AFOMP Policy Statement No. 4: recommendations for continuing professional development systems for medical physicists in
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AFOMP Policy Statement No. 4: recommendations for continuing professional development systems for medical physicists in AFOMP countries W. H. Round • K. H. Ng • B. Healy • L. Rodriguez • K. Thayalan • F. Tang • S. Fukuda • R. Srivastava • A. Krisanachinda • A. C. Shiau • X. Deng • Y. Han
Received: 23 August 2012 / Accepted: 16 October 2012 / Published online: 26 October 2012 Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine 2012
Abstract This policy statement, which is the fourth of a series of documents being prepared by the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics Committees Professional Development Committee, gives guidance on how member countries could develop a continuing professional development system for ensuring that its clinical medical physicists are up-to-date in their knowledge and practice. It is not intended to be prescriptive as there are already several CPD systems successfully operated by AFOMP member countries and elsewhere that vary considerably in scope and structure according to local culture, practice and legislation but all of which are capable of ensuring that physicists are up-to-date. It is intended to be
advisory and set out options for member countries to develop their individual CPD systems.
W. H. Round (&) School of Engineering, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand e-mail: [email protected]
F. Tang Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, People’s republic of china e-mail: [email protected]
K. H. Ng Department of Biomedical Imaging, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia e-mail: [email protected]
S. Fukuda Research Centre for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Chiba-shi, Japan e-mail: [email protected]
B. Healy Radiation Oncology Queensland, St. Andrews Toowoomba Hospital, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia e-mail: [email protected] L. Rodriguez Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Manila, Philippines e-mail: [email protected] K. Thayalan Medical Physics Division, Dr. Kamashi Memorial Hospital, Chennai, India e-mail: [email protected]
Keywords Continuing professional development Continuing professional education Medical physicists Policy
Introduction The Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (AFOMP) was founded during the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering in Chicago in July 2000. The current membership includes 16 national organizations which together represent about
R. Srivastava Department of Radiation Oncology, BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Chitwan, Bharatpur, Nepal e-mail: [email protected] A. Krisanachinda Department of Radiology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand e-mail: [email protected]
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3,000 medical physicists. AFOMP was officially inaugurated and admitted by IOMP as one of its Regional Chapters in 2000. The formation of AFOMP aims to provide a solid platform for closer collaboration and mutual support amongst the
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