Aspirus Health, Wausau, WI, USA.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2022 Sep;23(9):e13641. doi: 10.1002/acm2.13641. Epub 2022 Aug 10.
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education, and professional practice of medical physics. The AAPM has more than 8000 members and is the principal organization of medical physicists in the United States. The AAPM will periodically define new practice guidelines for medical physics practice to help advance the science of medical physics and to improve the quality of service to patients throughout the United States. Existing medical physics practice guidelines will be reviewed for the purpose of revision or renewal, as appropriate, on their fifth anniversary or sooner. Each medical physics practice guideline represents a policy statement by the AAPM, has undergone a thorough consensus process in which it has been subjected to extensive review, and requires the approval of the Professional Council. The medical physics practice guidelines recognize that the safe and effective use of diagnostic and therapeutic radiology requires specific training, skills, and techniques, as described in each document. Reproduction or modification of the published practice guidelines and technical standards by those entities not providing these services is not authorized. The following terms are used in the AAPM practice guidelines: Must and Must Not: Used to indicate that adherence to the recommendation is considered necessary to conform to this practice guideline. While must is the term to be used in the guidelines, if an entity that adopts the guideline has shall as the preferred term, the AAPM considers that must and shall have the same meaning. Should and Should Not: Used to indicate a prudent practice to which exceptions may occasionally be made in appropriate circumstances.
美国医学物理学家协会（AAPM）是一个非营利性的专业学会，其主要宗旨是推动医学物理学的科学、教育和专业实践。AAPM 拥有 8000 多名会员，是美国医学物理学家的主要组织。AAPM 将定期为医学物理实践制定新的实践指南，以帮助推进医学物理科学，并提高全美患者的服务质量。现有的医学物理实践指南将根据需要在第五年或更早进行审查，以进行修订或更新。每个医学物理实践指南代表 AAPM 的政策声明，经过彻底的共识过程，经过广泛审查，并需要专业委员会的批准。医学物理实践指南认识到，安全有效地使用诊断和治疗放射学需要特定的培训、技能和技术，正如每个文件中所描述的那样。未经提供这些服务的实体复制或修改发布的实践指南和技术标准是不被授权的。以下术语用于 AAPM 实践指南：必须和必须不：用于表示遵守建议被认为是符合本实践指南所必需的。虽然在指南中使用必须这个词，但如果采用指南的实体首选使用应这个词，AAPM 认为必须和应具有相同的含义。应该和不应该：用于表示谨慎的做法，在适当的情况下可能偶尔会有例外。
