Policy Statements provide expert advice from IPEM on a range of technical and scientific issues.
Position Statements set out the Institute’s views on significant issues.
Advice Notices are short statements on a specific topic put together by one of our Special Interest Groups.
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Published in 2020
Position Statement: The Impact of Extended Clinical Hours on a Radiotherapy Physics Service 2020 Update First Published 2014 Last Review 2019 Next Review: Valid until further notice
The Role of the Clinical Scientist in Physiological Measurement First published: 1999 Last Review 2019 Next Review December 2023
The Role of the Medical Physicist and Clinical Engineer in the use and effects of Electromagnetic Fields in Hospitals First published: 2010 Last Review 2020 Next Review January 2023
Policy Statement on coverage of the Medical Physics Expert curriculum provided by national standards and training schemes in Medical Physics First Published 2019; Next Review 2021
The Role of the Clinical Scientist in Medical Lasers and Optical Non Ionising Radiation First Published: 2013; :Last Review 2019; Next Review 2022
Position statement on the use of role titles such as 'Associate Physicist' to describe scientists working as Medical Physicists and Clinical Engineers in clinical environments First published: 2019; Next Review: 2022
Leadership and Management of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Services First Published: 2008; Last Review: 2019; Next Review 2022
The Role of the Clinical Scientist in Medical Ultrasound First Published: 2013; Last Review: 2019; Next Review: 2022
First published: 2014; Reviewed 2018; Next review: 2022
The Role of the Clinical Scientist in Nuclear Medicine First published: 2018; Next review September 2021
The role of the Healthcare Scientist in Rehabilitation Engineering Services First published 2018; Next review: 2021
Policy statement on the Recommendations for the provision of a physics service to radiotherapy First published 2002; Reviewed 2009 and November 2017; Next review: 2020
Policy statement on the Provision of a Physics Service to Intraoperative Radiotherapy First published: 2017; First review: August 2020 The Roles of the Scientist and Technologist in Radiotherapy Physics First published: 1999; Reviewed: June 2017; Next review: June 2020
Position statement on routes of entry to Clinical Technologist registration First published: 2014; Reviewed: 2017; Next review: 2020
Position statement on routes of entry to Clinical Scientist registration First published 2014; Reviewed: 2017; Next review: 2020
The Role of the Clinical Scientist in MRI units conducting human diagnostic imaging First published: 2002; Reviewed: March 2017; Next review: 2020
The role of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering in Health Informatics and Computing First published 1999; Reviewed: 2014; Reviewed: 2016; Next review: 2019
The Radiotherapy Physics Workforce First published 2015; Reviewed: 2016; Next review: Under review November 2019
The Role of the Medical Physicist in Diagnostic Radiology Revised 2016; Next Review: 2021
Advice Notice on Laser IPL Safety Awareness and Core of Knowledge First published: July 2014; Valid until further notice
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