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This policy statement, which is the fourth of a series of documents being prepared by the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics Committees Professional Development Committee, gives guidance on how member countries could develop a continuing professional development system for ensuring that its clinical medical physicists are up-to-date in their knowledge and practice. It is not intended to be prescriptive as there are already several CPD systems successfully operated by AFOMP member countries and elsewhere that vary considerably in scope and structure according to local culture, practice and legislation but all of which are capable of ensuring that physicists are up-to-date. It is intended to be advisory and set out options for member countries to develop their individual CPD systems.
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Membership of the AFOMP Professional Development Committee
Howell Round (Chair) | (New Zealand) |
Kwan-Hoong Ng | (Malaysia) |
Brendan Healy | (Australia) |
Lilian Rodriguez | (Philippines) |
Kuppusamy Thayalan | (India) |
Shigekazu Fukuda | (Japan) |
Raju Srivastava | (Nepal) |
Anchali Krisanachinda | (Thailand) |
Joseph An Chen Shiau | (Taiwan) |
Francis Tang | (Hong Kong) |
Xiaowu Deng | (PR China) |
Youngyih Han | (Korea) |
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Round, W.H., Ng, K.H., Healy, B. et al. AFOMP Policy Statement No. 4: recommendations for continuing professional development systems for medical physicists in AFOMP countries. Australas Phys Eng Sci Med 35, 393–397 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13246-012-0163-z
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