| A number of organisations are involved in the field of nuclear medicine education. These include International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (WFNMB), Asia-Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (AOFNMB), Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM in USA), European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM).
Some Universities also have M.Sc courses in Nuclear Medicine. In the Asian Region, an Asian Regional Cooperative Council for Nuclear Medicine (ARCCNM) was formed in 2000, initiated by China, Japan and Korea, with the main aim of fostering the spread of Nuclear Medicine in Asia. The Asian School of Nuclear Medicine (ASNM) was formed in February 2003, with the ARCCNM as the parent body.
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to foster Education in Nuclear Medicine among the asian countries, particularly the less developed regions. |
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to promote training of Nuclear Medicine Physicians in cooperation with government agencies, IAEA and universities and societies. |
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to assist in national and regional training courses, award continuing medical education (CME) points and provide regional experts for advanced educational programmes. |
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to work towards awarding of diplomas or degrees in association with recognised universities by distance learning and practical attachments, with examinations. |
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Dean - |
Dr Felix X Sundram (Singapore) |
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Vice-Deans - |
Dr Shuji Tanada (Japan)
Dr Sang-Moo Lim (Korea)
Dr Theo San Luis (Philippines)
Dr S Boonyaprapa (Thailand)
Dr Y N I Anand (India)
Dr Shengzu Chen (China)
Dr Ren-Shyan Liu (Taiwan)
Dr Saeeda Asghar (Pakistan)
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Faculty members (teaching) |
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10 to 12 teaching faculty members from each country comprising of physicists, radiopharmacists as well as nuclear medicine physicians. From this list of potential teaching experts, the Vice-Deans and Dean of ASNM would then decide on the appropriate teaching faculty member for a given assignment or a course in a specific country. The educational scheme could be in conjunction with the ARCCNM or with the local participating countries and their nuclear medicine organisations, or it could be a one-off training course in a given country. This teaching faculty is purely voluntary with no major expenses paid by the ASNM; a token contribution could be offered by ASNM or by the host country which requests the training or the teaching for the particular course that is being undertaken. |
| The ASNM works towards a formal certification of training courses in the long term. The most fundamental job of the ASNM Is in the transfer of knowledge from the more developed countries to the less developed countries in the Asian region. The ASNM could give credit hours for training courses conducted in the various countries and electronic courses and examinations could be held by the ASNM. CME courses could be conducted as part of the regular ARCCNM meetings. The ASNM will award CME points for various training courses in the region. |
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Grant from ARCCNM. |
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Donations from Siemens and Nycomed-Amersham. |
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Some IAEA funding. |
| A distance learning project for Nuclear Medicine Physicians would cost about 80,000/- USD for the first two years. |
| 2003 : |
October 2003 - |
CME points and Certificate awarded by ASNM for KOICA/ KIRAMS course in PET and Nuclear Medicine, Seoul. |
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December 2003 - |
ASNM Certificate and CME points for IAEA/ASNM workshop on liver cancer treatment with radionuclides, Manila |
| 2004 : |
February 2004 - |
Certificate and CME points for ASNM training course in PET and Cyclotron, Singapore (participants from Thailand, Pakistan and Bangladesh). |
Upcoming Meeting
| Past Meeting |
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Radionuclide Therapy Symposium of ASNM
10 April 2004 Lahore, Pakistan
The 1st ASNM Meeting
29 September 2003 Jakarta, Indonesia
Task Group of ASNM Meeting
6 February 2003 Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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