title: Developing quality assurance programs in radiation therapy for technologists.
abstract: In every radiation therapy department, quality assurance procedures performed on treatment units are a necessary portion of the department's daily routine. Technologists, given the necessary information and instruction, can perform these procedures under the auspices of the medical physicist.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000193:education*