2D to 3D to External Beam Radiotherapy
This pilot curriculum creates a virtual classroom environment allowing lively interaction, practical document-sharing, real-time questions, and follow-up over the course of 12 weeks. Our educators are some of the world's top professionals, hailing from a consortium of academic universities in the United States.
Lead Educators


Dr. Shada Ramahi Dr. Piotr Dubrowski
Curriculum Outline
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Grand Opening: Overview of transitioning from 2D to 3D EBRT
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Acceptance and Commissioning, Strategy, Capabilities, and Planning
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Patient positioning and fixation
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Importing CTs, Creating Structure sets
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Prescribing and Reporting (ICRU 50/62) and Written Planning Directives
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Basic 3D Conformal planning and introduction to plan interpretation:
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Advanced 3D Planning Methods
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IGRT: guidelines for matching/alignment, methods and workflows
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Clinics share their current documentation and clinic workflows
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Clinics share revised documentation and clinic workflows
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IGRT: Clinics share overview, photos, and/or videos of current set-ups
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Reviewing Portal Images (Practical Basic cases)
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Contouring: Introduction to ProKnow and Instructions for uploading cases
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Contouring Training Cases with ProKnow: Cervical Cancer
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Contouring Training Cases with ProKnow: Breast
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Evaluating normal tissue constraints and plans for treatment
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External Beam QA program review
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Example Session with Chart Rounds and Peer Review
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Panel review of HW assignments
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External Calibration Audit
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Morning QA with IGRT verification / Couch shifts with RTT
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2nd Check software
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Treatment Delivery
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Reviewing Portal Images (Practical, Advanced/Difficult Cases)
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Working through challenges
Videos
Grand Opening: Overview of transitioning from 2D to 3D EBRT


Piotr Dubrowski, Ph.D
Medical Physicist
Layth Mula-Hassain, MB ChB, MSc, EF.
Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa
Stanford University
Acceptance and Commissioning, Strategy, Capabilities, and Planning


Patient positioning and fixation

Ryan Mosher
Radiation Therapist
University of California, San Diego
Importing CTs, Creating Structure sets

Justus Adamson, Ph.D
Medical Physicist
Duke University
Prescribing and Reporting (ICRU 50/62)
and Written Planning Directives

Shada Wadi-Ramahi, PhD
Medical Physicist
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Basic 3D Conformal planning and introduction to plan interpretation

Shada Wadi-Ramahi, PhD
Medical Physicist
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Advanced 3D Planning Methods

Shada Wadi-Ramahi, PhD
Medical Physicist
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
IGRT: guidelines for matching/alignment, methods and workflows

Justus Adamson, Ph.D
Medical Physicist
Duke University
Clinics Share Documents and Clinic Workflow


Justus Adamson, Ph.D
Piotr Dubrowski, Ph.D
Medical Physicist
Medical Physicist
Duke University
Stanford University
IGRT: Clinics share overview, photos, and/or videos of current set-ups

John Michael Briceño, Ph.D
Medical Physicist
Elekta
Reviewing Portal Images
(Practical Basic cases)

Chika Nwachukwu, MD
Radiation Oncologist
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Contouring: Introduction to ProKnow and Instructions for uploading cases

Ben Li, MD
Radiation Oncologist
University of California San Francisco
Contouring Training Cases with ProKnow: Cervical Cancer

Dan Wakefield, MD
Radiation Oncologist
University of Tennessee, Memphis
Evaluating normal tissue constraints and plans for treatment


Anuja Jhingran, MD
Frank Ascoli, MS
Radiation Oncologist
Medical Physicist
Texas Tech University
Example Session with Chart Rounds and Peer Review


Piotr Dubrowski, Ph.D
Medical Physicist
Dan Wakefield
Radiation Oncologist
University of Tennessee, Memphis
Stanford University
Panel review of HW assignments


Piotr Dubrowski, Ph.D
Medical Physicist
Layth Mula-Hassain, MB ChB, MSc, EF.
Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa
Stanford University
External Calibration Audit

Frank Ascoli, MS
Medical Physicist
Morning QA with IGRT verification / Couch shifts with RTT

Frank Ascoli, MS
Medical Physicist
2nd Check software

Shada Wadi-Ramahi, PhD
Medical Physicist
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Treatment Delivery

Frank Ascoli, MS
Medical Physicist
Working through challenges

Piotr Dubrowski, Ph.D
Medical Physicist
Stanford University