The European Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) European Higher Education Area levels 7 and 8 postgraduate benchmarking document for Radiation TherapisTs (RTTs)
This guideline details the European Higher Education Area Levels 7 and 8 Postgraduate benchmarking document for Radiation TherapisTs (RTTs). The purpose of this benchmarking document is to assist higher education institutes in the development of radiation therapy-specific curricula for RTTs engaging...
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| Series: | Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology |
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| description | This guideline details the European Higher Education Area Levels 7 and 8 Postgraduate benchmarking document for Radiation TherapisTs (RTTs). The purpose of this benchmarking document is to assist higher education institutes in the development of radiation therapy-specific curricula for RTTs engaging in postgraduate education, with a view to working at an advanced level in radiation therapy departments.The document specifies the knowledge, skills and competences that are required to work in specific areas of RTT practice, at levels 7 and 8. These include: advanced delineation and volume determination, advanced treatment planning, advanced imaging, quality and risk management, management and service development, patient care and support, brachytherapy and research. Keywords: Education, Postgraduate, Advanced practice, Benchmarking |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75aba800c46f4be18c70baf19b95c0e22022-12-22T03:00:03ZengElsevierTechnical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology2405-63242018-12-0182240The European Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) European Higher Education Area levels 7 and 8 postgraduate benchmarking document for Radiation TherapisTs (RTTs)Mary Coffey0Michelle Leech1Corresponding author at: Discipline of Radiation Therapy, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James’s Hospital Campus, Dublin 8, Ireland.; Applied Radiation Therapy Trinity, Discipline of Radiation Therapy, Trinity College, Dublin 2, IrelandApplied Radiation Therapy Trinity, Discipline of Radiation Therapy, Trinity College, Dublin 2, IrelandThis guideline details the European Higher Education Area Levels 7 and 8 Postgraduate benchmarking document for Radiation TherapisTs (RTTs). The purpose of this benchmarking document is to assist higher education institutes in the development of radiation therapy-specific curricula for RTTs engaging in postgraduate education, with a view to working at an advanced level in radiation therapy departments.The document specifies the knowledge, skills and competences that are required to work in specific areas of RTT practice, at levels 7 and 8. These include: advanced delineation and volume determination, advanced treatment planning, advanced imaging, quality and risk management, management and service development, patient care and support, brachytherapy and research. Keywords: Education, Postgraduate, Advanced practice, Benchmarkinghttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405632418300295 |
| spellingShingle | Mary Coffey Michelle Leech The European Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) European Higher Education Area levels 7 and 8 postgraduate benchmarking document for Radiation TherapisTs (RTTs) Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology |
| title | The European Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) European Higher Education Area levels 7 and 8 postgraduate benchmarking document for Radiation TherapisTs (RTTs) |
| title_full | The European Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) European Higher Education Area levels 7 and 8 postgraduate benchmarking document for Radiation TherapisTs (RTTs) |
| title_fullStr | The European Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) European Higher Education Area levels 7 and 8 postgraduate benchmarking document for Radiation TherapisTs (RTTs) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The European Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) European Higher Education Area levels 7 and 8 postgraduate benchmarking document for Radiation TherapisTs (RTTs) |
| title_short | The European Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) European Higher Education Area levels 7 and 8 postgraduate benchmarking document for Radiation TherapisTs (RTTs) |
| title_sort | european society of radiotherapy and oncology estro european higher education area levels 7 and 8 postgraduate benchmarking document for radiation therapists rtts |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405632418300295 |
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