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  • Emergency radiotherapy requires a robust on-call physicist schedule.
  • Previous random assignment led to workload imbalances among physicists.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate an automated system for equitable on-call physicist scheduling.
  • To improve workload distribution in emergency radiotherapy.

Main Methods:

  • Developed an automated program using a credit score approach and Monte Carlo simulation.
  • Simulated 8 years of on-call data (2010-2017) for 32 physicists.
  • Compared workload metrics (shifts, treatment cases) between old (random) and new (credit score) schedules.

Main Results:

  • The new schedule significantly reduced the mean number of shifts per physicist (16.5 to 11.8).
  • The mean number of treatment cases per physicist also decreased (25.6 to 19.7).
  • Eliminated instances where physicists had >30% of mean workload, unlike the old schedule.

Conclusions:

  • The Monte Carlo simulation and credit score method create a more equitable on-call schedule.
  • This automated approach enhances workload balance for physicists in emergency radiotherapy.
  • The new scheduling method offers a superior alternative to random assignment for improved fairness.