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Case report: A novel model for educating radiation therapists in small countries: Case study of the “Train the Trainer” initiative in Israel

INTRODUCTION: Israel, as a small country faces many challenges to deliver quality RTT education. As technologies evolve, the need for RTT education becomes acute. This resulted in the Ministry of Health, IAEA and ESTRO running the train the trainers (TTT) program in a unique format. METHOD: An expan...

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Autores principales: Katzman, Tamar, Symon, Zvi, Shelly, Esti, Luxenburg, Osnat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7033796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32095582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2018.09.004
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Symon, Zvi
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description INTRODUCTION: Israel, as a small country faces many challenges to deliver quality RTT education. As technologies evolve, the need for RTT education becomes acute. This resulted in the Ministry of Health, IAEA and ESTRO running the train the trainers (TTT) program in a unique format. METHOD: An expanded TTT program was run in Israel. This resulted in the establishment of the National Center for Radiotherapy Education (NCRE). Key elements of the NCRE include national leadership, high-tech teaching environment, simulation based teaching methodologies, and evidence based education. Educational outcomes of the RTT course run in the NCRE were measured and statistically analysed. RESULTS: The measurement of educational outcome was highly significant (p < 0.00001). The feedback from the course was very positive, with a high aggregate data mean score for all questions pertaining to the effect the course has on work, and efficient use of time. DISCUSSION: The success of the RTT course of the NCRE is evident from the results. The impact of the TTT program went beyond RTT education, as the NRCE is a national radiotherapy education resource, utilized by all radiotherapy professionals. CONCLUSION: More knowledgeable RTTs may be able to work in advanced roles, taking on tasks from other sectors in the department; this could improve the efficiency of patient care and improve the safety of radiotherapy delivery.
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spelling pubmed-70337962020-02-24 Case report: A novel model for educating radiation therapists in small countries: Case study of the “Train the Trainer” initiative in Israel Katzman, Tamar Symon, Zvi Shelly, Esti Luxenburg, Osnat Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol Improving basic education for RTT practice INTRODUCTION: Israel, as a small country faces many challenges to deliver quality RTT education. As technologies evolve, the need for RTT education becomes acute. This resulted in the Ministry of Health, IAEA and ESTRO running the train the trainers (TTT) program in a unique format. METHOD: An expanded TTT program was run in Israel. This resulted in the establishment of the National Center for Radiotherapy Education (NCRE). Key elements of the NCRE include national leadership, high-tech teaching environment, simulation based teaching methodologies, and evidence based education. Educational outcomes of the RTT course run in the NCRE were measured and statistically analysed. RESULTS: The measurement of educational outcome was highly significant (p < 0.00001). The feedback from the course was very positive, with a high aggregate data mean score for all questions pertaining to the effect the course has on work, and efficient use of time. DISCUSSION: The success of the RTT course of the NCRE is evident from the results. The impact of the TTT program went beyond RTT education, as the NRCE is a national radiotherapy education resource, utilized by all radiotherapy professionals. CONCLUSION: More knowledgeable RTTs may be able to work in advanced roles, taking on tasks from other sectors in the department; this could improve the efficiency of patient care and improve the safety of radiotherapy delivery. Elsevier 2018-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7033796/ /pubmed/32095582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2018.09.004 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Katzman, Tamar
Symon, Zvi
Shelly, Esti
Luxenburg, Osnat
Case report: A novel model for educating radiation therapists in small countries: Case study of the “Train the Trainer” initiative in Israel
title Case report: A novel model for educating radiation therapists in small countries: Case study of the “Train the Trainer” initiative in Israel
title_full Case report: A novel model for educating radiation therapists in small countries: Case study of the “Train the Trainer” initiative in Israel
title_fullStr Case report: A novel model for educating radiation therapists in small countries: Case study of the “Train the Trainer” initiative in Israel
title_full_unstemmed Case report: A novel model for educating radiation therapists in small countries: Case study of the “Train the Trainer” initiative in Israel
title_short Case report: A novel model for educating radiation therapists in small countries: Case study of the “Train the Trainer” initiative in Israel
title_sort case report: a novel model for educating radiation therapists in small countries: case study of the “train the trainer” initiative in israel
topic Improving basic education for RTT practice
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7033796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32095582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2018.09.004
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