点与时俱进且相关，该课程将每两年更新一次。
