2018 AAPM Annual Meeting
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Session Title: An Interactive Session to Share Education Ideas: How Do You Teach Quality and Safety to Residents?
Question 1: What percentage of medical physics residents report feeling “competent to lead a root cause analysis”:
Reference:Spraker, MB, et al. A survey of residents’ experience with patient safety and quality improvement concepts in radiation oncology. Prac Radiat Oncol. 7: e253-259, 2017.
Choice A:5%
Choice B:25%
Choice C:50%
Choice D:90%
Question 2: According to the “London Protocol” for root cause analysis Care Delivery Problems are defined as:
Reference:Vincent C, Taylor-Adams S, Chapman EJ, et al. How to investigate and analyse clinical incidents: clinical risk unit and association of litigation and risk management protocol. BMJ. 2000;320:777–781.
Choice A:Deficiencies in protocols and procedures.
Choice B:Any staffing issue resulting in poor care.
Choice C:Casual factors driving error.
Choice D:Description of what happened in an event.
Question 3: Viewing error from a backward-looking omniscient viewpoint is referred to as:
Reference:Ford, EC & Evans, SB. Incident learning in radiation oncology: A review. Med Phys. 2018 Feb 8. doi: 10.1002/mp.12800. [Epub]
Choice A:Hindsight bias.
Choice B:Hawthorne effect.
Choice C:Fault tree analysis.
Choice D:Failure mode and effect analysis.
Question 4: The educational model where learners watch video lectures on their own and come together in a classroom setting for hands on activities and “homework” is known as:
Reference:Brame, C., (2013). Flipping the classroom. Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flipping-the-classroom/
Choice A:Self-directed learning.
Choice B:Flipped classroom.
Choice C:Unschooling.
Choice D:Montessori.
Choice E:Peer instruction.
Question 5: In the flipped classroom model what is it that learners are doing outside of “class”?
Reference:Brame, C., (2013). Flipping the classroom. Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flipping-the-classroom/
Choice A:Application.
Choice B:Synthesis.
Choice C:Analysis.
Choice D:Evaluation.
Choice E:Comprehension.
Question 6: Online learning modules and reference materials from the following resources can be effectively integrated into a teaching plan for quality and safety topics:
Reference:www.aapm.org, www.treatsafely.org, www.ahrq.gov, http://elearning.iaea.org/m2/course/view.php?id=392
Choice A:AAPM Virtual Library
Choice B:Treat Safely
Choice C:AHRQ
Choice D:IAEA
Choice E:All of the above
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