Program Information
Program Objectives
At the completion of this program, attendees will be able to
- Evaluate the quality assurance process for each technique/procedure used in their clinical practice
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of each member of the radiation therapy team in the quality and safety process.
- Recognize technical and clinical conditions that precede adverse events in the radiation therapy process.
- Understand how the radiation therapy community of clinicians, professionals, manufacturers, regulators and advocates cooperate to improve quality.
- Understand and be able to apply technical and operational improvements available now and in the future to improve the safe delivery of radiation in the treatment of cancer.
Program Outline
All sessions take place in the Ashe Auditorium, 3rd Floor
THURSDAY, JUNE 24
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| Time | Title | Speakers/participants |
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7:00am Registration Opens in the Ashe Lobby, 3rd Floor 7:15am-8:00am Continental Breakfast in the Ashe Lobby |
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| 8:00am-8:15am | Welcome and Introduction | Hendee, Herman, Williams |
| 8:15am-8:45am | The Complexity of Radiation Treatment | Herman, Marks |
| 8:45am-9:30am | What Can Go Wrong in Radiation Treatment | Dunscombe, Ibbott, Holmberg |
| 9:30am-10:15am | Errors in Radiation Treatment: The Perspectives of Manufacturers | Guertin, Goldwein, Stein |
10:15am-10:45am Coffee Break |
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10:45am-11:30am |
Errors in Radiation Treatment: The Perspective of Regulators | Wersto, Gilley, Zelac |
| 11:30am-12:45pm | The Function of the Radiation Team Physician |
Rose |
12:45pm-2:00pm Lunch in the Tuttle Room, Terrace Level |
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| 2:00pm-3:00pm | The Culture of Patient Safety | Leape, Cafazzo |
| 3:00pm-4:00pm | Education, Experience and the Maintenance of Competence: What is Needed? | Hayman, Siochi, Pavord |
4:00pm-4:30am Break |
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| 4:30pm-6:00pm | What Are We Doing to Address Patient Safety?
Panel Discussion: |
Fraass, Marks
Moderators: Palta, Rose Panelists: Moran, Pawlicki, Jaffray, Hayman |
| 6:00pm-6:10pm | Closing | Herman, Williams |
FRIDAY, JUNE 25
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| Time | Title | SPEAKERs/participants |
7:15am-8:00am Continental Breakfast in the Ashe Lobby |
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| 8:00am-9:00am | Complex Systems and the Human Interface | Williams, French, Curran, Palta |
9:00am-10:00am |
Panel Discussion: Safety in Delivering Radiation Treatments: Manufacturers' Actions | Moderators:
Palta, Rose Panelist: Hill, Valcu, Brown, Schloesser, Amies, Zankowski |
10:00am-10:30am Coffee Break |
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10:30am-Noon |
Accreditation, Regulation and Event Reporting | Fore, Tripuraneni, Wersto, Holmberg, Elee |
Noon-12:30pm |
What Have We Learned at this Meeting? What to Do Next? | Herman, Hendee, Williams |
12:30pm Grab and Go Lunch |
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Medical Physics Continuing Education Credit
The Safety in Radiation Therapy meeting program has been approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs, Inc. (CAMPEP) for 11.50 MPCEC to qualified medical physicists.
- To obtain continuing education credit, medical physicist attendees must complete an on-line evaluation survey.
- The survey will be available online Monday, June 28 through Friday, July 23.
- Medical physicist attendees must complete the survey by July 23 in order to receive CAMPEP credit.
- After the meeting:
- Medical Physicist registrants will be contacted with instructions for viewing the meeting transcript via the CAMPEP website. The transcript will list a description of the sessions and the number of continuing education credits obtained.
- Please note your badge I.D. will be required in order to complete the CEC evaluation survey.
MEDICAL DOSIMETRISTS:
This program has been approved by the Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board (MDCB) for 10 continuing education credit hours. Following the meeting, AAPM will provide medical dosimetrist participants with a transcript of credits earned to be used for self reporting credits to the MDCB.
RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS:
This program has been approved by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) for 13.75 Category A credits. Following the meeting, AAPM will provide RT's with a transcript of credits earned to be used for self-reporting credits to the ASRT.
Program Directors
- Michael Herman, PhD, Mayo Clinic
- William Hendee, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin
Program Committee
- John Bayouth, PhD, University of Iowa
- James Hayman, MD, University of Michigan Health System
- Lawrence Marks, MD, UNC School of Medicine
- Jatinder Palta, PhD, University of Florida Health Science Center
- Dan Pavord, MS, Vassar Brothers Medical Center
- Christopher Rose, MD, Valley Radiotherapy Associates Medical Group
- Timothy Williams, MD, Boca Raton Community Hospital
Invited Faculty
| John Bayouth, PhD Director of Medical Physics, University of Iowa |
David Jaffray, PhD Head, Radiation Physics Dept, Princess Margaret Hospital |
| Alan Burns Director, Radiation Oncology, Forsyth Regional Cancer Center |
Theresa Kwiatkowski President, AAMD |
| Joe Cafazzo, PhD Director of Medical Device Informatics and Healthcare Human Factors at University Health Network, Toronto |
Lucian Leape, MD Adjunct Prof of Health Policy, Harvard School of Public Health |
| Bruce Curran, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor, RI Hospital/Brown Medical Ctr |
Lawrence Marks, MD Chair, Dept of Radiation Oncology, UNC School of Medicine |
| Peter Dunscombe, PhD Director of Medical Physics, Tom Baker Cancer Centre |
Jean Moran, PhD Asst Professor, Dept of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan Medical Center |
| Jennifer Elee Environmental Scientist, LA Dept of Environmental Quality, CRCPD |
Jatinder Palta, PhD Director of Medical Physics, University of Florida Health Science Ctr |
| Benedick Fraass, PhD Professor, Dept of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan Medical Center |
Dan Pavord Chief Medical Physicist, Vassar Brothers Hospital |
| William Fore, MD Physician Surveyor, The Joint Commission |
Todd Pawlicki, PhD Director, Div of Clinical Medical Physics, UCSD Medical Center |
| John French Director, Clinical Operations, British Columbia Cancer Agency |
Christopher Rose, MD Valley Radiotherapy Associates Medical Group |
| Debbie Gilley Liaison from the CRCPD to the AAPM, Environmental Manager, Florida Bureau of Radiation Control |
Ramon Alfredo Siochi, PhD Asst Professor, Dept of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa |
| James Hayman, MD Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan Health System |
Prabhakar Tripuraneni, MD Head, Div of Radiation Oncology, Scripps Clinic Medical Group |
| Michael Herman, PhD Chair, Medical Physics, Mayo Clinic |
Nancy Wersto Reviewer, Division of Radiological Devices, Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety, CDRH/FDA |
| Ola Holmberg, PhD Head, Radiation Protection of Patients (RPoP) Unit, IAEA |
Timothy Williams, MD Medical Director, Dept of Radiation Oncology, Boca Raton Community Hospital |
| Geoffrey Ibbott, PhD Director,Radiological Physics Ctr, UT MD Anderson Cancer Ctr |
Ron Zelac, PhD Senior Health Physicist, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Manufacturer Panelists
| Christopher Amies, Siemens | Eric Schloesser, Tomotherapy |
| Kevin Brown, Elekta | Joerg Stein, Siemens |
| Tim Guertin, Varian | Bogdan Valcu, BrainLAB |
| Joel Goldwein, Elekta | Corey Zankowski, Varian |
| Robert Hill, Accuray |