A review of international and developed practices of medical physics from a legislative and regulatory point of view and its applicability and comparison with Pakistan

The objective of this review is to (i) summarize the international practices for the legislation and regulation of medical physics, (ii) provide a brief overview of the medical physics practices in Pakistan and (iii) discuss the applicability of the IAEA-EC meeting’s recommendations to the case of Pakistan. The review highlights the areas which are addressed in IAEA-EC meeting and could be beneficial to other nations as well, particularly, for low and middle income countries. The review also presents few suggestions how t o progress with the medical physics profession in developing countries in general, and in Pakistan in particular. These suggestions also include further possible pathway the IAEA could consider, like IAEA project or meetings, to further strengthen the medical physics profession globally.
Source: Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine - Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research