Medical Use of Radiation and Its Education-From the points of basic department in medical school

Abstract

Most of the artificial radiation exposure is due to the medical use of radiation in diagnosis, which has contributed greatly to the welfare of Japanese people. Recently, clinical radiology has been further applied in a wider medical area, especially for cancer therapy. On the other hand, the number of radiation biology departments has been decreasing. Therefore, the knowledge of the fundamentals of radiology including radiation biology, chemistry and physics is essential for medical school education. Our society has investigated the current status of education on basic radiology and, as a first step, published a textbook for medical education in the last March with the great contributions of many members of the society. Here, a discussion on the future development of basic education on radiation medicine will be held.