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Medical Physics Courses, International Accreditation?

  • 20-08-2012 1:54pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭


    Have been trying to find some decent information on this, but there seems to be dozens (if not hundreds) of accrediting bodies in Europe and beyond regulating this area (with nothing universal).

    I've been looking into various medical physics M.Sc. courses, mostly in Europe. In Britain, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Valencia. I've read up about many. I, however, have been able to find very little information regarding whether these particular courses will actually qualify a person to work as a clinical physicist in a hospital environment. One course in Amsterdam I've found meets clinical physicist regulations set by the government in The Netherlands, however I don't know if such a course would subsequently meet regulations set by foreign governments? Two courses here in Ireland meet our government's standards, but do they meet others? Similarly, I can find courses in Britain that meet their government's standards, but could I take such degrees elsewhere in the world?

    ... and therein lies my main problem. I don't want to do a degree in Ireland and be stuck here forever, or one in Britain and be stuck there forever. Similarly in The Netherlands or Denmark or Sweden etc etc.

    Can a clinical physics degree fully accredited in one European country by an internal regulating body be taken elsewhere?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    Squashie wrote: »
    Can a clinical physics degree fully accredited in one European country by an internal regulating body be taken elsewhere?
    Someone who qualifies as a doctor or nurse in Ireland (for example) will be recognised as a qualified doctor or nurse throughout the world. In that context, I would be very surprised if an MSc approved by the relevant health authorities in Ireland was not recognised outside Ireland.

    But, I'm no expert on medical degrees so I can't be sure.


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