[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Nuclear medicine specialists from the Asia-Pacific region are joining forces for the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
According to Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital on the 22nd, the Asia Regional Cooperative Council for Nuclear Medicine (ARCCNM, Chair Beom Heeseung) and the Regional Cooperative Agreement (RCA) Secretariat (Secretary-General Park Pilhwan) recently signed a memorandum of understanding for mutual cooperation.
ARCCNM is an international organization founded in 2001 with the purpose of promoting research and education in nuclear medicine in the Asia region, with over 10,000 members from more than 20 countries.
RCA is a treaty that came into effect in 1972 under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy through research, development, and education in nuclear science and technology. Currently, 22 countries participate as member states.
The RCA Secretariat, the only international secretariat in the nuclear field, was established in Korea in 2002 and contributes to improving welfare and sustainable growth in the Asia-Pacific region through the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
According to this memorandum of understanding, both organizations agreed to cooperate to achieve continuous development in the Asia-Pacific region through research collaboration and technology exchange in healthcare and other fields using nuclear medicine and nuclear technology.
Nuclear medicine is a field that applies nuclear energy to medicine to rapidly diagnose diseases and physical changes and utilize radiation for treatment.
Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital, along with Chonnam National University College of Medicine and Chonnam National University Hospital, is the only institution in Korea designated by the IAEA as a nuclear medicine education center.
In particular, Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital has been operating a one-month short-term training program since 2012 for young nuclear medicine specialists from ARCCNM member countries, having trained a total of 12 participants so far.
Also, reflecting the trend of expanding education and training through online learning due to the spread of COVID-19, the ‘RCA e-Learning Campus’ has been established, developing and operating a total of 31 ‘e-learning modules’ across six major nuclear medicine fields including oncology, cardiology, and neurology.
Professor Beom Heeseung of the Nuclear Medicine Department at Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital stated, “In the COVID era, we will strive to ensure close cooperation between the two organizations in related fields such as training nuclear medicine experts in the Asia-Pacific region, academic exchanges, and joint research.”
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