"Investing in technology is important, but without investing in people it is not worth much. Investing in human resources, which was the purpose of this mission, is crucial to providing and improving radiological services in order to benefit the people of Palau and I believe that there is a lot the ESR and IAEA can do in this regard. From a technical point of view, the radiology department is pretty well equipped, but I have been told that once there is a technical problem it usually takes quite a while to fix that. During our stay, we gave lectures for radiographers and physicians on basic topics such as positioning, interpretation of radiographs and basic CT, clinical indications for different imaging techniques, reviewed and discussed the radiology department's standard operating procedures (SOP) as well as future plans and needs. ", describes Dr Snoeckx her tasks during the mission.
The ESR/IAEA team in Palau was composed of Dr Thomas Pascual, nuclear medicine physician and IAEA technical officer for Asia and Oceania, Dr Asela Barroso, radiologist, and Dr Cheyen Molon, lecturer/docent in Medical Radiation Technology, both from the De La Salle University Medical Center in Manila, Philippines as well as Dr Snoeckx.
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