IAEA RADIOTHERAPY SYLLABUS WRITTEN FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SYLLABUS for training radiation oncologists in developing countries has been written by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Available in 2009, the aim is to help educational centres in low-middle income countries run training programmes, because of a "critical shortage of trained radiotherapy staff in developing nations", said the IAEA.
*http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nahu/default.asp
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A SYLLABUS for training radiation oncologists in developing countries has been written by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Available in 2009, the aim is to help educational centres in low-middle income countries run training programmes, because of a "critical shortage of trained radiotherapy staff in developing nations", said the IAEA.
*http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nahu/default.asp
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