Towards a European Framework for Education and Training in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

Title page -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Definitions -- Abbreviations -- Contents -- PART I: THE PRESENT STATUS OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MEDICAL PHYSICS & BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. MEDICAL PHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AS A CAREER -- 2. PROFESSIONAL BODIES IN MEDICAL PHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING -- EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR MEDICAL PHYSICISTS -- 3. EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MEDICAL PHYSICISTS: THE EFOMP VIEW -- 4. IOMP ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MEDICAL PHYSICS IN EUROPE -- INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION PROJECTS -EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MP & BME -- 5. EDUCATION IN MEDICAL PHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING: EXPERIENCE FROM THE EUROPEAN ERASMUS COURSE -- 6. EUROPEAN CONFERENCES IN MEDICAL PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING-EDUCATION AND TRAINING -- 7. EMERALD STRUCTURED TRAINING IN MEDICAL RADIATION PHYSICS -- THE BOLOGNA DECLARATION -- PART II: THE TEMPERE RECOMMENDATIONS -- Foreword -- List of Main Contributors -- Preface -- EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION -- 1. THE NEED FOR A QUALITY ASSURANCE FRAMEWORK -- 2. COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS -- 3. EDUCATION IN MEDICAL PHYSICS & BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING -- 4. TRAINING IN MEDICAL PHYSICS & BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING -- 5. ACCREDITATION AND LICENSING -- THE CDA RECOMMENDATIONS -- 6. CURRICULUM FOR MEDICAL PHYSICS -- 7. CURRICULUM FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING -- THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE TEMPERERE COMMENDATIONS -- 8. THE BOLOGNA DECLARATION AND THE TEMPERE RECOMMENDATIONS -- 9. AN OPINION POLL ON THE COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS IN EUROPE -- 10. THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION OF THE TEMPERE RECOMMENDATIONS -- PART III: THE WAY FORWARD -- 1. A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE OF MEDICAL PHYSICS -- 2. MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING IN EUROPE: THE WAY FORWARD -- Author Index