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Medical physics in Europe following recommendations of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Bozidar Casar

Bozidar Casar

Institute of Oncology LjubljanaLjubljana, Slovenia
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Casar, Bozidar
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Maria do Carmo Lopes

Maria do Carmo Lopes

Portuguese Institute of Oncology CoimbraCoimbra, Portugal
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Lopes, Maria do Carmo
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Advan Drljević

Advan Drljević

University Clinical Centre SarajevoSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Drljević, Advan
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Eduard Gershkevitsh

Eduard Gershkevitsh

North Estonia Medical CentreTallinn, Estonia
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Gershkevitsh, Eduard
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Csilla Pesznyak

Csilla Pesznyak

BME, Institute of Nuclear TechniquesBudapest, Hungary
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Feb 16, 2016
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Article Category: Review
Published Online: Feb 16, 2016
Page range: 64 - 72
Received: Oct 02, 2015
Accepted: Oct 17, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2016-0004
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Figure 1.

Issues/difficulties in medical physics identified in IAEA/EFOMP survey in 2015 (Damilakis J, Lopes M. C. Overview of medical physics status and future prospects: Results of survey in Europe. “Regional meeting on Medical Physics in Europe: Current Status and Future Perspectives”, IAEA 7th -8th May 2015). Survey has revealed pronounced problems in several issues: difficulties to find funding to attend continuous professional development (CPD) activities, lack of structured clinical training, shortage of medical physicists, inability to participate in the management/decision making process, lack of recognition and lack of educational framework, were appointed by more than 50% of the 32 respondent countries to be felt problems concerning medical physics.
Issues/difficulties in medical physics identified in IAEA/EFOMP survey in 2015 (Damilakis J, Lopes M. C. Overview of medical physics status and future prospects: Results of survey in Europe. “Regional meeting on Medical Physics in Europe: Current Status and Future Perspectives”, IAEA 7th -8th May 2015). Survey has revealed pronounced problems in several issues: difficulties to find funding to attend continuous professional development (CPD) activities, lack of structured clinical training, shortage of medical physicists, inability to participate in the management/decision making process, lack of recognition and lack of educational framework, were appointed by more than 50% of the 32 respondent countries to be felt problems concerning medical physics.
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