title: AFOMP policy statement no. 4: recommendations for continuing professional development systems for medical physicists in AFOMP countries.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. h.round@waikato.ac.nz
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Round
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thayalan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krisanachinda
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Shiau
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D006283:Health Physics / Q000592:standards*; D044349:Oceania; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*