title: Limited ARSAC licence acquisition for radionuclide radiology.
abstract: Radionuclide radiology faces a potentially crippling future manpower shortage. A combination of future retirement, few trainees and many currently unfilled posts threatens to limit future service delivery. The case is made for in-house modular training of existing consultants as the way forward for radionuclide radiology, allowing limited ARSAC licence acquisition. We propose this as a viable solution to the manpower problem in radionuclide radiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Pembury Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Conry
authors.forename: C W N
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Wetton
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Flanagan
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008004:Licensure; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce