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William R Hendee

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PubMed2005

The American Board of Radiology Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program in Radiologic Physics.

Maintenance of Certification (MOC) recognizes that in addition to medical knowledge, several essential elements involved in delivering quality care must be developed and maintained throughout one's career. The MOC process is designed to facilitate and document the professional development of each diplomate of The American Board of Radiology (ABR) through its focus on the essential elements of quality care in Diagnostic Radiology and its subspecialties, and in the specialties of Radiation Oncology and Radiologic Physics. The initial elements of the ABR-MOC have been developed in accord with guidelines of The American Board of Medical Specialties. All diplomates with a ten-year, time-limited primary certificate in Diagnostic Radiologic Physics, Therapeutic Radiologic Physics, or Medical Nuclear Physics who wish to maintain certification must successfully complete the requirements of the appropriate ABR-MOC program for their specialty. Holders of multiple certificates must meet ABR-MOC requirements specific to the certificates held. Diplomates with lifelong certificates are not required to participate in the MOC, but are strongly encouraged to do so. MOC is based on documentation of individual participation in the four components of MOC: (1) professional standing, (2) lifelong learning and self-assessment, (3) cognitive expertise, and (4) performance in practice. Within these components, MOC addresses six competencies: medical knowledge, patient care, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, practice-based learning and improvement, and systems-based practice.

Certification↗
PubMed2002

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering: history, status, and potential impact.

This paper describes the history, current status, and objectives and potential impact of the new National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). Three of the authors (Hendee, Chien, and Maynard) have been involved over several years in the effort to raise the identity of biomedical imaging and bioengineering at the National Institutes of Health. The fourth author (Dean) is the Acting Director of the newly formed NIBIB. These individuals have an extensive collective knowledge of the events that led to formation of the NIBIB, and are intimately involved in shaping its objectives and implementation strategy. This special report provides a historical record of activities leading to establishment of the NIBIB, and an accounting of present and potential advances in biomedical engineering and imaging that will be facilitated and enhanced by NIBIB. The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering represents a "coming of age" of biomedical engineering and imaging, and offers great potential to expand the research frontiers of these disciplines to unparalleled heights.

Academies and Institutes↗
PubMed2002

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering: history, status, and potential impact.

In December 2000, President Clinton signed legislation establishing the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). This action was the result of a multidecade effort of the biomedical imaging and engineering communities to gain increased recognition for biomedical imaging and engineering research within the National Institutes of Health and to enhance the impact of these disciplines on the health and well-being of people worldwide. Beginning in January 2001, several activities were initiated to form NIBIB into a real asset for researchers in biomedical imaging and engineering. These activities reflect a recognition that research in biomedical imaging and bioengineering has the potential of positively influencing research in many other biomedical disciplines, as well as directly affecting the welfare of people everywhere. This potential impact is discussed in this report, together with the history and present status of the formation of NIBIB.

Academies and Institutes↗
PubMed1991

Public attitudes towards human genetics research: endorsement, indifference or opposition (1)

Research in human genetics presents major ethical and moral issues as well as scientific and technological challenges. The potential contributions of genetics research to the alleviation of human suffering are virtually unlimited. It offers opportunities to help shift medicine from the biomedical model of "diagnosis and treatment" of disease to the ecological model of "prevention and early intervention" of disease. Genetics research promises to yield approaches to medical diagnosis and therapy that are truly "primary" technologies, rather than the "half-way" technologies that comprise much of the medicine practiced today. At a fundamental level, genetics research is a search for new knowledge. It is at this level that many of the ethical and moral issues arise. These issues are best addressed by an informed public willing to approach them honestly and dispassionately. Creation of an informed and objective public demands a productive and ongoing dialogue between science and society. Establishment of such a dialogue requires a major commitment of scientists, especially those engaged in genetics research.

Abortion, Eugenic↗