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The 1st Asian Shool of Nuclear Medicine Meeting
September 29, 2003 Jakarta, Indonesia
Minutes
of Asian School of Nuclear Medicine Meeting
09:00, 29 September 2003
Jade Room, Hotel Nikko, Jakarta, Indonesia
1.
The agenda was as follows and accepted by the members present at the
meeting.
AGENDA
◈ Opening Remarks : Felix X Sundram, M.D., Dean
◈ Background of Establishment and Current Situation : Dr Felix X Sundram
◈ Organization : Dr S M Lim/Dr T San Luis
a) Faculty
b) Curriculum
◈ Training Courses in Asia : Dr S Tanada/Dr S M Lim
a) NIRS
b) KIRAMS
c) Others
◈ ESNM Case Study : Dr S M Lim
◈ IAEA Training
◈ Program : Dr M C Lee/Dr J K Chung
◈ ASNM Training Program : Dr Felix X Sundram/Dr Y N I Anand
/
Dr S Boonyapapa
◈ IAEA RCA Proposal & WFNMB : Dr M C Lee
◈ Others (Financial) : Dr Felix X Sundram/Dr J K Chung.
2.
The following members were in attendance at the meeting.
1) Dr
Shuji Tanada – Japan, Vice-Dean, ASNM
2) Dr
Sang-Moo Lim – Korea, Vice-Dean, ASNM
3) Dr
Theofilo San Luis – Philippines, Vice Dean, ASNM
4) Dr
Sombut Boonyaprapa – Thailand, Vice Dean, ASNM
5) Dr
Y. N. I. Anand – India, Vice Dean, ASNM
6) Dr
Zuo-Xiang He – China, Observer for Dr Chen, Vice-Dean,
ASNM
7) Dr June Key
Chung – Korea, Chairman, ARCCNM
8) Dr
Myung-Chul Lee – Korea, President, WFNMB
9) Dr
John S. Masjhur – Indonesia, Observer
10) Dr
Jose Eduardo Rondain – Philippines, Observer
11) Dr
S. Kartamihadja Hussein – Indonesia, Observer
12) Dr
Vikram R. Lele, India, Observer
13) Dr
Faridul Alam, Thailand, Observer
14) Dr
Muhammad Numair Younis, Pakistan, Observer
15) Dr
Mai Trong Khoa, Vietnam, Observer
16) Dr
Felix X Sundram – Singapore, Dean, ASNM
17) Ms
Soon-Yong Lee, ARCCNM Staff
18) Ms
Ju-Hyoung Han, ARCCNM Staff
1. Dr F X Sundram, Dean of Asian School of Nuclear Medicine (ASMN) called the meeting
to order at 9:00 am and welcomed all the Vice-Deans and the observers present and
thanked them for their attendance at this meeting.
2. The Dean gave a short background of the ASNM and outlined briefly the current
situation of the ASNM. He mentioned that in October 2001 there was a task force
meeting of ASNM in Bangkok followed by a discussion in June 2002 in Dalian in China
on the formation of ASNM. In September 2002, there was further discussion of ASNM in
Manila and in February 2003 the ASNM was formally established at a meeting in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Currently, 6 Vice-Deans have been appointed and are in communication
with the Dean except for Dr Sheng Zu Chen from China who has not replied any of the
e-mails sent to him during the course of this year by the Dean. As such, the group
decided that Dr Chen will continue to be a Vice-Dean but e-mails will also be copied to
Dr He in Beijing to maintain continuity in communications of the ASNM. Dr Sundram also
informed the meeting that Dr Padhy of IAEA has not responded to any of the e-mails
requesting for a copy of the ISNM (Indian School of Nuclear Medicine) Constitution. In
the lead-up to the formation of the ASNM, Dr Sundram mentioned the previous
presentations by Dr Anchali Krishanachinda of Thailand, Dr Jerry Obaldo of the
Philippines and most importantly, Dr Mizanul Hassan of Bangladesh was the
co-ordinator for the Task Group of ASNM and he noted with thanks their significant
contributions to date. The Dean also presented the various training courses that were
currently available from the European School of Nuclear Medicine (ESNM), and gave
examples of their short duration training programmes with titles, as well as the longer
duration of specific courses run by the ESNM. He mentioned further that the American SNM (Society of Nuclear Medicine) also has specified requirements for the
professional development of Nuclear Medicine Physicians.
