IAEA/RCA Project Planning Meeting regarding the project of “Distance Assisted Training for Nuclear Medicine Technicians will be held from 16-18 April 2007 in Shanghai, China in cooperation with the Government of China through the Hua-Dong Hospital.

The RCA Project on "Distance Assisted Training for Nuclear Medicine Technicians” was initiated to assist RCA Member States in the training of nuclear medicine techniques engaged in clinical nuclear medicine imaging. The Distance Assisted Training (DAT) material and the guidelines for their use have been prepared and provided to the Member States which have established the infrastructure required for the use of DAT material as stipulated in the guidelines. This project has been extended for another two years in order to prepare training modules on PET/CT(Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography) and to assist the RCA Member States which need further assistance in using the DAT material for training nuclear medicine technologists.

The purpose of the Meeting is 1) to review the training needs of medicine technologists in areas not covered under the training modules that have been prepared, 2) to review the current status of implementation of the DAT Programme in the Member States which have established the necessary infrastructure and commenced the training programme and 3) to assess the current status of establishment of the required infrastructure in the Member States that have not yet fully met the requirements to receive the DAT material.

For further information, contact Ms Wei He at heweixu@hotmail.com, or fax: +0086 21 62620000.