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Education and training in radiation protection in Europe: results from the EURAMED Rocc-n-Roll project survey
Joana Santos1, Shane Foley2, Jonas Andersson3
1Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, ESTESC - Coimbra Health School, Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy, Rua 5 de Outubro, S. Martinho Do Bispo, 3046-854, Coimbra, Portugal. joanasantos@estesc.ipc.pt.
Purpose:
To analyse the existing radiation protection (RP) education and training (E&T) capabilities in the European Union and identify associated needs, problems and challenges.
Method:
An online survey was disseminated via the EURAMED Rocc-n-Roll consortium network and prominent medical societies in the field of radiological research. The survey sections analyse the RP E&T during undergraduate, residency/internship and continuous professional development; RP E&T problems and legal implementation. Differences were analysed by European geographic regions, profession, years of professional experience and main area of practice/research.
Results:
The majority of the 550 respondents indicated that RP topics are part of undergraduate curricula in all courses for their profession and country (55%); however, hands-on practical training is not included according to 30% of the respondents. The lack of E&T, practical aspects in current E&T, and mandatory continuing E&T were considered the major problems. The legal requirement that obtained higher implementation score was the inclusion of the practical aspects of medical radiological procedures on education (86%), and lower score was obtained for the inclusion of RP E&T on medical and dental school curriculums (61%).
Conclusions:
A heterogeneity in RP E&T during undergraduate, residency/internship and continuous professional development is evident across Europe. Differences were noted per area of practice/research, profession, and European geographic region. A large variation in RP E&T problem rating was also obtained.
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