|
|
 |
| New Executive Council | Call for Editor-in-Chief for
European Radiology | ECR 2017 debriefing | Accreditation Council in Imaging
(ACI) |
New
Executive Council
At the ESR
General Assembly at ECR 2017, Prof. Paul M.
Parizel took on the position of Chair of the ESR
Board of Directors. This is the top position
within the ESR and he is now in charge
of the ongoing business of the society, including
leadership meetings and strategic decisions. At
the same event, Prof. Bernd Hamm took on the
position of ESR President. He will be heading
the congress and promoting and presenting the ESR
and the ECR at other societies' events. The full
composition of the new ESR Board of Directors and
the ESR Executive Council can be
found here.
|
|
Call
for Editor-in-Chief for European
Radiology
The ESR Board of
Directors wishes to identify the new
Editor-in-Chief for European Radiology by
June 2017, to facilitate a gradual handover of
responsibilities during the latter part of 2017.
The post is open to established professionals
from radiology, working in a renowned
institution. If you are interested, or know of
interested colleagues, please see detailed
information here.
|
|
ECR
2017 debriefing
As always on the
occasion of the ECR, the ESR leadership met
numerous international and inter-professional
collaboration partners in order to discuss
matters of common interest and pave the way for
joint future projects in terms of education,
professional issues and initiatives for the young
generation. Apart from committee, subcommittee
and working group meetings, approximately 30
bilateral meetings were held during ECR 2017.
Besides the conclusion of a practical arrangement
with the IAEA
on cooperation in the area of diagnostic
radiology, including hybrid imaging, which
represents a milestone in the ESR’s engagement
with international organisations, the ESR renewed
its Memoranda of Understanding with the American
College of Radiology, the Colombian Association
of Radiology, and the Korean Society of Radiology
for another two years each.
In line with
the ESR's increased commitment to radiographers
and given the steady rise in the number of
radiographers attending the ECR, the ESR Board of
Directors met with over 100 leading
radiographers from numerous, mainly
European, national radiographer societies as
well as radiography training institutions from
around Europe to further promote the ECR as
the place to be for all radiographers. |
|
Accreditation
Council in Imaging (ACI)
Prof.
Paolo Ricci, President of the UEMS Section of
Radiology, took on the position of the ACI
Scientific Director on March 6, 2017. According to
the EBR-UEMS agreement, candidates from the EBR
and from the UEMS should take the position
of the ACI scientific director on an alternate
basis. To see the full composition of the ACI
committees, click here.
The
revised EACCME® criteria (EACCME® 2.0 project)
for the accreditation of Live
Educational Events (PDF) have been
implemented on March 6, 2017 and adopted by the
ACI. Further information on the implementation of
the new criteria for the accreditation of
e-learning materials as well as the new forms of
CME-CPD recognition will be available soon! Stay
tuned! | |
|
 |
| EU Affairs | Radiation Protection | MEDIRAD | DIAM project first
results |
EU
Affairs
The ESR's education,
quality and safety initiatives were again front
and centre at ECR 2017. Read the EU Affairs
Department's March 2017 update here.
|
|
Radiation
Protection
EuroSafe Imaging, the
ESR’s flagship initiative to strengthen quality
and safety in medical imaging, enjoyed a great
presence at the recent European Congress of
Radiology 2017, raising awareness and promoting
radiation protection among congress
attendees. The highlight was clearly the new
EuroSafe Imaging Café with an information booth,
which was a very popular spot for networking and
learning about the ESR’s quality and safety
initiative.
EuroSafe Imaging still has
plenty in store for you from the ECR: browse
through the electronic
EuroSafe Imaging poster exhibition and
watch dedicated
sessions to find out more about
radiation protection, or read our full report on
ECR 2017 here.
|
|
MEDIRAD
The
MEDIRAD project on implications of medical low
dose radiation exposure submitted to the Horizon
2020 EURATOM work programme was evaluated
favourably by the European Commission and invited
to grant preparation (grant amount approx. 10
million euros). This large-scale medical research
and innovation project will be coordinated by the
European Institute for Biomedical Imaging
Research (EIBIR).
The ESR, together with the EANM, EFOMP, EFRS, and
ESTRO, as well as EURAMED,
provided strategic guidance and input to the
development of the proposal. Prof. Guy Frija,
Chair of EuroSafe
Imaging, acts as Clinical Coordinator and
Prof. Elisabeth Cardis, radiation epidemiologist
and Head of Radiation Programme at ISGlobal, is
Scientific Coordinator of the project. |
|
DIAM
project first results
Last year
HIMSS Analytics Europe and the ESR launched a
jointly developed Digital Imaging Adoption Model
(DIAM) for measuring the maturity of IT supported
processes in diagnostic and interventional
imaging. The initial results of the project were
presented at ECR 2017 and participants shared
their experiences of using the DIAM and the
practical benefits of the project. Click here
to read more. | |
|
|
| |
