Congress:
EuroSafe Imaging 2019
Keywords:
Action 8 - Radiation protection training and learning material, Radioprotection / Radiation dose, Conventional radiography, Fluoroscopy, CT, Radiation safety, Education and training
DOI:
10.26044/esi2019/ESI-0103
Conclusion and recommendations
Based on the findings from the IAEA meetings,
the following recommendations were made for actions needed at national and international level:
1) Raise the importance of involvement of medical physicists in radiology,
and work for recognition of medical physics as a profession.
The medical physics involvement needs to be enforced through regulation but also through actions at the level of health authorities.
2) Work to overcome the gap in the professional education and training of radiographers,
including radiation protection training.
3) Improve the education and training on medical radiation protection for radiologists and interventional specialists.
4) Establish,
or when exists,
improve the certification system for all healthcare professionals working with ionizing radiation.
5) At country level - involve professional societies in training programs on medical radiation protection.
6) For the IAEA - continue providing training material for education and training in radiation protection of health professionals; develop training programs based on existing training material,
learning objectives,
KSCs; develop teaching material for education on medical radiation protection at undergraduate level (for students at medical and dental schools).
7) For the IAEA and professional societies - develop syllabus for CPD in medical radiation protection for all medical professionals working with ionizing radiation; develop training programs on medical RP for referring physicians; organize intradisciplinary training courses,
e-learning and hands on training courses to train the trainers as a team.
The cooperation between the IAEA and the professional societies like ESR,
EFRS,
EFOMP has been recognised as the most efficient way to improve radiation protection training.
Similar approach needs to be implemented at national level,
with the need of pro-active work of the national professional societies for providing guidelines to their members and improving education and training.