Quantitative assessment of workload and stressors in clinical radiation oncology.

Lukasz M. Mazur; Prithima R. Mosaly; Marianne Jackson; Sha X. Chang; Katharin Deschesne Burkhardt; Robert D. Adams; Ellen L. Jones; Lesley Hoyle; Jing Xu; John Rockwell; Lawrence B. Marks

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Quantitative assessment of workload and stressors in clinical radiation oncology.

September 27, 2016

Mazur LM, Mosaly PR, Jackson M, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012;83(5):e571-6.

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This assessment of stressors and workload among radiation oncology providers highlighted the importance of interruptions, technical issues (e.g., software malfunctions), and teamwork failures as key contributing factors.

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