Education and training of medical physicists in Europe

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-65

  Stefanoyiannis, A P ^a   Gerogiannis, I ^b   Psichis, C ^a   Geronikola Trapali, X ^a   Armeniakos, I ^a   Prentakis, A ^a   Kaplanis, P A ^b   Christofides, S ^b  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Education; Guidelines; Medical physics; Training

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); EDUCATION; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA; GUIDELINES; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL PHYSICS EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84857308479     PISSN: 17919320     EISSN: 17912377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25103/jestr.011.14     Document Type: Article

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