Description
Assess patients regularly while they are undergoing radiotherapy, prescribing drugs to counteract side effects where necessary, or referring them to other health professionals if needed.
Alternative labels
carry out on-treatment review
perform ‘on treatment’ reviews
perform on-treatment reviews
review patients on radiotherapy treatment
perform ‘on treatment’ review
assess patients while they are on treatment
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
occupation-specific
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Perform on-treatment review is an essential skill of the following occupations:
Optional skill
Perform on-treatment review is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
Therapeutic radiographer: Therapeutic radiographers prepare and perform safe and accurate high-energy radiation treatments to patients, using a wide range of sophisticated equipment and techniques, to target the area to be treated, and computer planning to produce a plan of the dose distribution across the area to be treated.
References
- Perform on-treatment review – ESCO
