2011 MEDICAL PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND TRAINING (Part I) Editors: S Tabakov, P Sprawls, A Krisanachinda, C Lewis 2011 The book MEDICAL PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND TRAINING (PART I) includes papers from many colleagues and aims to support the exchange of expertise and to provide additional guidance for establishing and updating of educational/training courses in Medical Physics and Engineering. To support this aim the book will be distributed as a free e-book through www.emerald2.eu (through link in MEP various links and resources). Editors contacts: - Slavik Tabakov, Dept. Medical Engineering and Physics, King’s College London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK, [email protected] - Perry Sprawls, Sprawls Educational Foundation, Montreat, NC, USA, [email protected] - Anchali Krisanachinda, Dept. of Radiology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, [email protected] - Cornelius Lewis, Dept. Medical Engineering and Physics, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK, [email protected] Information about specific papers and permit to use data from these can be obtained from the respective authors. Printed by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 2011 ISBN 92-95003-44-6 Disclaimer The editors and publishers have taken due care in preparation of this book, but make no expressed or implied warranty of any kind and assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. No liability is assumed for incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of the use of the information contained herein. CONTENT : FOREWORD .................................................................................... 5 IOMP Model Curriculum for postgraduate (MSc-level) education programme on Medical Physics ........................................................ 8 Medical Physics at ICTP – The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (from 1982 to 2010) ........................... 25 Education for Medical Physics: The IAEA Approach ................... 31 Education/Training Activities and Plans of the AFOMP Education and Training Committee ........................................................................ 34 The Teaching, Education and Accreditation Programs of the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine ......................................................................................................... 38 Medical Physicists Education in P.R.CHINA ................................. 42 Medical Physics Education and Training in Hong Kong, China ..... 45 Medical Radiation Physics and Medical Physicists in India ........... 48 Medical Physics Education in Sri Lanka – MSc programme in Medical Physics of the Peradeniya University .............................................. 59 Status of Ionizing Radiation in Medicine in Nepal ......................... 62 Medical Physics education in Pakistan-an Overview ...................... 65 Medical Physics Education in Indonesia ......................................... 73 Medical Physics Education in Malaysia .......................................... 80 Medical Physics Education and Training in the Republic of the Philippines ....................................................................................... 84 Medical Physics Education and Training in Thailand .................... 89 Master of Science Program in Medical Physics Department of Radiology Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand ... 93 Master of Science Program in Medical Physics at ChiangMai University, Thailand - Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology ......................................................................................................... 96 Medical Physics Education in Bangladesh .................................... 100 Medical Physics and Engineering Education and Training, 2011 p.3 BIOMEDEA - Biomedical Engineering in the European Higher Education Area .............................................................................. 110 The Tuning process and the Masters in Medical Physics in Europe - a personal vision .............................................................................. 117 Status of Medical Physics and Education in Russia ...................... 128 Current Medical Physics Infrastructure in Turkey ........................ 132 Biomedical Engineering and Physics Education in Estonia .......... 140 Medical Physicists Education Training and Status in Romania .... 145 The Inter-University Education Centre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and its MSc Course in Medical Radiation Physics and Engineering ....... 154 Actual State of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Education in Poland ...................................................................... 159 Radiological Physics Programme at Czech Technical University 166 Medical Physics Education and Training in Spain ........................ 172 Education and Training of Medical Physics in Brazil ................... 180 Experience in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering for Radiation in Cuba .......................................................................... 185 Professional Training in Medical Dosimetry in Morocco ............. 195 Medical Physics in Ethiopia – Gondar University New Bachelor of Applied Physics Program .............................................................. 198 Medical Engineering and Physics Education in Sudan ................ 201 Medical Physics in Ghana ............................................................. 205 EMERALD and EMIT e-Learning Materials for Medical Physics Training ......................................................................................... 212 The Physical Principles of Medical Imaging Online An Open Resource for Integrated Learning ................................................................. 216 Training in Medical Radiation Protection- the IAEA’s Actions ... 220 A Hands-on Approach for Teaching Principles of Treatment Planning to Medical Physicists ..................................................................... 225 EMITEL e-Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics with Multilingual Dictionary ...................................................................................... 234 Medical Physics and Engineering Education and Training, 2011 p.4 FOREWORD Medical technology for both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures is one of the corner stones of contemporary medicine. As a result the demand for suitably educated and trained specialists in medical physics and medical engineering increases worldwide. This requires special attention for the education and training of such specialists. At the same time the spectrum of medical equipment is expanding with many innovations, especially with the rapid advances and applications of digital technology. This makes the development and updating of University educational programmes and Practical training courses a difficult task. International collaboration and innovation in this field is imperative for the appropriate professional response to these challenges. Some of the major national medical physics/engineering professional organisations (AAPM, IPEM, etc.) have specific guidance documents for the development of suitable education and training courses. These have been used as guide in various countries. At international level there is a need and opportunity for active roles by organizations such as the International Organisation for Medical Physics (IOMP), the International Federation for Medical & Biological Engineering (IFMBE) and their Union the IUPESM (International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine), as well as their Regional Organisations, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other International Organisations. Many Universities are joining forces through international projects to develop specific educational programmes, often based on the guidance and recommendations produced by the above organizations. Similarly Hospitals and Educational Institutions join forces to develop practical training courses. These activities require careful synchronisation, achieved through a number of International Conferences and Workshops organised in the last 15 years. Three of these were hosted by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste, 1998, 2003, 2008), which also hosts the bi-annual International Medical Physics and Engineering Education and Training, 2011 p.5 College on Medical Physics. All of these activities were a powerful stimulus for new projects and joint professional education/training activities. A number of these activities produced guides for international development of education and training. Some of these have special importance: - "Medical Radiation Physics - A European Perspective", (1995), ISBN 1 870722 02 7, available free in PDF format at www.emerald2.net and www.emerald2.eu - “Towards a European Framework for Education and Training in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering”, (2001), ISBN 1 58603 151 1, IOS Press, Amsterdam - The materials of the project BIOMEDEA and its associated Conferences (2004-2005), available from www.biomedea.org. - The special issue “e-Learning in Medical Engineering and Physics”, Journal of Medical Engineering and Physics, 2005, vol.27, N.7 - El Fisico Medico: Criterios y Recomendaciones para su Formación Academica, Entrenamiento Clinico y Certificacion en America Latina, OIEA, VIENA, 2010,