Education,training and registration of Medical Physics Experts across Europe |
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| Institution: | 1. Past Chairperson EFOMP Professional Matters Committee, Member MREC Brabant, Tilburg, Netherlands;2. Past Chairperson EFOMP Education & Training Committee, Full Professor Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands;3. General Secretary EFOMP Professional Matters Committee, MPE Nuclear Medicine, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta;4. Chairperson EFOMP Education & Training Committee, Department of Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany;5. Chairperson EFOMP Professional Matters Committee, Principal Physicist Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland;6. Member EFOMP Professional Matters and Education & Training Committees, Full Professor of Medical Physics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta;7. President EFOMP, Chief Physicist Mater Private Hospital, Dublin, Ireland;8. Secretary General EFOMP, Medical Physics Expert, Department of Medical Physics, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece;9. Secretary EFOMP Education & Training Committee, Medical Physics Expert Medical Imaging Department, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta;10. Past President EFOMP, Director of Health Physics Department, University Hospital, Novara, Italy;1. Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, Italian National Research Council, Via T. De Amicis, 95, 80145 Napoli, Italy;2. Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Napoli “Federico II”, 80131 Napoli, Italy;3. Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Napoli “Federico II”, 80125 Napoli, Italy;1. Medical Physics Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta;2. Medical Physics Department, Nicosia General Hospital, Cyprus;3. Department of Medical Physics and Radiation Therapy, German Cancer Research Centre in Heidelberg, Germany;1. Fondazione Policlinico Universitario ‘‘A. Gemelli’’ IRCCS, Italy;2. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy;1. Fondazione Policlinico Universitario ‘‘A. Gemelli’’ IRCCS, Roma, Italy;2. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy;1. Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada;2. Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada;3. Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada;4. Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada;1. Department of Medical Physics – Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark;2. Faculty of Informatics & Science, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania;3. Cancer Research Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia;4. Institut Curie, Université PSL, CNRS UMR3347, Inserm U1021, 91400 Orsay, France;5. Department of Medical Physics, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece;6. Health Physics Department, University Hospital, Novara, Italy |
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| Abstract: | From its inception, EFOMP has pursued a policy to improve and coordinate education and training of medical physicists across all its participating European countries. Several EFOMP policy statements on education and training have been published and surveys have been held to get an overview of the actual situation. At the beginning of 2020 a new survey was distributed amongst the 36 National Member Organizations (NMOs), in which questions were based on recommendations published in the most recent policy statements. Thirty-three of the NMOs (91%) responded, of which 22 indicated having a National Registration Scheme (NRS) for Medical Physics Experts (MPEs) in place. Another 6 indicated considering such a scheme.Results of the questionnaire showed that there was good correspondence between education and training programmes, i.e. a division between a BSc phase, an MSc phase and a clinical phase after completion of the MSc. Differences between NRSs were primarily seen in the availability and composition of a supervising committee and in the availability of guidelines for handling professional misconduct. In addition, some differences were seen in the topics that were part of the education and training programme.The goal of a universal (registered) MPE accepted by all European countries is still far away despite the progress being made. The new procedure for approving an existing NRS, which fulfils all EFOMP criteria is seen as an important step forward. Exchange of experience, knowledge, ideas and, above all, MPE trainees between European countries is seen as the best approach to achieve this goal. |
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| Keywords: | European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics Medical Physics Expert Education and training National registration scheme Supervising committee Professional misconduct |
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