A comparison of RANZCR and Singapore-designed radiation oncology practice audit instruments: How does reproducibility affect future approaches to revalidation?

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-203

  Shakespeare, Thomas P ^a,b   Mukherjee, Rahul K ^a,b   Lu, Jiade J ^a   Wynne, Christopher J ^a   Kumar, Mahesh B ^a   Back, Michael F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Audit; Competency; Radiation oncology; Radiotherapy; Recertification

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CANCER CENTER; COLLEGE; COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INSTRUMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS REVIEW ORGANIZATION; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SINGAPORE;

CERTIFICATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 3843063557     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2004.01296.x     Document Type: Review

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