CME: New Trends and Technology In Radiology
The medical use of X rays in diagnostic and
interventional radiology remains a rapidly changing field, with a wide range of
applications, procedures and techniques undertaken by the largest single group
of workers occupationally exposed to artificial sources of radiation including radiologists, medical physicists, radiographers and nurses. Similarly members of the public also need to
be protected against radiation while in a radiological facility.
Radiology Dept HUSM have been organising regular CMEs for
radiologists and all radiation worker in medical x-ray for the
annual license requirement. A CME for radiation worker has been conducted at Dewan Persidangan Kampus
Kesihatan HUSM Kubang Kerian Kelantan on 29th September 2018.
The topics which were discussed changes
every year and covering:
- Act 304 & related regulations by Ministry of Health, Malaysia.
- Radiation protection in the use of medical equipment by Medical Physicist.
- Digital radiography by senior radiographer.
- Updates on radiology practice by radiographer.
- X-ray image interpretation by radiologist.
- Clinical updates by medical consultants
And
topics/programmes discussed for the CME 2018 as
below:
The extent of occupational exposure of workers in
radiological facilities depends on the type and complexity of the procedures
employed, typically involving, interventional radiology, general radiography,
computed tomography, fluoroscopy, mammography, and dentistry.
For procedures with fixed installations, the
staff members are generally adequately protected by well-designed shielding
barriers and their occupational exposure is not significant. However workers in close proximity to the
patient, for example physicians/medical officers involved in fluoroscopy including
interventional procedures, may be subject to considerable radiation dose. In
these situations staff dose levels during their working life can in some cases
lead to the occurrence of deterministic effects, such as cataract damage, if
radiation protection actions are not utilised.
The photos below were taken at our
successful CME yesterday:
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