Evaluating the Certification Examination for Medical Physicists in Japan Via Questionnaire Survey and Access Analyses

フォーマット:

論文

責任表示:

Sakai, Makoto ; Kubota, Yoshiki ; Kubo, Nobuteru ; Tashiro, Mutsumi

言語:

英語

出版情報:

北関東医学会, 2020-11-01

著者名:

• Sakai, Makoto
• Kubota, Yoshiki
• Kubo, Nobuteru
• Tashiro, Mutsumi

掲載情報:

The Kitakanto medical journal = 北関東医学

ISSN:

1343-2826      

巻:

70

通号:

4

開始ページ:

379

終了ページ:

385

バージョン:

VoR

概要:

Journal Article<br />Background & Aims: With the development of radiology, the demand for medical physicists is increasing, and the training of new medical physicists is becoming a necessity. Although a few questionnaire surveys regarding medical physicists and medical physicist training courses have been conducted, no survey reports have yet been conducted on examinees. This study is the first survey of general examinees. Methods: Gunma University has a … webpage for test preparation, and we conducted a survey on examinees using this page, through a questionnaire and access analyses. Results: Approximately 80% of the users qualified as technologists. Considering the percentage of users by region, the number of medical physicists and accredited facilities were strongly correlated. The proportion of females was extremely low. Exam papers on “science and technology” and “radiation physics” were accessed more than those on “medical and biology” field. Thus, physics may be a shortcoming of many examinees; science and engineering majors were less likely to take exams and have lower pass rates. Conclusion: Recruitment and provision of learning environments for science and engineering graduates are required. To increase the number of students, while improving the quality of medical physicists, it is necessary to investigate current conditions of students in greater detail. 続きを見る