The international context of education, training and certification for medical physicists in Europe, North America and Australasia
Abstract
A common international education, training and certification framework for medical physicists is not available. Because of this an agreed uniform level of skills and knowledge, which is considered as a prerequisite for the free movement of professionals, does not exist. The aim of this study is to provide a description of the present status of the medical physicist education, training and certification framework in 25 European, 2 North American and 2 Australasian countries and compare this with an international certification model. We find that a common policy is generally followed on education, training and certification as well as on professional practice, notwithstanding a few national differences. Attempts to formulate general guidelines are already in progress based on common features and differences between countries which could be used to inform the development of a truly international certification process for medical physicists.
Type
Conference Contribution
Type of thesis
Series
Citation
Geoghegan, D. S., Stefanoyiannis, A. P., Christofides, S., Psichis, K., Gerogiannis, I., Round, W. H., & Chatziioannou, S. N. (2013). The international context of education, training and certification for medical physicists in Europe, North America and Australasia. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Beijing, China, May 26-31 2012. IFMBE Proceedings volume 39, 2013, (pp. 2260-2263). Beijing, China.
Date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag