Multi-phase failure modes and effects analysis for low dose bilateral whole lung irradiation of COVID-19 positive patients requiring respiratory ventilation.

Purpose: To identify high-priority risks in a clinical trial investigating the use of radiation to alleviate COVID-19 pneumonia using a multi-phase failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).

Methods: A comprehensive FMEA survey of 133 possible causes of failure was developed for the clinical trial workflow (Phase I). The occurrence, severity, and detection risk of each possible cause of failure was scored by three medical physicists.

Blinding of Residency Applications in Medical Physics: Promises and Pitfalls.

Purpose: The feasibility of blinding applications for a medical physics residency program has yet to be demonstrated in the literature. We explore the application of an automated approach with human review and intervention to blind applications during the annual medical physics residency review cycle.

Methods And Materials: Applications were blinded using an automated process and used for the first phase of residency review in the program.