title: Basic radiation protection training for nurses and paramedical personnel: Belgian experience and future perspectives.
abstract: When using ionising radiation for medical diagnosis or treatment of patients, understanding of relevant radiation protection principles and issues is indispensable. In Belgium, nurses and paramedical staff are required to acquire knowledge for protecting the patient against the detrimental effects of ionising radiation by means of a vocational training course. The experience with and challenges for this training course are presented here from a lecturer's point of view, together with a proposal for a future approach that harmonises the training content, its level and quality, according to European recommended standards.
authors.affiliation: Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK•CEN, Boeretang 200, Mol BE-2400, Belgium tclarijs@sckcen.be.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Clarijs
authors.affiliation: Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK•CEN, Boeretang 200, Mol BE-2400, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coeck
authors.affiliation: Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC), Ravensteinstraat 36, Brussels BE-1000, Belgium.
authors.forename: Lodewijk
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Bladel
authors.affiliation: Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC), Ravensteinstraat 36, Brussels BE-1000, Belgium.
authors.forename: An
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fremout
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D001530:Belgium; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000193:education*; D009726:Nurses; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016730:Program Development; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D015642:Radiology, Interventional; D011874:Radiometry; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed