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Education in Radiation Protection According to European Basic Safety Standards and Council Directive 59/2013 Euratom
Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019 PROJECT  FINISHED 

EU is a raw model of prosperity, education and security and therefore, one of the main goals of the nonEU countries is to join this community and to harmonize their systems with the one in EU and thus, increasing overall safety and quality of life. The Council Directive 59/2013 EURATOM, is laying down Basic Safety Standards (BSS) for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, in relation to medical exposure imposes to Member States to promote the correct application of the justification and optimisation principles and requires the assessment and implementation of arrangements for the radiological protection of exposed workers, the monitoring of workplaces and the individual monitoring of exposed workers. However, the transposition of the directive on health protection in relation to medical exposure remains to be completed and further developed. The European BSS stress the importance of good radiation protection in medical exposures with particular emphasis on staff competence based on adequate education and training. This aspect is still largely lacking at academic level.The purpose of this module is to introduce the training in radiation protection in medicine in academic programs for radiology residents, to rise awareness of good practice in the EU, radiologist’ awareness about medical exposure to avoid non-necessary and inappropriate repeated examinations, safe use of imaging technologists, public awareness about ionising radiation exposure due to medical diagnostic procedures. These objectives will be reached through education of the radiology residents as a part of the academic programs, preparation of the information materials for referring physicians and general population and creating a website. The module will increase overall awareness about integration process, demands that need to be met and possibilities that are being offered.
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