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Brendon Nafziger, DOTmed News Associate Editor | October 14, 2010
Nonetheless, Dr. E. Stephen Amis, chair of the American College of Radiology's Task Force on Radiation Exposure in Medicine, said the results were likely representative of the situation among physicians in the United States.
"I thought perhaps the physicians from the papers overseas would be more knowledgeable, but I guess we have an educational hill in front of us for all physicians to make sure they understand it better," he told DOTmed News.
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Amis said an ACR panel in 2007 developed 33 recommendations to improve physician knowledge of radiation risks, such as increased emphasis on the topic in medical schools. And at the Radiological Society of North America's annual meeting next month, the group plans to launch the Image Wisely campaign, a push to improve knowledge of imaging risks for adults, and a counterpart of the ongoing Image Gently campaign for children.
"I really think in the next few years, it’s going to be rare to find a radiologist who doesn’t know much about it, and hopefully there’ll be fewer referring physicians...who don't understand the basics," Amis said.
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