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7	"Founded in 1927" Founded in 1927 450 members Sub-specialty societies and working groups: Neuroradiology, Interventional radiology Ultrasound Pediatric radiology Breast imaging Musculo-skeletal radiology Body imaging (The sub-specialty working groups meet monthly during the academic year) International relations: - International society of radiology (ISR) - French society of radiology (SFR) joint society AFIIM - East Mediterranean Congress of Magnetic Resonance (EMCMR) endorsed by ISMRM - European Federation of Societies of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) - Cardiovascular and interventional radiological society of Europe (CIRSE)
8	"Academic activity" Academic activity Definition of syllabus and periodical update (every 5 years) Supervision of training programs Medical radiological policies, standard of procedures and guidelines Organization of national and international meetings: The Annual meeting of the Israel Radiological Association Annual ultrasound meeting “The Barry B. Goldberg Lecture” Benjamin Felson Lecture Leo Rigler Lecture Beth-Israel – Rambam Lecture EMCMR – every 2 years (Turkey, Greece, Israel) AFIIM – every year (Refresher course),Israel Journée Franco-Israélienne de Technologie et d’Imagerie Médicales Annual meeting, Paris, France)
9	"Professional activity:" Professional activity: Union professional activity Participation in negotiation for salary terms, working conditions and employment – Collective agreement Renewal of government contracts Current key issues: Workload Determination hospital staff and training positions Turf issues Quality control
10	"Rotational internship (12 months" Rotational internship (12 months) – paid position (central – government) Training curriculum in Radiology: (basic salary and paid night duties) Techniques: x-rays, fluoroscopy, CT, US, MRI, angiography, interventional, mammography Sub-specialties – rotations: Accreditation - continuing professional education: Physics, radiation safety, radiological anatomy, clinical radiology, contrast agents – safety, interpretative and procedural skills Minimum 6 semesters (16 meetings x 4h) – Hospital participation (2/3) in tuition fees CPR/ACLS Minimum 4 night duties per month
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12	"Accreditation program of Radiological departments" Accreditation program of Radiological departments Quality assurance process – Scientific council IMA Periodical supervision of quality of training (every 5 years or new chairman) Criteria for recognition and certification for training program (full – partial) Full program - requirements and criteria: General hospital including all medical sub-specialities, full service (night duties, on call). Instruction: Minimum 5 specialists in radiology (FT), Knowledge units in: Neuroradiology, body imaging, pediatric, US, breast imaging, interventional, MSK Equipment: Fluoroscopy, Angiographgy/multipurpose, CT, MRI, US, mammography (up-to-date equipment) Procedures: Minimum 100,000 per year X-rays……………….50,000 Fluoroscopy………….1,000 CT…………………….8,000 US…………………….5,000 MRI……………………1,000 Pediatrics…………….3,000 Interventional…………..600 Mammograpgy ………3,000 (and related procedures) Teaching aids: Departmental library and on-line access to bio-medical data base Teaching (file or electronic) archive Periodical staff meetings Teaching and research activity
13	Imaging/ Radiation/ Nuclear medicine Technologist The diploma includes all the Imaging modalities, Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine. 3 years. Students have to complete the following plan: B.A in Imaging Sciences. The program is compound of courses of Humanities and Biology Sciences. ( Bar Ilan University) Medical/Radiological studies in one of the 5 schools Imaging schools of the country Academic duties ( 64 points, 24hours/week): The program is similar to the nurse plan regarding the basis, but includes more biological courses. ( In plan changing some humanities courses for management courses) Medical/Radiological studies ( 21 hours/week) Theoretical courses as: Anatomy, General Pathology, Radiological pathology, Radiology, Imaging of all the specialties ( CT, US, MRI,), Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine. Practical Clinical hours: ( 1300-1470 hours). This practice includes: Conventional Radiology, Angiography, Mamography, US, CT, Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy.
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19	CT units per 1,000,000 of population in different countries* in 2000
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