Committee Chairman
Committee members
Kwan-Hoong Ng (Malaysia) |
Committee roles
| 1. | To promote the professional development of AFOMP medical physicists |
| 2. | To develop policy and strategic action plan on the promotion of the status and recognition of the medical physics profession in AFOMP countries |
| 3. | To develop and make proposal for a registration and certification system for AFOMP physicists |
| 4. | To develop standards, guidelines and protocols on medical physics procedures and services, including dosimetry and QA protocols |
| 5. | To develop AFOMP policy statements on definition and roles and responsibilities of medical physicists and the physicist service manning scale for medical physics services |
| 6. | To develop codes of practice or standard on radiation safety and protection |
| 7. | To develop a system of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for AFOMP |
Committee accomplishments
1. AFOMP definition of a medical physicist
"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."
2. AFOMP Policy Statement No.1: The Roles, Responsibilities and Status of the Clinical Medical Physicist
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