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When working in a clinical setting, medical physicists are considered as health professionals and are often referred to as clinical medical physicists and as such require clinical training to complement their academic education in physics. The education programme for medical physicists should include a clinical training or residency to acquire all the skills and competences which are needed to work independently in a clinical setting. This chapter highlights the unique perspective of the international atomic energy agency in the development of such training programmes and related assessment methodologies and support provided to many countries for the training of these professionals for safe and effective use of radiation in medicine.
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The help of Prof. Anchali Krisanachinda, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, is acknowledged.
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Meghzifene, A., Mclean, D., Van Der Merwe, D., Thomas, B. (2012). Clinical Training in Medical Physics: IAEA Perspective. In: Hibbert, K., Chhem, R., van Deven, T., Wang, Sc. (eds) Radiology Education. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27600-2_13
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