{"title":"Deciphering Statistics in Research: A Beginners Guide to Statistics for Radiation Science Professionals","authors":"Ruth. F. Barker M.R.T. (T.), B.Sc., M.Ed","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60209-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60209-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Statistics is a branch of mathematics that is involved with collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting various types of data. It can also be overwhelming for novice researchers who have not had much exposure to formal research or statistical courses. This selfdirected learning package will provide an informal overview of the basics of descriptive and inferential statistics that will enable radiation science professionals to have more confidence when critically appraising published literature or developing research protocols. Learners will be able to assess their understanding by completing the multiplechoice questions that are provided after each section.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 34-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60209-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56694731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ewa Szumacher , Lisa Barbera , Elizabeth A Barnes , Tracey Keighley-Clarke , Bryn Pressnail , Yvette Matyas , Cyril Danjoux , Liying Zhang , Joyce Nyhof-Young
{"title":"Improving Access to Radiotherapy Services in the Simcoe-Muskoka Region of Ontario: Needs Assessment Study","authors":"Ewa Szumacher , Lisa Barbera , Elizabeth A Barnes , Tracey Keighley-Clarke , Bryn Pressnail , Yvette Matyas , Cyril Danjoux , Liying Zhang , Joyce Nyhof-Young","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60205-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60205-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>The Simcoe-Muskoka region of Ontario, Canada, is underserviced with respect to radiotherapy utilization. A group from the Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre and the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) of Barrie, Ontario, conducted a study investigating health-care needs and access to radiotherapy services in the region.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A questionnaire evaluating access to and knowledge about palliative radiotherapy was distributed to health-care providers from the region, and two radiation therapy education focus groups were organized at RVH to investigate regional knowledge and utilization of radiotherapy.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Of 400 distributed, 167 questionnaires were returned (41 percent). The major barrier to radiotherapy access was distance to regional radiation cancer centres. Only 37 percent of respondents felt very comfortable with treatment of pain and palliative care symptoms, and only 8.4 percent felt very knowledgeable about palliative radiotherapy. Most participants wanted to learn more about radiotherapy through smallgroup teaching, and different topics were suggested for such presentations. Two focus groups proposed five potential educational strategies.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Many respondents were unaware of the effectiveness of palliative radiotherapy for cancer patients; however, most would like to learn more about radiotherapy. The focus groups identified several ways to offer health-care providers in Simcoe-Muskoka up-to-date information about palliative radiotherapy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 7-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60205-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56694531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Caron Murray, Ruby Endre, Elizabeth Ramsay, Donald B. Plewes
{"title":"Predicting Response to Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer by Diffusion Weighted MRI: A Pilot Study","authors":"Caron Murray, Ruby Endre, Elizabeth Ramsay, Donald B. Plewes","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60215-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60215-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Page 51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60215-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91591644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Directed Reading - Evaluation Quiz","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60210-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60210-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 45-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60210-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91691652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Caron Murray, Ruby Endre, Peter Siegler, Donald B. Plewes
{"title":"Supine Breast MRI Utilizing a Zonal Motion-Adapted Acquisition and Reordering Technique","authors":"Caron Murray, Ruby Endre, Peter Siegler, Donald B. Plewes","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60216-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60216-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Page 52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60216-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56694948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical 3T Magnetic Resonance","authors":"Sue Crisp RTNM, RTMR","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60219-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60219-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Page 56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60219-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56695118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Eleven Life Values","authors":"AnneMarie Budau ACR, CT","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60218-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60218-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Page 55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60218-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"112157776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Last Piece in the Puzzle—The Importance of Publishing and Establishing the Professional Status of Medical Radiation Technologists","authors":"John G. French ACT, CMS, MSc, FCAMRT, CHE","doi":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60207-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60207-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79737,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian journal of medical radiation technology","volume":"38 3","pages":"Pages 23-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0820-5930(09)60207-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56694576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}