Re: Teaching the Doc's

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

I agree completely with Jerry. Which part of the health physics 
community would be sought after to provide the training? The 
segment that believes intently in the LNT theory, or, the segment 
that discards the theory completely, or, a middle of the road group 
that isn't sure whether either camp is correct, and simply sit on the 
fence waiting for someone to motivate them to jump into the fray, 
and research the issue for themselves.

Teaching radiation is no different than teaching any other scientific 
subject that physicians receive. The problem with respect to 
training regarding radiation, is that there is essentially no training. 
I'd be happy if they were simply provided what a rem, rad, curie, 
dose, exposure. attenuation, half-life (biological & physical), decay, 
activity, regulatory limits (state and federal), dosimetry (primary & 
secondary), investigations and statistics --- means! I'd settle for 
just this little, and leave the theories for another day.

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