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MEDICAL PHYSICS IN LITHUANIA – PAST AND FUTURE

MEDICAL PHYSICS IN LITHUANIA – PAST AND FUTURE. VYDMANTAS ATKO Č IUS INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY, LITHUANIA 2010, Budapest, 16 June. HISTORY. HISTORY. HISTORY. POLISH PHYSICISTS. PERSONAL CONTACTS. EMANUEL VAN DER SCHUEREN. EURAQA

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MEDICAL PHYSICS IN LITHUANIA – PAST AND FUTURE

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  1. MEDICAL PHYSICS IN LITHUANIA – PAST AND FUTURE VYDMANTAS ATKOČIUS INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY, LITHUANIA 2010, Budapest, 16 June

  2. HISTORY

  3. HISTORY

  4. HISTORY POLISH PHYSICISTS PERSONAL CONTACTS EMANUEL VANDER SCHUEREN EURAQA pan-EUropeanRAdiationQualityAssurance 1995 – 1997 1997 – 2000 EROPAQ pan-European Radiation Oncology Programme for Assurance of Treatment Quality

  5. IAEA • RER/6/008: Building Capacity in Medical Physics (1997 – 2001) • RER/6/012: Quality Assurance / Quality Control in Radiation Oncology (2001 – 2008) • RER/6/013 and other related programmes

  6. LITHUANIA - TLD AUDIT IAEA/WHO TLD audit1995-2000 World Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 2001 Oral presentation

  7. MEDICAL PHYSICS TODAY IN LITHUANIA • Medical Physics (speciality) was included in the list of specialities in medicine • Medical Physicists working in RT – 26 • Medical Physics Committee in Lithuania Society for Radiation Oncology, (1995) – 24 members • Society of Medical Physicists (Kaunas), (2008) – 18 members • Lithuanian Association of Medical Physicists and Biomedical Engineers (2009) – newly established

  8. MEDICAL PHYSICS PREPARATION CHART (2008)

  9. MEDICAL PHYSICS - EDUCATION • KAUNAS TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY: • Basic education – 3-4 years • Level of Master in Medical Physics – 2 years • Postgraduate training (in clinic) – 2 years • MEDICAL FACULTY + INSTITUTE OF ONKOLOGY, VILNIUS UNIVERSITY: • Level of Master in Medical Physics – 2 years Basic education in physics, biomedicine or technology (physics not less 27 ECTS and mathematics or IT not less 15 ECTS) – 4 years in different faculties • Postgraduate training (in clinic of Institute of Oncology ,VU) – 2 years (under supervision of Qualified Medical Physicist or Medical Physics Expert)

  10. MF PROGRAMMES IN COMPARISON I

  11. MF PROGRAMMES IN COMPARISON II

  12. NEED FOR MF PROFESSION IN LITHUANIA

  13. Active players: • Professional societies • Oncology centers • RSC (Radiation Protection Center) • Radiotherapists and clinics administrators Passive players: • Government • Ministry of Health

  14. CONCLUSIONS • MF speciality in Lithuania is on the way: • Two universities are involved in education process • Three is a need of the government approval for medical physics career, training and licensing, schema • International assistance (EU directives, OECI, IAEA) for activation this process is gainful and extremely required

  15. Thank you for attention

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