title: [Staffing levels in medical radiation physics in radiation therapy in Germany. Summary of a questionnaire].
abstract: To get a general idea of the actual staffing level situation in medical radiation physics in 1999 a survey was carried out by the task-group "Personalbedarf" of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Physik (DGMP) among all DGMP-members who are active in this field. Main components for equipment and activities are defined in Report 8 and 10 of DGMP for staffing requirements in medical radiation physics. 322 forms were sent out, 173 of them have been evaluated. From the answers regarding equipment and activities numbers for staff are calculated by the methods given in Report 8 and 10 for this spot check target and compared with effective staffing levels. The data of the spot check are then extrapolated on total Germany. The result is a calculated deficit of 865 medical physicists for the whole physics staff, 166 of them in radiation therapy. From the age distribution of DGMP-members and the calculated deficit resulted a training capacity of about 100 medical physicists at all per year (19 in radiation therapy) if the deficit shall be cut back in 10 years.
authors.affiliation: Universitätskliniken, Institut für Radiologische Physik, Homburg/Saar, Germany. hk.leetz@mx.uni-saarland.de
authors.forename: Hans-Karl
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Leetz
authors.forename: Hermann Hans
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Eipper
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gfirtner
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Welker
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D005858:Germany; D006283:Health Physics; D006801:Humans; D009683:Nuclear Medicine; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011859:Radiography; D011871:Radiology; D015642:Radiology, Interventional; D011878:Radiotherapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland; D000078329:Workforce