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| Participants in inter-regional training course on Radiation Protection in Cardiology held in Vienna |
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The first training course on radiation protection for cardiologists was organized by the IAEA from 6-7 May 2004 in Vienna. This included cardiologists from 25 countries. Subsequently, a number of national and regional training courses on Radiation Protection in Cardiology have been organized as per details given in Table. To date, 6 regional training courses have been held. Cardiologists from 52 countries have participated in these events. To view the countries, Africa », Asia », Europe » and Latin America »
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Year |
Place |
Participation of Cardiologist(s) from Countries |
| 2004 | Vienna | Albania, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Yemen. |
| 2005 | Singapore | Bangladesh, India, Korea, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. |
| 2006 | Ethiopia | Algeria, Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zimbabwe. |
| Iran | Afghanistan, Iran, Jordan, Qatar, UAE. | |
| Bangkok | Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. | |
| Chile | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay. | |
| 2007 | Costa Rica | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay. |
After the first training course on radiation protection for cardiologists, which was held from 6 to 7 May 2004 in Vienna, different national training courses have been held in five countries. There was an average of 80 to 130 participants in the training courses, which included nurses and technologists in addition to cardiologists. The list of training courses is as follows:
| Month & Year | Place |
| December 2005 | Thailand |
| April 2006 | Malaysia |
| September 2006 | Philippines |
| November 2006 | Sri Lanka |
| January 2007 | Egypt |
| October 2007 | Egypt |