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Educational outcomes of a medical physicist program over the past 10 years in Japan.
Kadoya, Noriyuki; Karasawa, Kumiko; Sumida, Iori; Arimura, Hidetaka; Kakinohana, Yasumasa; Kabuki, Shigeto; Monzen, Hajime; Nishio, Teiji; Shirato, Hiroki; Yamada, Syogo.
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  • Kadoya N; The Japanese Board for Medical Physicist Qualification, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Karasawa K; Department of Radiation Oncology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
  • Sumida I; The Japanese Board for Medical Physicist Qualification, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Arimura H; Department of Radiation Oncology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, 162-8666 Japan.
  • Kakinohana Y; The Japanese Board for Medical Physicist Qualification, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kabuki S; Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita 565-0871, Japan.
  • Monzen H; The Japanese Board for Medical Physicist Qualification, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Nishio T; Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyusyu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
  • Shirato H; The Japanese Board for Medical Physicist Qualification, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yamada S; Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan.
J Radiat Res ; 58(5): 669-674, 2017 Sep 01.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28402432
The promotion plan for the Platform of Human Resource Development for Cancer (Ganpro) was initiated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan in 2007, establishing a curriculum for medical physicists. In this study, we surveyed the educational outcomes of the medical physicist program over the past 10 years since the initiation of Ganpro. The Japan Society of Medical Physics mailing list was used to announce this survey. The questionnaire was created by members of the Japanese Board for Medical Physicist Qualification, and was intended for the collection of information regarding the characteristics and career paths of medical physics students. Students who participated in the medical physics program from 2007 to 2016 were enrolled. Thirty-one universities (17 accredited and 14 non-accredited) were represented in the survey. In total, 491, 105 and 6 students were enrolled in the Master's, Doctorate and Residency programs, respectively. Most students held a Bachelor's degree in radiological technology (Master's program, 87%; Doctorate program, 72%). A large number of students with a Master's degree worked as radiological technologists (67%), whereas only 9% (n = 32) worked as medical physicists. In contrast, 53% (n = 28) of the students with a Doctorate degree worked as medical physicists. In total, 602 students (from 31 universities) completed the survey. Overall, although the number of the graduates who worked as medical physicists was small, this number increased annually. It thus seems that medical institutions in Japan are recognizing the necessity of licensed medical physicists in the radiotherapy community.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Médicos / Educación Médica Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: J Radiat Res Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Japón Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Médicos / Educación Médica Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: J Radiat Res Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Japón Pais de publicación: Reino Unido