The 3 ESTRO-EFOMP core curriculum for medical physics experts in radiotherapy.

Journal: Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To update the 2011 ESTRO-EFOMP core curriculum (CC) for education and training of medical physics experts (MPE)s working in radiotherapy (RT), in line with recent EU guidelines, and to provide a framework for European countries to develop their own curriculum.

Authors

  • Cristina Garibaldi
    Unit of Radiation Research, IEO European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: cristina.garibaldi@ieo.it.
  • Marion Essers
    Department of Medical Physics and Instrumentation, Institute Verbeeten, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
  • Ben Heijmen
    Department of Radiotherapy, Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Jenny Bertholet
    Division of Medical Radiation Physics and Department of Radiation Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Switzerland.
  • Efi Koutsouveli
    Department of Medical Physics, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece.
  • Marco Schwarz
    Proton therapy Department, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS), Trento, Italy.
  • Christoph Bert
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
  • Marin Bodale
    Medical Physics Center Iasi, Romania.
  • Oscar Casares-Magaz
    Department of Medical Physics - Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital/Aarhus University, Denmark.
  • Eduard Gerskevitch
    North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia.
  • Irena Koniarova
    National Radiation Protection Institute, Department of Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Stine Korreman
    Danish Center for Particle Therapy & Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
  • Albert Lisbona
    Département de Physique Médicale, Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest Saint Herblain, France.
  • Antonio Lopez Medina
    Department of Medical Physics Hospital do Meixoeiro Vigo, Spain.
  • Ad Maas
    Society for Medical Physics of the Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Raphaël Moeckli
    Institute of Radiation Physics, Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, Switzerland.
  • Margaret Moore
    Radiotherapy Physics, University Hospital Galway, Ireland.
  • Borislava Petrovic
    Department of Physics, University Novi Sad, Serbia; Oncology Institute Vojvodina, Radiotherapy Department, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia.
  • Tomasz Piotrowski
    Department of Medical Physics, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznan, Poland; Department of Electroradiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland.
  • Esmeralda Poli
    Radiotherapy Service Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Norte, Portugal.
  • Yolanda Prezado
    Team "New Approaches in Radiotherapy" UMR 3347/U1021Research Center-Orsay, Bat 110 Institut Curie, France.
  • Nick Reynaert
    Academic Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Oscar Lambret, 3 rue Frédéric Combemale, BP 307, 59020, LILLE Cedex, France. n-reynaert@o-lambret.fr.
  • Kathrine Røe Redalen
    Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
  • Erato Stylianou Markidou
    Medical Physics Department, Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus.
  • Dirk Verellen
    Department of Radiotherapy, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
  • Núria Jornet
    Servei de Radiofísica i Radioprotecció, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain.
  • Catharine H Clark
    Department of Radiotherapy Physics, University College London Hospital London, UK; Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, UK; Medical Physics Department, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK.