The medical physics specialization system in Poland |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia;2. University of Sydney, Australia;3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand;4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, Canada;5. Department of Radiation Therapy, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada;6. Department of Clinical Oncology, Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom;7. European Society of RadioTherapy and Oncology (ESTRO), Brussels, Belgium;8. Department of Radiation Oncology, Institut Curie, Paris, France;9. Department of Radiation Oncology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;10. Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;2. Mount Sinai Beth Israel Health System, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, New York;3. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Lynn Cancer Institute, Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Boca Raton, Florida;5. Breast Services, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom;7. Department of Radiation Oncology, NYU Lagone Medical Center, New York, New York;11. Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women''s Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts;1. School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, South Australia, Australia;2. Department of Medical Physics, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide 5000, South Australia, Australia;1. Polytechnic of Milano, Department of Energy, Via Ponzio 34/3, 20133 Milano, Italy;2. CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland;3. University of Manchester, Physics and Astronomy Department, Brunswick Street, Manchester M13 9PL, UK;4. Physics Department, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechniou, GR 157 80 Athens, Greece;1. School of Management, Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA;2. Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine and University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA;3. Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine and University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents the situation of the profession of medical physicists in Poland. The official recognition of the profession of medical physicist in Polish legislation was in 2002. In recent years, more and more Universities which have Physics Faculties introduce a medical physics specialty. At present, there are about 15 Universities which offer such programmes. These Universities are able to graduate about 150 medical physicists per year. In 2002, the Ministry of Health introduced a programme of postgraduate specialization in medical physics along the same rules employed in the specialization of physicians in various branches of medicine. Five institutions, mostly large oncology centres, were selected as teaching institutions, based on their experience, the quality of the medical physics professionals, staffing levels, equipment availability, lecture halls, etc. The first cycle of the specialization programme started in 2006, and the first candidates completed their training at the end of 2008, and passed their official state exams in May 2009. As of January 2016, there are 196 specialized medical physicists in Poland. Another about 120 medical physicists are undergoing specialization.The system of training of medical physics professionals in Poland is well established. The principles of postgraduate training and specialization are well defined and the curriculum of the training is very demanding. The programme of specialization was revised in 2011 and is in accordance with EC and EFOMP recommendations. |
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| Keywords: | Medical physics Education Specialization |
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