Radiotherapy education Radiotherapy education in low- - and middle and middle- - in low income countries income countries
Cancer cases needing XRT Cancer cases needing XRT Iceland Canada Russia Estonia Latvia United Kingdom Lithuania Ireland Belarus Poland Germany Czech Republic Slovakia Ukraine Kazakhstan Hungary Moldova France Mongolia Romania United States Slovenia Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia Bulgaria Georgia Macedonia Albania Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan Armenia Azerbaijan Korea DPR Turkey Tajikistan Greece Portugal Malta Korea Rep. Spain China Japan Cyprus Syria Lebanon Afghanistan Tunisia Iraq Morocco Jordan Pakistan Kuwait Algeria Egypt Libya Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Bangladesh Mexico India Cuba Haiti Myanmar Dominican Republic Jamaica Mali Niger Cape Verde Vietnam Guatemala Chad Yemen Eritrea Honduras Senegal El Salvador Sudan Nicaragua Thailand Burkina Faso Philippines Costa Rica Benin Nigeria Ethiopia Panama Sierra Leone Ghana Sri Lanka Cote D'Ivoire Cameroon Venezuela Liberia Central African Republic Malaysia Uganda Singapore Kenya Gabon Ecuador Indonesia Democratic Republic of the Congo Cancer Cases per Million Tanzania Peru Angola Population Requiring RT Zambia Malawi Brazil Bolivia Zimbabwe Madagascar Mauritius Botswana Namibia Paraguay Australia South Africa Uruguay 0 - 200 Chile Argentina 200 - 800 800 - 1200 1200 - 1600 1600 - 2000 N. Taylor, IAEA 2005 2000 - 20000
Issues Issues � Many isolated departments Many isolated departments � � Need for local training Need for local training � • Undergraduate Undergraduate • • Postgraduaute Postgraduaute • • Continuing Professional Development Continuing Professional Development • � Cost of information Cost of information � � Distance learning Distance learning � � Quality and Safety Quality and Safety �
Access to information Access to information $/Gbyte/month � Journals Journals � 2000 • Cost Cost • 1800 • Language Language • 1500 • On On- - line access line access • � Meetings Meetings � 1000 500 20 0 US Africa
Education about cancer Education about cancer � Medical students Medical students � � Distance learning courses Distance learning courses �
Nám sáætlun í krabbam einslækningum fyrir læknanem a Æskileg þekking, reynsla og færni, ennfrem ur góðir starfshættir læknanem a við útskrift úr læknadeild Apríl, 2 0 0 7 Dr. Helgi Sigurðsson, prófessor/ yfirlæknir Forstöðum aður fræðasviðs krabbam einslækninga Læknadeild Háskóla Í slands
ASO subject areas ASO subject areas � Communication Communication � � Critical appraisal Critical appraisal � � Functional anatomy Functional anatomy � � Molecular biology, & pathology Molecular biology, & pathology � � Palliative sciences Palliative sciences � � Physics and radiation technology Physics and radiation technology � � Radiobiology Radiobiology � � Systemic therapy Systemic therapy �
Quality and safety Quality and safety Decision to treat Prescribing treatment Immobilisation Simulation Planning Information transfer Patient positioning Treatment delivery Treatment verification
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