title: The European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics. Policy Statement No. 7.1: The roles, responsibilities and status of the medical physicist including the criteria for the staffing levels in a Medical Physics Department approved by EFOMP Council on 5th February 2016.
abstract: This EFOMP Policy Statement is an amalgamation and an update of the EFOMP Policy Statements No. 2, 4 and 7. It presents guidelines for the roles, responsibilities and status of the medical physicist together with recommended minimum staffing levels. These recommendations take into account the ever-increasing demands for competence, patient safety, specialisation and cost effectiveness of modern healthcare services, the requirements of the European Union Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom laying down the basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, the European Commission's Radiation Protection Report No. 174: "Guidelines on medical physics expert", as well as the relevant publications of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The provided recommendations on minimum staffing levels are in very good agreement with those provided by both the European Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
authors.affiliation: EFOMP, Fairmount House, 230 Tadcaster Road, York YO24 1ES, UK.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: SC Biomedical Research Foundation, P.O. Box 24039, 1700 Nicosia, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Stelios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christofides
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics Department, University Hospital of Novara, 28100 Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brambilla
mesh_terms: D001703:Biophysics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D005060:Europe; D006283:Health Physics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D057766:Policy; D012955:Societies, Medical; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Medical physics; Medical physics expert; Policy Statement; Radiation protection expert; Staffing levels