Klein Eric E, Gerbi Bruce J, Price Robert A, Balter James M, Paliwal Bhudatt, Hughes Lesley, Huang Eugene
Radiation Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110-1093, USA.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Aug 1;68(5):1276-88. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.01.068.
In 2004, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) published a curriculum for physics education. The document described a 54-hour course. In 2006, the committee reconvened to update the curriculum. The committee is composed of physicists and physicians from various residency program teaching institutions. Simultaneously, members have associations with the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, ASTRO, Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology, American Board of Radiology, and American College of Radiology. Representatives from the latter two organizations are key to provide feedback between the examining organizations and ASTRO. Subjects are based on Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requirements (particles and hyperthermia), whereas the majority of subjects and appropriated hours/subject were developed by consensus. The new curriculum is 55 hours, containing new subjects, redistribution of subjects with updates, and reorganization of core topics. For each subject, learning objectives are provided, and for each lecture hour, a detailed outline of material to be covered is provided. Some changes include a decrease in basic radiologic physics, addition of informatics as a subject, increase in intensity-modulated radiotherapy, and migration of some brachytherapy hours to radiopharmaceuticals. The new curriculum was approved by the ASTRO board in late 2006. It is hoped that physicists will adopt the curriculum for structuring their didactic teaching program, and simultaneously, the American Board of Radiology, for its written examination. The American College of Radiology uses the ASTRO curriculum for their training examination topics. In addition to the curriculum, the committee added suggested references, a glossary, and a condensed version of lectures for a Postgraduate Year 2 resident physics orientation. To ensure continued commitment to a current and relevant curriculum, subject matter will be updated again in 2 years.
2004年，美国放射肿瘤治疗学会（ASTRO）发布了一份物理教育课程。该文件描述了一门54小时的课程。2006年，委员会重新召集以更新课程。该委员会由来自各个住院医师培训项目教学机构的物理学家和医师组成。同时，成员们还与美国医学物理学家协会、ASTRO、放射肿瘤学住院医师协会、美国放射学会以及美国放射学院有联系。后两个组织的代表对于在考试机构和ASTRO之间提供反馈至关重要。课程主题基于毕业后医学教育认证委员会的要求（粒子与热疗），而大多数主题及每个主题的合适时长是通过协商确定的。新的课程为55小时，包含新主题、对主题进行更新后的重新分配以及核心主题的重新组织。对于每个主题，都提供了学习目标，对于每个授课小时，都提供了要涵盖材料的详细大纲。一些变化包括基础放射物理学内容的减少、将信息学作为一个主题增加、调强放射治疗内容的增加以及将一些近距离放射治疗的课时转移到放射性药物方面。新的课程于2006年末得到ASTRO委员会的批准。希望物理学家们采用该课程来构建他们的教学计划，同时，美国放射学会用于其笔试。美国放射学院将ASTRO课程用于其培训考试主题。除了课程之外，委员会还增加了推荐参考文献、术语表以及针对二年级住院医师物理入门的讲座精简版。为确保对当前相关课程的持续投入，主题内容将在两年后再次更新。
