1. Multipartite “College Nuclear Medicine” (Founded in October 2004)
Wednesday 24/11/2004
A) General aim:
“Role of Nuclear Medicine (Molecular) Imaging in
Evidence Based Medicine”
B) Specific targets:
Quality assurance
Technical (FANC)
Clinical
Clinical integration
Radioprotection
PET
Therapy
Education
Structure of “working groups”

2. Members of the College Dr Jean-Paul Léonard Dr Luc Mortelmans
Dr Stanislas Pauwels
Dr Luc Kiebooms

3. NUCLEAR IMAGING in EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE
Guidelines – Standardisation – Quality Ass. (technical)
Evidence based medicine (clinical)
Clinical pathways
Care programmes
Cost-benefit

4. Why working groups Aim: bringing people together with:
The same interest
Experience or young enthousiasm
Focussed topic
Focussed time frame
Communicate with the “nuclear community”, “clinicians” and “radiologists”.

5. Quality control and quality assurances
Guidelines: Standardisation
Technical (how to do)
Clinical (when to do)
Data collection
Litterature – CEBAM
Experience
Clinical database
Peer review
Visitation
ISO certification
Workgroup
2 centers already recognised

6. Clinical guidelines! (2005)
“Interaction of working groups”
with “clinicians”
Each group defines its own clinical indications.
Discussions with clinicians via “colleges”.

7. PET Clinical guidelines (cfr. report L. Mortelmans PET onco group)
PET databank (started 01/09/2003)
Clinical PET research in Belgium
Reimbursement:
FDG
Hospital fee PET center
Belgian strategy PET Centers

8. “Radionuclide therapy”
Actual applications:
Iodide
Pain palliation
MIBG …
New applications:
Peptides
Monoclonal antibodies

9. Education in Nuclear Medicine
Medical students
Residents in training: interuniversity course
Postgraduate courses
Training technologists
Education in medical physics and radiopharmacy
Belgian Society of Nuclear Medicine
4 meetings per year
Bi-annual congress
Dedicated meetings