Doctoral CRP on Quality Assurance of the Physical Aspects of Advanced Technology in Radiotherapy

New radiotherapy technologies are complex and therefore require a qualitative increase in the education and training of personnel using it. With the introduction of new technology, comes an increased risk of treatment errors due to that complexity. Therefore, it is essential that quality assurance and medical physics aspects of treatment modalities are understood and implemented correctly to achieve the expected clinical outcome. The CRP had a positive impact on (i) capacity building for research and development, (ii) safe and effective use of new treatment modalities through QA leading to improved patient treatment, and (iii) to improve the qualifications of medical physicists engaged in the implementation of new treatment techniques, and organization of high level medical physics educational programmes in the participating countries. The pairing of a host institution from a developing country with an agreement institution from a developed country in a doctoral programme, had a positive impact on medical physics services, teaching and research in the participating countries. This has enabled the optimised use of new treatment modalities through QA leading to improved patient treatment, and to increase the number of medical physicists engaged in the implementation of new treatment techniques, and organization of high level medical physics educational programmes in their own countries