University of Louisville.
J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2013 Nov 4;14(6):4728. doi: 10.1120/jacmp.v14i6.4728.
The AAPM has long advocated a consistent level of medical physics practice, and has published many recommendations and position statements toward that goal, such as Science Council Task Group reports related to calibration and quality assurance, Education Council and Professional Council Task Group reports related to education, training, and peer review, and Board-approved Position Statements related to the Scope of Practice, physicist qualifications, and other aspects of medical physics practice. Despite these concerted and enduring efforts, the profession does not have clear and concise statements of the acceptable practice guidelines for routine clinical medical physics. As accreditation of clinical practices becomes more common, Medical Physics Practice Guidelines (MPPGs) will be crucial to ensuring a consistent benchmark for accreditation programs. To this end, the AAPM has recently endorsed the development of MPPGs, which may be generated in collaboration with other professional societies. The MPPGs are intended to be freely available to the general public. Accrediting organizations, regulatory agencies, and legislators will be encouraged to reference these MPPGs when defining their respective requirements. MPPGs are intended to provide the medical community with a clear description of the minimum level of medical physics support that the AAPM would consider prudent in clinical practice settings. Support includes, but is not limited to, staffing, equipment, machine access, and training. These MPPGs are not designed to replace extensive Task Group reports or review articles, but rather to describe the recommended minimum level of medical physics support for specific clinical services. This article has described the purpose, scope, and process for the development of MPPGs.
美国医学物理学会长期以来一直倡导保持一致的医学物理实践水平，并为此发布了许多建议和立场声明，例如与校准和质量保证相关的科学理事会工作组报告、与教育、培训和同行评审相关的教育理事会和专业理事会工作组报告，以及与实践范围、物理学家资格和其他医学物理实践方面相关的董事会批准的立场声明。尽管有这些协调一致和持久的努力，该专业仍然没有明确和简洁的常规临床医学物理实践可接受准则的陈述。随着临床实践认证变得越来越普遍，医学物理实践指南（MPPGs）对于确保认证计划的一致性基准将至关重要。为此，美国医学物理学会最近认可了 MPPGs 的制定，这些 MPPGs 可能是与其他专业协会合作生成的。MPPGs 旨在向公众免费提供。认证组织、监管机构和立法者将被鼓励在定义各自的要求时参考这些 MPPGs。MPPGs 旨在为医学界提供一个明确的描述，即美国医学物理学会在临床实践环境中认为谨慎的最低限度的医学物理支持。支持包括但不限于人员配备、设备、机器访问和培训。这些 MPPGs 并非旨在替代广泛的工作组报告或评论文章，而是旨在描述特定临床服务所需的推荐最低限度的医学物理支持。本文描述了 MPPGs 的目的、范围和制定过程。
