Nuclear Medicine

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Welcome to the Nuclear Medicine Specialty Group!

Mission:

To provide a strong, cohesive driving force for the management of the nuclear medicine physics profession
To provide proper professional standards of work and safe practice for the benefit of the public and the environment

The Nuclear Medicine specialty groups has an annual formal meeting as part of the EPSM conference. Additional meetings are held as required. Generally meetings will be by teleconference unless otherwise arranged. Advice on teleconferencing will occur prior to meetings.

Organisational Line of Responsibility:

Responsible to ACPSEM Advisory Forum via the Head of Specialties. Each year, the Board of ACPSEM will appoint a director to the Head of Specialties position at its first meeting.

Responsibilities:

To cooperate with governing bodies that regulate, control or utilise the ACPSEM specialist activities.
To make recommendations to the Nuclear medicine Accreditation Panel on entry standards, training programs, accreditation processes and professional competence.
To collaborate with other medical or scientific professions as needed.
Provide leadership in the organisation of learning, promotion and implementation of Nuclear Medicine Physics related issues.
To act for the benefit and protection of the public, initiate policies or protocols to improve technical standards, methodology and professional standards of best practice.
To encourage continuing professional competence and development (CPD) of members in the specialty.
To encourage review of the specialty and seek improvement in direction and initiatives.
To facilitate the interfacing and coordination of activities which foster relationships with groups external to the ACPSEM but with common interests to those of the specialty group (eg ARPS , Society for Nuclear Medicine, IEAust (CBME) and SMBEs, RANZCR and ASMIRT)

Roles & Responsibilities of Nuclear Medicine Physicists:

The Nuclear Medicine Physicist is an essential member of the multi-professional team responsible for the design and delivery of nuclear medicine diagnosis and treatment. The roles and responsibilities of a Nuclear Medicine Physicist are described here.

The Chair of the Nuclear Medicine SG is Nicholas Forwood.

Interested in Joining Us?

You can join the Nuclear Medicine Interest Group and Practice Group at any time via the Specialty Groups section of the My ACPSEM portal. Simply click ‘subscribe’ next to the name of your chosen group to join instantly and receive immediate access to your chosen group’s online platform. You can unsubscribe at any time.