isrrt Newsletter Volume 45. No.2 - 2009

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
IN RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
Sheffield Hallam University has a well-established reputation in radiotherapy
training provision. We have one of the longest-running radiotherapy courses in the
UK and have the largest radiotherapy treatment planning suites in any university or
clinical environment outside the USA.
Our teaching staff work at the cutting edge of their profession. Our lecturers
include Angela Duxbury, who is the first professor of radiotherapy and oncology
in the country, and Heidi Probst, the first therapy radiographer to complete a
doctorate.
We have an extensive range of flexible learning opportunities starting in January.
Part-time distance learning courses include
We also offer a range of modules and short courses through
For more information visit
www.shu.ac.uk/ad/cpdradiotherapy
JORNADA PANAMERICANA TECNOLOGIA MEDICA
Santiago, ChileJuly 15-17, 2010
Grand Hyatt
Call for presentations
The Chilean College of Medical Technologists, in lieu of the commemoration of its XV National Congress and the Bicentennial of our country, has the honor of
conveying all peer organisations from America to the V Pan-American Congress of Health Professionals.
Previous meetings were held in Arica (1992), where the Pan-American Association of Medical Technologists was founded. Talca (1994), Santiago (1998)
y Valdivia (2000) brought forth important agreements in the Latin-American area, both in the academic and the clinical practice area of the profession;
generating understanding of the common problems and possible solutions to this; sharing of technological and scientific developments which each organization
provides do the profession development in their respective countries; exchange of experiences which favors progress and upgrading knowledge of each
specialty.
This meeting will be inserted in the Medical Technology Congress so participants will have access to academic, scientific, social and guild activities, developed
in a agreeable socialization and natural camaraderie. We are counting with your attendance, which we are sure will give our event glamour and your
presentations will enlighten our mutual interests.
Marcelo Zenteno
Juan Carlos Araya
JRMA
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