ESTRO meets Asia 2024 - Abstract Book

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Invited Speaker

ESTRO meets Asia 2024

There is a wide range of journals that publish research in medical physics in radiation oncology. Within ESTRO two journals, ‘Radiotherapy and Oncology’ (the green journal) and ‘Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology’ (PhiRO) are open to receiving physics studies. In this teaching lecture an overview is given of the process of evaluation of a manuscript, once it is submitted to a journal. A better understanding of this process may help during the preparation phase of the manuscript. The three most important criteria to accept or reject a manuscript are: 1) novelty: does the manuscript add new knowledge compared to what already is available in the literature? 2) scientific rigor: is the methodology correct, is the statistics adequate? 3) relevance: does the topic fall within the scope of the journal and is it of interest to the audience? In high-impact journals such as Radiotherapy and Oncology, the vast majority of submissions are eventually rejected. Often, the publications are considered more suitable for a specialized journal and in that case, transfer to PhiRO or one of the other sister journals can be offered. In most other cases a major revision is offered, which provides the opportunity to respond to the comments of the editor and reviewers and resolve the issues that were raised. The process of reviewing and revising a manuscript will be discussed from the perspective of the reviewer as well as the authors.

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Implementation of the Website of Online Resources for the Learning and Development of Medical physicists (World of MP)

Parminder S Basran 1 , Jacob Van Dyk 2 , Yakov Pipman 3 , Anna Rodrigues 4 , Courtney Buckey 5 , Jenny Bertholet 6 , Shannon O'Reilly 7 , Radim Barta 8 1 Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA. 2 Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada. 3 MPWB, Medical Physics for World Benefit, Virginia, USA. 4 Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA. 5 Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, USA. 6 Inselspita, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. 7 Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, USA. 8 Medical Physics, Grande Prairie Cancer Center, Grande Prairie, Canada Background/Objective: A significant challenge for medical physics trainees in low and middle-income countries is access to quality educational content and resources. Achieving competency in medical physics practice must include exposure and mastery of medical physics standards of practice, most of which are encapsulated in curricula defined by bodies such as the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs and the IAEA. While there is a wealth of freely accessible educational content, no generalized hierarchical syllabus directly links core medical physics competencies with online content. This work aims to share and demonstrate a new resource, WORLD of Medical Physics , developed by Medical Physics for World Benefit volunteers, based on the IAEA TC-37 report Clinical Training of Medical Physicists Specializing in Radiation Oncology , designed to meet this challenge. Materials and methods: Over the course of five years, a global team of dedicated volunteers has compiled a compendium of medical physics resources. The learning objectives, core competencies, and training topics for each of the eight major learning modules (Clinical Introduction, Radiation Safety and Protection, Radiation Dosimetry, Radiation Therapy, External Beam Treatment Planning, Brachytherapy, and Professional Studies/Quality Management/Research/Teaching and Development) in the IAEA TC-37 report were meticulously gathered in a master spreadsheet. These training topics were then thoughtfully linked to freely accessible resources, which include digital Abstract