Survey of the basic situation of Chinese radiotherapists in 2021
10.3760/cma.j.cn112271-20210923-00389
- VernacularTitle:2021年中国放射治疗师基本情况调查研究
- Author:
Senkui XU
1
;
Lintao LI
;
Xiaolong ZHANG
;
Qinsong LIU
;
Dekang ZHANG
;
Wenyan YAO
;
Mengxue HE
;
Chengguang LIN
Author Information
1. 华南国家肿瘤实验室 中山大学肿瘤防治中心，广州 510060
- Keywords:
Radiotherapist;
Title;
Educational background;
University major;
Survey
- From:
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection
2022;42(1):40-44
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate and analyze the basic occupational situation of Chinese radiotherapists and to provide references for the development and construction of the radiation therapist team in China.Methods:Between May 7, 2021 and June 15, 2021, this survey was conducted using a self-designed questionnaire, which was distributed and collected in the form of online survey to conduct a statistical analysis of the basic situation of radiotherapists in 30 provincial-level administrative regions in China.Results:A total of 2 928 valid questionnaires were collected from 30 provincial-level administrative regions. The ratio of male to female and average age of the participants were 69∶31 and 35 years (18-65), respectively. According to the survey result, 84.7% of the participants came from Tertiary A-level hospitals. In terms of educational background, the participants with doctoral, master, undergraduate, junior-college, and technical-secondary degrees accounted for 0.2%, 6.9%, 76.6%, 14.9%, and 1.4%, respectively. In terms of title, full senior technologists, associate senior technologist, technologist-in-charge, technologist, and technician in the participants accounted for 0.5%, 5.8%, 32.5%, 52.2%, and 8.2%, respectively. The participants with years of employment of 0-, 5-, 10-, 20-y accounted for 33.74%, 25.79%, 25.51%, and 14.96%, respectively. The majors of the participants included medical imaging/imaging technology (45.9%), clinical medicine (19.1%), and biomedical engineering (11.9%).Conclusions:Chinese radiotherapists tend to be younger and are rapidly increasing in number. Employers should attach importance to the career planningand continuing education of radiotherapists to improve their technical skills, in order to fully satisfy the demand for radiotherapists in the new era.
