Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up Josh Naylor to discuss how Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) has changed their practice. In this podcast episode, Josh Naylor, Principal Physicist, shares the decision to implement SGRT and how it has transformed treatments at University Hospitals Dorset.

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

1) reflect on Josh’s experience of implementing new practice and challenges faced.

2) consider the barriers and enablers of including all aspects of the multi-disciplinary team and wider hospital teams when implementing new technology.

3) find out more about the SGRT community, resources and videos about their technology: https://sgrt.org/

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References from Josh’s presentation:

The role of surface-guided radiation therapy for improving patient safety (2021):https://www.thegreenjournal.com/article/S0167-8140(21)06702-5/abstract

AAPM task group report 302: Surface-guided radiotherapy (2022):https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mp.15532

ESTRO-ACROP guideline on surface guided radiation therapy (2022): https://www.thegreenjournal.com/article/S0167-8140(22)04132-9/fulltext

Quality assurance for nonradiographic radiotherapy localization and positioning systems: Report of Task Group 147 (2012): https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1118/1.3681967

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