Education, training and registration of Medical Physics Experts across Europe.

Autor: Maas AJJ; Past Chairperson EFOMP Professional Matters Committee, Member MREC Brabant, Tilburg, Netherlands. Electronic address: adjjmaas@gmail.com., Lammertsma AA; Past Chairperson EFOMP Education & Training Committee, Full Professor Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands., Agius S; General Secretary EFOMP Professional Matters Committee, MPE Nuclear Medicine, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta., Bert C; Chairperson EFOMP Education & Training Committee, Department of Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany., Byrne B; Chairperson EFOMP Professional Matters Committee, Principal Physicist Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland., Caruana CJ; Member EFOMP Professional Matters and Education & Training Committees, Full Professor of Medical Physics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta., Gilligan P; President EFOMP, Chief Physicist Mater Private Hospital, Dublin, Ireland., Koutsouveli E; Secretary General EFOMP, Medical Physics Expert, Department of Medical Physics, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece., Pace E; Secretary EFOMP Education & Training Committee, Medical Physics Expert Medical Imaging Department, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta., Brambilla M; Past President EFOMP, Director of Health Physics Department, University Hospital, Novara, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB) [Phys Med] 2021 May; Vol. 85, pp. 129-136. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.03.034
Abstrakt: From its inception, EFOMP has pursued a policy to improve and coordinate education and training of medical physicists across all its participating European countries. Several EFOMP policy statements on education and training have been published and surveys have been held to get an overview of the actual situation. At the beginning of 2020 a new survey was distributed amongst the 36 National Member Organizations (NMOs), in which questions were based on recommendations published in the most recent policy statements. Thirty-three of the NMOs (91%) responded, of which 22 indicated having a National Registration Scheme (NRS) for Medical Physics Experts (MPEs) in place. Another 6 indicated considering such a scheme. Results of the questionnaire showed that there was good correspondence between education and training programmes, i.e. a division between a BSc phase, an MSc phase and a clinical phase after completion of the MSc. Differences between NRSs were primarily seen in the availability and composition of a supervising committee and in the availability of guidelines for handling professional misconduct. In addition, some differences were seen in the topics that were part of the education and training programme. The goal of a universal (registered) MPE accepted by all European countries is still far away despite the progress being made. The new procedure for approving an existing NRS, which fulfils all EFOMP criteria is seen as an important step forward. Exchange of experience, knowledge, ideas and, above all, MPE trainees between European countries is seen as the best approach to achieve this goal.
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