Directed Journal Reading Program

Medical Dosimetry, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 59-61, 2007 Copyright © 2007 American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0958-3947/07/$–see front matter

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Medical Dosimetry

Volume 32, Number 1, 2007

DIRECTED JOURNAL READINGS THESE MANUSCRIPTS CAN BE FOUND IN DOSIMETRY, VOL. 31 NO. 3

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REFERENCE NO. 32-1 EXPIRATION DATE: March 31. 2008 The following two articles will have quizzes appearing on the AAMD website by March 1, 2007: “Choice of Beam Energy and Dosimetric Implications for Radiation Treatments in a Subpopulation of Women with Large Breasts in the United States and Japan” and “Surface Dose Measurement Using TLD Powder Extrapolation”. Beginning with this issue of Medical Dosimetry the quizzes will no longer be in the journal. All certified medical dosimetrists, who participate in the MDCB Continuing Competency Program, are eligible to enroll in this yearly program. CMD's who correctly score a minimum of 2/3rds of questions will receive the MDCB approved credit in their AAMD Home Study Record. Members may take the quizzes ON-LINE at NO COST. Please go to www.medicaldosimetry.org/djr/category.asp The individual will receive immediate feedback. If the quiz is not successfully completed, it may be taken up to three times, although only once per day. Non-members may take the quizzes for a fee of $50.00 per quiz. Please make the check payable to AAMD and mail it with your answer sheet. Please go to www.medicaldosimetry.org/djr/category.asp and follow the directions. At the time of printing, the committee had not yet heard from MDCB with the point value or reference numbers. These numbers are posted with the quizzes on the website. To earn credits with the MDCB, CMDs must submit a certificate of attendance, transcript or some other proof of attendance or passing of self-test with the reference numbers listed provided by the activity sponsor. In order to receive proof of passing, print out the status screen at the time of passing the quizzes. This should then be submitted to MDCB.

AAMD Directed Journal Reading Program

DIRECTED READING ANSWER SHEET

THESE ANSWERS ARE TO POST QUIZZES PUBLISHED IN MEDICAL DOSIMETRY, VOL. 30 NO. 4 REFERENCE NO 30-4 EXPIRATION DATE: December 31, 2006

DIRECTED READING ANSWERS

DOSIMETRIC COMPARISON OF CONVENTIONAL ANF FORWARD-PLANNED INTENSITY-MODULATED TECHNIQUES FOR COMPREHENSIVE LOCOREGIONAL IRRADIATION OF POST-MASTECTOMY LEFT BREAST CANCERS (DJR 30-4) 1. __C____

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ELECTRONIC COMPENSATION USING MULTILEAF COLLIMATION FOR INVOLVED FIELD RADIATION TO THE NECK AND MEDIASTINUM IN NONHODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA AND HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA (DJR 30-4A) 1. __B____

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