Through the stewardship of Dr. Orestes Monzon of the Philippine Heart Center and the partnership of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) and the Philippine Society of Nuclear Medicine (PSNM), the Distance-Assisted Training in Nuclear Medicine was launched today, 7 April, at the PNRI compound in Quezon City.
The ceremony formally opens the three-year training program that has picked the interest of some forty nuclear medicine professionals from different regions in the country and even as far as Saudi Arabia to participate in the distance learning course combined with practical training that was initially launched in the Philippines in 2002, under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency and Australia.
The trainees introduced during the launch represents the third batch in the continuing series of professionals enlisting locally to gain training on general nuclear medicine and, now, to also participate in the Pilot Study Module on state-of-the-art imaging techniques such as SPECT/CT, PET and PET/CT.
The distance assisted training is a product of the regional cooperative effort to provide accessible training to nuclear medicine practitioners, featuring a basic training standard that is common to the Asia and Pacific region. With the move to become fully on-line, the modules now promise better ease of access and mobility.
More information on the Distance Assisted Training Program in Nuclear Medicine can be obtained from their website, www.datnmtorg, while inquiries may be addressed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Details about the regional project are also available from the IAEA website, www .iaea.org.
