Education and training of the medical physicist in Europe

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Christofides, S ^a   Schlegel, W ^b   Padovani, R ^c   Sharp, P F ^d   Torresin, A ^e   Wasilewska Radwanska, M ^f   Van Der Putten, Wil ^g   Guibelalde, E ^h   Kasch, K U ⁱ  

^a NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^f AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

ⁱ BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous professional development; Education; EFOMP; Policy statement; Training

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; EDUCATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; EFOMP; EUROPEAN FEDERATION; MEDICAL PHYSICISTS; POLICY STATEMENTS;

MEDICAL PHYSICS;

EID: 77949876675     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03895-2_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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