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Record W4403903863 · doi:10.1016/j.tipsro.2024.100285

International virtual radiation therapy professional development: Reflections on a twinning collaboration between a low/middle and high income country

2024· article· en· W4403903863 on OpenAlexafffundabout
Nicole Harnett, Wongel Bekalu, Eskadmas Yinesu, Edom Seife Woldetsadik, Rebecca Wong

Bibliographic record

VenueTechnical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology · 2024
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
Canadian institutionsPrincess Margaret Cancer CentreCanada Research Chairs
FundersPrincess Margaret Cancer Foundation
KeywordsCrystal twinningLow and middle income countriesRadiation TherapistMedicineRadiation therapyEconomic growthDeveloping countrySurgeryEconomicsMaterials science

Abstract

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In response to the documented challenges to providing adequate radiotherapy services to its population, the Ethiopian government has embarked on a plan to augment such services. In tandem with the need for the required equipment is the need for qualified staff for its safe operation. Twinning collaborations between low (LIC) and high income countries (HIC) have been proven effective for improving health care services and outcomes. In this short communication, organizers of a virtual professional development program for radiation therapy staff, from Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (Ethiopia, LIC) and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (Canada, HIC) reflect on the experience and suggest ideas for increasing value and impact.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.036
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.031
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Qualitative · Consensus signal: Qualitative
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.037
Threshold uncertainty score0.188

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0360.031
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0370.018
Scholarly communication0.0190.011
Open science0.0030.039
Research integrity0.0070.023
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0060.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.033
GPT teacher head0.419
Teacher spread0.386 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designQualitative
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2024
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