In response to questions
from some of the members present, the Dean highlighted the fact that the ARCCNM was
dedicated to the spread of Nuclear Medicine knowledge in Asian countries, and the
ASNM was specially tasked to train Nuclear Medicine Physicians throughout the Asian
region, particularly those from the developing countries. The ASNM is not targeted
towards the training of technologists as there are currently on-going distance learning
programmes for this purpose, run by the IAEA.
3. There was extensive discussion on the organisation of the ASNM and of the training
that could be given to potential physicians in Asian countries. Dr Johan noted that there
were different training schemes in each country for Nuclear Medicine Physicians. Dr
Anand from India and Dr Alam from Bangladesh and Dr Younis from Pakistan gave
examples on how the training and certification as Nuclear Medicine Physicians was
organised in their respective countries. It was suggested that the ASNM work towards a
formal certification of training courses in the long term. The most fundamental job of the
ASNM was 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 it was suggested that electronic
courses and examinations could be held by the ASNM. A further suggestion was that
CME courses could be conducted as part of the regular ARCCNM meetings. It was felt
that the current curricular for Nuclear Medicine training of the Physicians in the various
countries appear to be adequate. Dr He also suggested that the individual countries
could train 30 to 40 participants in their own local regions by running courses within
their own countries. The ASNM should start planning to award CME points for various
training courses in the region. The various Vice-Deans and observers were requested
to send a copy of their annual scientific meeting dates to the ARCCNM and ASNM so
that training courses could be dovetailed with the ARCCNM meetings and courses of
the ASNM. Dr Lim from Korea briefed the members present on the KOICA course to be
held in Seoul later this month. Dr Anand from India suggested that the December 2004
meeting of the Indian Society of Nuclear Medicine in Mysore, India could be also linked
up as an ARCCNM/ASNM project. Details of various meetings in the region with the
venues and the dates should be sent to the Dean, ASNM as well as to the ARCCNM
such that it can be downloaded from their websites. It was agreed that there would be
no need at the moment for a separate website for the ASNM but rather to be part of the
ARCCNM website.
4. As regards to the oganisational structure, the Chairman, Dr Chung suggested that the
ASNM should be independent of the ARCCNM. However, after much discussion it was
decided that ASNM is a body within the ARCCNM and should remain so with the
ARCCNM as the parent body until such time that the ASNM is able to operate
independently. It was noted again that funds would be required for office operations as
well as for training programmes to be run by the ASNM and long term solutions for
funding would have to be found.
5. As regards the faculty which could be called upon for teaching on behalf of the Asian
School of Nuclear Medicine the group felt that each country could nominate 10 to 12
teaching faculty members 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. The members stressed that the teaching be in English, with
adequate command of the language by the faculty teacher. It was also felt that the
important aspect of the knowledge of the faculty member in terms of qualifications and
teaching capacity should also be sufficiently high. In response to a question from Dr
Anand, the Dean suggested that this teaching faculty was purely voluntary with no
major expenses paid by the ASNM and that 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.
6. Dr S M Lim and Dr M C Lee highlighted the European School of Nuclear Medicine
activities for training of Nuclear Medicine Physicians. It was noted that currently the
Dean of ESNM, Dr Peter LIND is in Austria, VIENNA. He has not responded yet to emails
from Dr Sundram but has verbally agreed with Dr Chung and Dr Lee to give support to
the ASNM. The previous ESNM in Paris is currently known as INSTN and is only for the
training in France. Dr Lee also suggested the possibility of tapping IAEA funds, by way
of a RCA proposal for 2005-2007 cycle.
7. Dr Tanada showed a list of Japanese agencies from which financial assistance could
be sought by our junior colleagues, e.g. JICA. It is important that member states support
requests from other Asian countries for RCA proposals, as Japan is now the lead
county for RCA activity in Asia/Oceania. We could attempt to write to the JSNM for
sponsoring ARCCNM participants or to sponsor lecturers for ASNM courses. It was
suggested that the GE be approached for some donation to the ASNM activity.
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