| Question 1: Which of the following have been used to assess the impact of patient-facing roles for medical physicists? |
| Reference: | Atwood, T.F., et al. "Establishing a New Clinical Role for Medical Physicists: A Prospective Phase II Trial." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Nov 1;102(3):635-641. |
| Choice A: | Patient anxiety |
| Choice B: | Patient technical satisfaction |
| Choice C: | Patient overall satisfaction |
| Choice D: | All of the above |
| Choice E: | None of the above |
| Question 2: In a review of patient questions from physicist-patient consults (in the therapy setting), the majority of patient questions came from which category? |
| Reference: | Atwood, T.F., et al. "A Review of Patient Questions from Physicist-Patient Consults." J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2020 Jun 9;21(8):3055-308 |
| Choice A: | General radiation questions or concerns |
| Choice B: | Treatment planning and treatment delivery questions |
| Choice C: | Safety and quality assurance questions |
| Choice D: | Medical questions |
| Choice E: | None of the above |
| Question 3: According to the NCI report "Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer Care", which of the following are important requirements for the capacity to develop effective patient-clinician communication? |
| Reference: | Epstein RM, Street RL, Jr. Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer Care: Promoting Healing and Reducing Suffering. National Cancer Institute, NIH Publication No. 07-6225. Bethesda, MD (2007). |
| Choice A: | Motivation |
| Choice B: | Knowledge |
| Choice C: | Communication skills of the clinician |
| Choice D: | Communication skills of the patient |
| Choice E: | All of the above |
| Question 4: As with physician consults, physics consults can also be billed. |
| Reference: | CMS IOM Publication 100-04, Medicare Claims Processing Manual Chapter 4, Section 200.3 Billing Codes for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) and Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS); and Section 200.3.1 Billing Instructions for IMRT Planning and Delivery Chapter 13, Section 70.5 Radiation Physics Services. LCD Determination ID Number: L34652. |
| Choice A: | True |
| Choice B: | False |
| Question 5: Interventions that have been shown to be most effective in improving communication skills are: |
| Reference: | Aspegren, K. (1999). "BEME Guide No. 2: Teaching and learning communication skills in medicine-a review with quality grading of articles." Medical teacher 21(6): 563-570.
Smith, S., et al. (2007). "Teaching patient communication skills to medical students: a review of randomized controlled trials." Evaluation & the Health Professions 30(1): 3-21. |
| Choice A: | Experiential learning |
| Choice B: | Structured feedback |
| Choice C: | Small group discussion |
| Choice D: | All of the above |
| Choice E: | None of the above |
| Question 6: A clinical communication training program increased residents' confidence in communicating with patients and improved their responses to patient questions: |
| Reference: | Brown, D. W., et al. (2018). "A program to train medical physicists for direct patient care responsibilities." Journal of applied clinical medical physics 19(6): 332-335. |
| Choice A: | True |
| Choice B: | False |
