Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Amanda Webster as part of the Education and Workforce Development Series (Part 30).

Discussion about Amanda’s career, PhD research and the young ESTRO track.

To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points: 

1)  Reflect if you are participating in research and trials currently in your own practice. How can you undertake research in your own practice?

2) How can you include the patient voice in your research?

3) How can you broaden your network? What working groups can you participate in?

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Links from podcast:

European Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) Young Committee: https://www.estro.org/About/ESTRO-Organisation-Structure/Committees/Young-Committee

Society of Radiographers (SoR) Clinical Academic Radiographer Guidance: https://www.sor.org/learning-advice/professional-body-guidance-and-publications/documents-and-publications/policy-guidance-document-library/clinical-academic-radiographer-guidance-for-the-su

University College London (UCL) Therapeutic Radiographer PhD School:  https://www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-physics-biomedical-engineering/study/postgraduate-research/therapeutic-radiography-mphilphd

Trinity College Dublin (TCD) MSc in Advanced Radiotherapy Practice: https://www.tcd.ie/medicine/radiation-therapy/postgraduate/msc.php

Radiotherapy Trials Quality Assurance (RTTQA) group: https://rttrialsqa.org.uk/#:~:text=The%20Radiotherapy%20Trials%20Quality%20Assurance,of%20treatment%20within%20clinical%20trials. 

British Institute of Radiology (BIR) Oncology & Radiotherapy: https://www.bir.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/bir-oncology-radiotherapy.aspx

National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Clinical and Translational Radiotherapy Research Working Group (CTRad): https://www.ncri.org.uk/groups/radiotherapy-group/

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR): https://www.nihr.ac.uk/

NHS Health Research Authority Public Involvement: https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/best-practice/public-involvement/

NHS England Patient and Public Involvement: https://www.england.nhs.uk/aac/what-we-do/patient-and-public-involvement/

A systematic review of motion management interventions affecting accuracy, motion and precision in patients receiving abdominal radiotherapy for hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancies: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=277784

Development and results of a patient-reported treatment experience questionnaire on a 1.5T MR-Linac: https://www.ctro.science/article/S2405-6308(21)00057-4/fulltext

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