The European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics. Policy Statement No. 7.1: The roles,responsibilities and status of the medical physicist including the criteria for the staffing levels in a Medical Physics Department approved by EFOMP Council on 5th February 2016 |
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Affiliation: | 1. Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, URI Milan, Italy;2. Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN;3. Department of Urology, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Doctorate Research Program, Catanzaro, Italy;4. Department of Urology, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy;5. Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria;1. Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;2. Division of Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;3. British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;4. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;5. Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;6. Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Abstract: | This EFOMP Policy Statement is an amalgamation and an update of the EFOMP Policy Statements No. 2, 4 and 7. It presents guidelines for the roles, responsibilities and status of the medical physicist together with recommended minimum staffing levels. These recommendations take into account the ever-increasing demands for competence, patient safety, specialisation and cost effectiveness of modern healthcare services, the requirements of the European Union Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom laying down the basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, the European Commission’s Radiation Protection Report No. 174: “Guidelines on medical physics expert”, as well as the relevant publications of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The provided recommendations on minimum staffing levels are in very good agreement with those provided by both the European Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency. |
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Keywords: | Policy Statement Medical physics Staffing levels Medical physics expert Radiation protection expert |
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