EFOMP policy statement 16: The role and competences of medical physicists and medical physics experts under 2013/59/EURATOM
Publication Date: Apr 18th, 2018 07:52, Category: EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP policy statement 16: The role and competences of medical physicists and medical physics experts under 2013/59/EURATOM
has been recenlty published. Physica Medica (European Journal of Medical Physics) and EFOMP have made the document FREELY downloadable to all.
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ABSTRACT
EFOMP policy statement 16: The role and competences of medical physicists and medical physics experts under 2013/59/EURATOM
Carmel J. Caruana, Virginia Tsapaki, John Damilakis, Marco Brambilla,Guadalupe Martín Martín, Asen Dimov, Hilde Bosmans, Gillian Egan, Klaus Bacher, Brendan McClean
On 5 December 2013 the European Council promulgated Directive 2013/59/EURATOM. This Directive is important for Medical Physicists and Medical Physics Experts as it puts the profession on solid foundations and describes it more comprehensively. Much commentary regarding the role and competences has been developed in the context of the European Commission project “European Guidelines on the Medical Physics Expert” published as Radiation Protection Report RP174. The guidelines elaborate on the role and responsibilities under 2013/59/EURATOM in terms of a mission statement and competence profile in the specialty areas of Medical Physics relating to medical radiological services, namely Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine. The present policy statement summarises the provisions of Directive 2013/59/ EURATOM regarding the role and competences, reiterates the results of the European Guidelines on the Medical Physics Expert document relating to role and competences of the profession and provides additional commentary regarding further issues arising following the publication of the RP174 guidelines.