Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Nov 15;81(4):1190-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.08.061. Epub 2010 Oct 29.
In 2004, the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) published its first physics education curriculum for residents, which was updated in 2007. A committee composed of physicists and physicians from various residency program teaching institutions was reconvened again to update the curriculum in 2009.
Members of this committee have associations with ASTRO, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology, the American Board of Radiology (ABR), and the American College of Radiology. Members reviewed and updated assigned subjects from the last curriculum. The updated curriculum was carefully reviewed by a representative from the ABR and other physics and clinical experts.
The new curriculum resulted in a recommended 56-h course, excluding initial orientation. Learning objectives are provided for each subject area, and a detailed outline of material to be covered is given for each lecture hour. Some recent changes in the curriculum include the addition of Radiation Incidents and Bioterrorism Response Training as a subject and updates that reflect new treatment techniques and modalities in a number of core subjects. The new curriculum was approved by the ASTRO board in April 2010. We anticipate that physicists will use this curriculum for structuring their teaching programs, and subsequently the ABR will adopt this educational program for its written examination. Currently, the American College of Radiology uses the ASTRO curriculum for their training examination topics. In addition to the curriculum, the committee updated suggested references and the glossary.
The ASTRO physics education curriculum for radiation oncology residents has been updated. To ensure continued commitment to a current and relevant curriculum, the subject matter will be updated again in 2 years.
2004 年，美国放射肿瘤学会（ASTRO）发布了其首个针对住院医师的物理教育课程，并于 2007 年进行了更新。一个由来自不同住院医师培训教学机构的物理学家和医生组成的委员会于 2009 年再次召开会议更新课程。
该委员会的成员与 ASTRO、美国医学物理学家协会、放射肿瘤学住院医师协会、美国放射学委员会（ABR）和美国放射学会（ACR）有关联。成员们审查并更新了上一轮课程中的指定科目。更新后的课程由 ABR 的代表和其他物理及临床专家进行了仔细审查。
新课程建议的课程为 56 小时，不包括初始导向。每个学科领域都提供了学习目标，并为每个课时提供了详细的涵盖材料大纲。课程中的一些近期变化包括增加了“辐射事故和生物恐怖主义应对培训”作为一个科目，以及在多个核心科目中更新了反映新治疗技术和模式的内容。该新课程于 2010 年 4 月获得 ASTRO 董事会批准。我们预计物理学家将使用本课程来规划他们的教学计划，随后 ABR 将采用该教育计划作为其书面考试。目前，美国放射学会使用 ASTRO 课程作为其培训考试题目。除课程外，委员会还更新了建议参考资料和词汇表。
ASTRO 放射肿瘤学住院医师物理教育课程已经更新。为了确保对当前和相关课程的持续承诺，该主题将在 2 年内再次更新。
