| Question 1: Information technology staff may not be able to provide effective support for radiation oncology unless |
| Reference: | R.A. Siochi, C. D. Brack, C. G. Orton, “The Chief Information Technology Officer in a Radiation Oncology department should be a medical physicist,” Med. Phys. 36, 3863-3865 (2009) |
| Choice A: | They took a physics course. |
| Choice B: | They have a degree in healthcare informatics. |
| Choice C: | They understand how clinical data affects delivered dose. |
| Choice D: | They know how to connect a linear accelerator to the network. |
| Choice E: | They know how to archive treatment plans. |
| Question 2: Radiation oncology computer systems can be classified into which of the following tiers: |
| Reference: | R.A. Siochi, P. Balter, C. D. Bloch, H. S. Bushe, C. S. Mayo, B. H. Curran, et al, “Information technology resource management in radiation oncology,” J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 10, 16-35 (2009) |
| Choice A: | Medical Device, Multipurpose, Office. |
| Choice B: | Linear accelerator, Treatment Planning, Imaging. |
| Choice C: | Radiation Treatment Consoles, Physicist workstations, Non-technical systems. |
| Choice D: | Clinical, Research, Business. |
| Choice E: | Treatment, Education, Operations. |
| Question 3: The ability to provide treatments despite IT-related system failures is known as |
| Reference: | R.A. Siochi, P. Balter, C. D. Bloch, H. S. Bushe, C. S. Mayo, B. H. Curran, et al, “Information technology resource management in radiation oncology,” J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 10, 16-35 (2009) |
| Choice A: | Uptime. |
| Choice B: | Disaster Recovery. |
| Choice C: | Real-Time Service. |
| Choice D: | Business Continuity. |
| Choice E: | Ad-hoc response. |
| Question 4: Which of the following tasks are physicist’s responsibilities? |
| Reference: | Siochi RA et al, J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2009 Sep 2;10(4):3116. Information technology resource management in radiation oncology. |
| Choice A: | Coordination among vendor, IT, users. |
| Choice B: | Medical devices QA |
| Choice C: | Educate management/IT team and promote RO IT |
| Choice D: | Training of staff and production support |
| Choice E: | All of the above. |
| Question 5: The key role of the medical physicist in the management of Radiation Oncology IT is to: |
| Reference: | Siochi RA et al, J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2009 Sep 2;10(4):3116. Information technology resource management in radiation oncology. |
| Choice A: | Act as the primary resource in solving IT problems. |
| Choice B: | Delegate IT issues to radiation oncology staff. |
| Choice C: | Provide leadership in addressing and managing IT issues |
| Choice D: | Avoid all responsibility for IT Issues in the department |
| Choice E: | .All of the above. |
| Question 6: The management of Radiation Oncology IT in a large institution is generally shared with: |
| Reference: | Siochi RA et al, J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2009 Sep 2;10(4):3116. Information technology resource management in radiation oncology. |
| Choice A: | Diagnostic Imaging. |
| Choice B: | Information Technology Department. |
| Choice C: | Biomedical Engineering. |
| Choice D: | B and C. |
| Choice E: | A and B. |
