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news from fromalso overlaps the areas of professional development andadvocacy.• Mark has been working very diligently to obtain furtherfunding form Human Resources Development Canadain order to secure additional funding for IEMRT relatedprojects.• Another area under Mark’s direction has been BestPractice Guidelines. The research on these guidelines hasbeen completed and will be examined at the forthcomingmeeting of the CAMRT Professional Practice AdvisoryCommittee in October 2009.• A continuum of practice symposium is planned for laterin the fall of 2009, to examine with all stakeholdersthe variances in definitions of the various levels ofpractice from province to province. Work continueswith the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR)on a collaborative approach to the advanced practiceinitiative for radiological technologists.Strategic Direction # 4The CAMRT will advocate on behalf of the MRT professionto influence public policy and to address issues that impactthe profession, the health care system and quality of patientservices.Advocacy:The CAMRT continues to address with the federalgovernment the concerns of membership with respect to theongoing shortage of supplies of medical isotopes and hasbeen sought out by the media for comment on the impactof the shortage. CAMRT submitted a brief to the Houseof Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resourcesoutlining concerns related to both patient care and theimpact of the shortage on health human resources. A newCritical Issues section of the CAMRT website has beencreated in order to provide weekly updates from HealthCanada and industry forecasts on current isotope supply.The first phase of research associated with the initiativeto rebrand, or strengthen the image of our profession,began shortly after our Annual General Conference with the assistance of an external consulting group. I havebeen fortunate to have been named Chair of the CAMRTRebranding Committee so will be working very closely withthis consulting group and the CAMRT Director of Advocacy,Communications and Events, Mrs. Leacy O’Callaghan-O’Brien. All CAMRT members are encouraged to ‘havetheir say’ with respect to the image of the profession, byparticipating in an online survey that we began to conductin September and by joining focus groups that have beenscheduled throughout Canada over the course of the nextfew months.Communications and Events:• A new design for the website home page is in theprocess of being developed and a new e-news has beenadded to the CAMRT communications product line.• CAMRT now has six listservs- one for leadership,education, radiation therapy, mammographers,interventional radiographers- and just newly addedradiationsafety officers.• As well, Facebook pages for both CAMRT in generalas well as for the Journal of Medical Imaging andRadiation Science are now available.• CAMRT has partnered with the U.K based organisation,Professional Association Research Network (PARN)to create an online survey on membership usage of theinternet and social network sites.• The CAMRT Annual General Conference in Vancouverwas very successful from both an educational andsocial perspective – and ISRRT President RobertGeorge provided a sensational Keynote Address for ourconference. CAMRT members felt very fortunate tohave Robert so actively involved in our conference.The 2010 CAMRT Annual General Conference will be heldin Quebec City. Sure hope to see you there!Please go to our website at www.camrt.caRita EyerCouncillor for CanadaAmerica2009 ASRT Annual Governanceand House of Delegates MeetingMore than 150 state and national delegatesattended the 2009 ASRT Annual Governance andHouse of Delegates Meeting in Albuquerque, N.M., June11-14. The annual meeting was extremely productive as theHouse unanimously adopted the proposed revision to theASRT Bylaws and adopted 78 motions dealing with ASRTposition statements. Twenty position statements were sunset,57 were amended and one was added.The 2010 Annual Governance and House of DelegatesMeeting will take place in late June in Albuquerque.ASRT to Offer Educational Track at RSNAFor the first time, ASRT is offering a one-and-a-half dayeducational track for radiologic technologists during RSNA2009, the Radiological Society of North America's 95th ScientificAssembly and Annual Meeting. The annual RSNAmeeting is the largest gathering of medical professionals inthe world and will take place Nov. 29-Dec. 4 at McCormickPlace in Chicago.The ASRT@RSNA 2009 education track is scheduledfor Dec. 2-3 and will be approved for Category A+ continuingeducation credit. Professionals working in other areas ofradiology can also attend the courses. For more informationabout ASRT@RSNA 2009, click on www.asrt.org>Events& Conferences.For more information about the RSNA meeting go towww.RSNA.org.Image Gently CampaignASRT is one of the founding organisations of The Alliancefor Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging, a coalition of 4136 ISRRT Newsletter
