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Committee Chairman
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Dr. Kwan-Hoong Ng
Department of Biomedical
Imaging (Radiology) University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: 603 7949 2088
Fax: 603 7958 1973
E-mail : dwlng@tm.net.my
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Committee members
Committee roles
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To promote the professional development of AFOMP medical physicists |
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To develop policy and strategic action plan on the promotion of the status and recognition of the medical physics profession in AFOMP countries |
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To develop and make proposal for a registration and certification system for AFOMP physicists |
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To develop standards, guidelines and protocols on medical physics procedures and services, including dosimetry and QA protocols |
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To develop AFOMP policy statements on definition and roles and responsibilities of medical physicists and the physicist service manning scale for medical physics services |
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To develop codes of practice or standard on radiation safety and protection |
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To develop a system of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for AFOMP |
Committee accomplishments
1. AFOMP definition of a medical physicist
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"A qualified Medical Physicist is a person who possesses a university degree at master level or equivalent in physical science or engineering science and works in alliance with medical staff in hospitals, universities or research institutes. He/she shall also have received clinical training in the concepts and techniques of applying physics in medicine, including training in the medical application of both ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. This person shall have a thorough knowledge and be able to practice independently in one or more sub-fields of medical physics, including imaging physics, radiation therapy physics, nuclear medicine physics and radiation protection."
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2. AFOMP Policy Statement No.1: The Roles, Responsibilities and Status of the Clinical Medical Physicist
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