A project to define standards for radiology staffing, education and training across the European Union

The European Union Radiation, Education, Staffing & Training (EU-REST) study was a European Commission-funded, 24-month project that analysed workforce availability, education and training needs to ensure quality and safety aspects of medical applications involving ionising radiation in the EU and developed staffing and education/training guidelines for key professional groups involved in ensuring radiation safety and quality of medical radiation applications in the EU Member States. This article outlines the origin, development, goals and overall structure of the project. CRITICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT: This article provides a concise overview of the EU-REST project, which analysed the workforce availability of health professionals involved in the use of ionising radiation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and the corresponding education and training in radiation protection. KEY POINTS: The aims, professional groups, components, and findings of The European Union Radiation, Education, Staffing & Training (EU-REST) study are described. The limited amount of data and literature on staffing recommendations constituted an important finding of the project. One of the study's recommendations is for each EU Member State to maintain a central registry of professionals involved in ionising radiation as well as on related equipment.

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Insights into Imaging
Published
2025-03-12
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-025-01924-8
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6
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Radiation Dose and Imaging
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A project to define standards for radiology staffing, education and training across the European Union

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A project to define standards for radiology staffing, education and training across the European Union

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Abstract

The European Union Radiation, Education, Staffing & Training (EU-REST) study was a European Commission-funded, 24-month project that analysed workforce availability, education and training needs to ensure quality and safety aspects of medical applications involving ionising radiation in the EU and developed staffing and education/training guidelines for key professional groups involved in ensuring radiation safety and quality of medical radiation applications in the EU Member States. This article outlines the origin, development, goals and overall structure of the project. CRITICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT: This article provides a concise overview of the EU-REST project, which analysed the workforce availability of health professionals involved in the use of ionising radiation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and the corresponding education and training in radiation protection. KEY POINTS: The aims, professional groups, components, and findings of The European Union Radiation, Education, Staffing & Training (EU-REST) study are described. The limited amount of data and literature on staffing recommendations constituted an important finding of the project. One of the study's recommendations is for each EU Member State to maintain a central registry of professionals involved in ionising radiation as well as on related equipment.

Insights into ImagingVol. 16(1)
University College Dublin (IE), Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES), Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (BE), Inserm (FR), Université de Bretagne Occidentale (FR), University of Zagreb (HR), University of Malta (MT), European University Cyprus (CY), Trinity College Dublin (IE), University College Cork (IE), University Hospital Dubrava (HR), Hospital de Sant Pau (ES), European Society of Radiology (AT), Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (PT), Hospital Clínico San Carlos (ES), Budapest University of Technology and Economics (HU), Ege University (TR), Universidad Fernando Pessoa Canarias (ES), National Institute of Oncology (HU), Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT), St. James's Hospital (IE), Laboratoire de Traitement de l'Information Médicale (FR), European Institute of Oncology (IT), Medical University of Vienna (AT), University of Coimbra (PT), UCLouvain (BE)
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