Re: A question about medical training

["J. J. Rozental" <joseroze@netvision.net.il>]

By significant courses in radiation health, I would like to emphasize the
necessity to include also non ionizing radiation, that's today a question of
major concern in the population.
Ask to any (non radiation safety) doctor if he knows a little on the effects
of some non ionizing radiation in human, to understand how urgent is to
introduce essential knowledge to educate also in this subject medical
personnel.


Jose Julio Rozental
joseroze@netvision.net.il
Israel



----- Original Message -----
From: Al Tschaeche <antatnsu@pacbell.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: A question about medical training


> My first thought, and my second thought, is should the HPS Board of
Directors
> take action to assist the medical schools to begin teaching  significant
courses
> in radiation health?  Any Board members out there?  It would seem to me
that
> those schools are the perfect place to educate medical personnel who would
then
> educate, as appropriate, the public.  I know that no one wants to "take
on" the
> medical establishment in this matter, but if we don't who will?  Who is
the HPS'
> current liaison with the American Medical Association, and, if we don't
have one,
> who would be willing to take on that job?  Should the HPS Board not have
an
> official liaison with the AMA?  Al Tschaeche antatnsu@pacbell.net
>
>
> > Virtually nothing is taught about ionizing radiation in medical school.
In
> > most schools they just teach you to stand back when the tech comes to
take a
> > portable film.  It's terrible.
> >
> > As far as premed is concerned, it is doubtful if docs learn anything
there,
> > either.  "Baby" physics 101 and 102 doesn't cover nuclear physics, and
> > neither do chemistry courses.
> >
> > Of course, if the doc was a physics major undergrad, or a radiation
> > biologist in graduate school, or a nuclear engineer in the nuclear navy,
> > that's not the case.  However, there are not many of
those..................!
> >
>
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