isrrt Newsletter Volume 46. No.1 - 2010
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Asia/Australasia Africa<br />
news news from<br />
Australia<br />
Everything is coming together<br />
in readiness for the 16th ISRRT<br />
World Congress being held on the<br />
Gold Coast in September this year.<br />
An exciting educational program<br />
and technical exhibition is being<br />
assembled and abstracts have closed.<br />
We have been delighted with the<br />
response and have received abstracts from practitioners<br />
in over 30 countries. More information can be found at<br />
the website www.2010<strong>isrrt</strong>.org regarding the venue, registration<br />
and accommodation. This will be the first World<br />
Congress held in Australia and will incorporate the AIR<br />
annual national conference as well as the NZIMRT annual<br />
conference.<br />
The AIR is actively involved in working towards National<br />
Registration, and believes that this is an important<br />
step forward for the profession. National Registration will<br />
simplify the process of registration and enable ease of<br />
movement for all members across Australia.<br />
In March, the AIR Annual General Meeting took place<br />
in Hobart in conjunction with another AIR Research<br />
Symposium designed to promote and encourage research<br />
by clinical practitioners. The AIR is looking to assist members<br />
with opportunities to develop new skills in this and<br />
other areas. Hobart was also the site of the pilot of a leadership<br />
training program, with attendees from across Australia<br />
taking part in a short form of what is planned to be a<br />
comprehensive leadership training program run by the AIR<br />
for its members.<br />
The AIR is going to offer a training program for a Presentation<br />
to Schools program designed to encourage secondary<br />
school students to fully consider the medical radiation<br />
profession as their opportunity for the future.<br />
For those applying from overseas for assessment of their<br />
qualifications to work in Australia, please visit the AIR<br />
website (www.air.asn.au) to view the current requirements,<br />
including the English proficiency level.<br />
On behalf of all AIR members I would like to send our<br />
best wishes to our colleagues around the world and look<br />
forward to welcoming you “down under” in September<br />
2010.<br />
Pam Rowntree<br />
Councillor for Australia<br />
South Africa<br />
New radiography qualifications in<br />
South Africa<br />
The South African universities<br />
offering qualifications in radiography<br />
are currently busy preparing their<br />
documents for the go-ahead to present<br />
the qualifications tabled below<br />
from 2011/2012. The preparation<br />
includes authorisation from the Senate of the respective<br />
university, Department of Higher Education and Training,<br />
as well as the Council for Higher Education. The South<br />
African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) registered the<br />
qualifications during 2009, with the exception of the PhD.<br />
The qualifications were developed under the guidance of<br />
the Health Professions Council of South Africa to align the<br />
radiography qualifications in South Africa with international<br />
trends. Should you wish to view the qualifications, please<br />
visit www.saqa.org.za and follow the link to “registered<br />
qualifications”.<br />
SAQA ID NO NAME OF THE NQF LEVEL/<br />
QUALIFICATION<br />
CREDITS<br />
66949 Bachelor of Diagnostic Radiography 8/480<br />
66950 Bachelor of Nuclear Medicine<br />
Radiography 8/480<br />
66951 Bachelor of Radiation Therapy 8/480<br />
63449 Bachelor of Diagnostic Ultrasound 8/480<br />
66229 Master of Radiography 9/180<br />
65115 Doctor of Radiography (PhD) 10/350<br />
National Congress<br />
SORSA in conjunction with the Radiological Society of<br />
South Africa (RSSA) is currently preparing for our biennial<br />
National Conference. We cordially invite you all to attend<br />
this very exciting imaging congress.<br />
This joint initiative from RSSA and SORSA will<br />
be hosted from 4-6 March 2011 at the International<br />
Convention Centre (ICC) - Durban. The ICC Durban is<br />
the ultimate in convenience within close distance of a full<br />
spectrum of attractions, hotels, restaurants, shops, cinemas,<br />
as well as the Golden Mile with its many beaches.<br />
We assure you of an experience where you will be<br />
exposed to a technically advanced and academically<br />
stimulating programme. Highlights of the programme<br />
include a course on MRI mammography, a one day course<br />
on cardiac MRI and a short course on current ethical issues<br />
in Radiology.<br />
The theme for this congress is Imaging 2011, and there<br />
will be sessions devoted to scientific papers, topics such<br />
as African diseases and much more. It will be the ideal<br />
opportunity to exchange ideas, learn about new advances<br />
and strengthen friendships and make new acquaintances.<br />
Leading commercial vendors have been invited to present<br />
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