news news fromorganizations dedicated to raising awareness and promotingeducation about radiation protection for children undergoingmedical imaging examinations. Other founding organizationsinclude the Society for Pediatric Radiology, the AmericanCollege of Radiology and the American Association ofPhysicists in Medicine.The Alliance launched the Image Gently campaign inJanuary 2008 to educate radiologic technologists, medicalphysicists, radiologists, pediatricians and parents about radiationdose used during computed tomography examinationsperformed on children.Recently the Alliance announced it is promoting its “StepLightly” program that encourages the use the lowest dosenecessary to perform interventional procedures on children.Image Gently campaign resources and information areavailable in several languages and can be found online atwww.imagegently.com.Asia/AustralasiaAustraliaThe Australian Institute ofRadiography is continuing to worktowards acceptance and recognitionof advanced practice roles for itsmembers. Following the submissionsof the Advanced Practice WorkingGroup, the AIR Board has called fornominations for a new panel of the AIR, The AdvancedPractitioners Advisory Panel.The AIR Board has reviewed the Initial Directions Reportof the Review of the Professional Development Year. ThePDY is a year of supervised postgraduate clinical experiencerequired of all graduates of three year degree programsand some graduate entry programs in order to achieve fullprofessional accreditation. An executive summary and draftrecommendations have been circulated for comment.Everything is ready for the Combined Scientific Meetingbeing held at the Brisbane Convention and ExhibitionCentre, from 22-25 October 2009. This will be the firstjoint meeting of the The Royal Australian and New ZealandCollege of Radiologists (RANZCR), (including the Facultyof Radiation Oncology (FRO)), The Australian Instituteof Radiography (AIR) and the Australasian College ofPhysical Scientists & Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM).An interesting and varied program has been assembled.Planning is continuing for the 16th ISRRT WorldCongress being held in Australia in September 2010. Anexciting educational program and technical exhibitionis being planned and the first call for proffered papershas been made. More information can be found at thewebsite www.2010isrrt.org regarding the program, abstractsubmission, registration and accommodation.Congratulations to the Malaysian and Singapore societiesfor hosting the recent 17th AACRT and 24th MSRC in KualaLumpur in August. I was fortunate to attend and enjoy thehospitality of our Asian/Australasian region colleagues.To Council members from the Asia/Australasian region,I hope to hear from you with comments or suggestions foreducational issues within the region.On behalf of all AIR members I would like to send ourbest wishes to our colleagues around the world and inviteyou to join us in Australia in 2010.Pam RowntreeCouncillor for AustraliaNew ZealandI would like to begin with thankingJo Anson for the four years shededicated to the role of NZIMRTISRRT Representative. Jo undertookthe role with enthusiasm andachieved a significant within theNew Zealand branch of the society.The NZIMRT continues to be busy with ContinuingProfessional Development and Role Expansion aswell as the continued growth of the Institute. As aresult of the ongoing growth of the NZIMRT, the governanceof the Institute and Branches has been reviewedwith some major changes to the structure to beimplemented to provide greater long term stability. Inconjunction with this a membership survey wasconducted to gauge the effectiveness of the institute,we look forward to these results being available. Asignificant achievement for the NZIMRT is online CPDrecording which will be available to CPD members from 1October, 2009.The Role Development Implementation Group continuesto gather information from the profession on the advancedpractices undertaken by MRTs and RTs particularly in theareas of reporting, IV administration, naso-gastric tubeinsertion.A very successful national conference was held inRotorua in August with a wide range of high qualitypresentations and international guest speakers. At conferencewe welcomed our new President Kathy Colgan. Kathyhas been an active board member for many years as theEducation Group Convenor and will be a strong leaderthrough the changing times ahead for the NZIMRT.The NZIMRT is working productively with the AIR andISRRT on planning for the 16th World Congress and we arelooking forward to confirming New Zealand sponsorship ofinternational radiographers to attend the Congress.Please visit the new NZIMRT website www.nzimrt.co.nzEmma RileyISRRT Council MemberVolume 45 – No. 2 37
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