Establishing a New Clinical Role for Medical Physicists: A Prospective Phase II Trial

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Todd F AtwoodTodd Pawlicki

Abstract

To investigate a new clinical role for medical physicists in direct patient care with a prospective phase 2 clinical trial. Medical physicists participated in the Physics Direct Patient Care (PDPC) protocol, establishing independent professional relationships with radiation oncology patients. After attending a dedicated patient communication training program, medical physicists routinely met with patients for 2 physicist-patient consults to explain the treatment planning and delivery process, review the patient's treatment plan, and answer all technical questions. The first physicist-patient consult took place immediately before the computed tomography simulation, and the second took place immediately before the first treatment. Questionnaires were administered to each patient on the PDPC protocol at 3 time points to assess both anxiety and satisfaction. The first questionnaire was given shortly after the first physicist-patient consult, the second questionnaire was given shortly after the second physicist-patient consult, and the third questionnaire was given after the last treatment appointment, with no associated physicist-patient consult. The mean patient anxiety score was considered to be low at all questionnaire time poin...Continue Reading

Citations

Oct 18, 2018·Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics·Derek W BrownTodd Pawlicki
Jul 19, 2019·JAMA Oncology·Kelly C Paradis
Jun 11, 2020·Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics·Todd F AtwoodTodd Pawlicki
Aug 28, 2020·Nature Reviews. Clinical Oncology·Elizabeth HuynhRaymond H Mak
Jul 28, 2020·International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics·Derek W BrownTodd Pawlicki
Feb 13, 2021·Radiotherapy and Oncology : Journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology·Pierfrancesco FrancoLorys Castelli
Mar 21, 2021·Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR·Sean RoseTimothy P Szczykutowicz
May 7, 2021·Journal of Medical Physics·Loredana G Marcu
Aug 31, 2021·Medical Science Educator·Esther ShinHyun KangGeoffroy Noel
Oct 29, 2021·Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics·Laura PadillaEmma C Fields

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