Effectiveness of Educational Intervention on the Congruence of Prostate and Rectal Contouring as Compared With a Gold Standard in Three-Dimensional Radiotherapy for Prostate

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 379-385

  Szumacher, Ewa ^a   Harnett, Nicole ^c   Warner, Saar ^a   Kelly, Valerie ^c   Danjoux, Cyril ^a   Barker, Ruth ^b   Woo, Milton ^b   Mah, Kathy ^b   Ackerman, Ida ^a   Dubrowski, Adam ^d   Rose, Stuart ^c   Crook, Juanita ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Prostate; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CONTROL GROUPS; COURSE CONTENTS; CT IMAGE; EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; GOLD STANDARDS; GROUP DESIGN; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; PERFORMANCE VARIABLES; PLANNING CT; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATE RADIOTHERAPY; SIMILAR PATTERN; TEACHING INTERVENTION; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY (3D-CRT); TRAINING SESSIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CURRICULA; FELT; FELTS; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE CONTENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RECTUM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73649113807     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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