32 Queensland Branch Spectrum August 2010 On Friday 18th June over 100 delegates gathered in Toowoomba for the 2010 Queensland Radiotherapy Weekend. Friday night kicked off with drinks and some fabulous food at the historic Gip’s restaurant and was an evening for catching up with old friends and making new ones. The scientific programme was diverse and with eight PDYs presenting, it was very much a glimpse at the future of our profession. All presenters should be congratulated on the quality of their work and their preparation and professionalism. Aldo Rolfo gave an inspired talk about the role of the radiation therapist in 2010 and the challenges facing our profession moving forward. The convening committee was honoured that Aldo took time from his busy schedule to be a guest speaker and there is no doubt his thought provoking message was the highlight of the weekend. The theme running through the weekend was role expan- sion of the radiation therapist and where we as a profession wanted to be. This was reinforced during the Fellowship session which asked the question “Research and publication. How can the radiation therapist do it?”. Aldo Rolfo, Rebecca Owen and Mark Middleton gave their perspectives on what Queensland Radiation Therapy Weekend Toowoomba Mark Middleton Sarah Kaminski and Cindy Versace was needed to boost our profession’s research profile and how valuable research was as a professional and personal development tool. Exciting product updates were offered by Varian, Elekta, Siemens, Nucletron and CMS Alphatech and each of these ven- dors were also generous sponsors of the event. Saturday night was a noisy, fun filled dinner which for some registrants finished at 5.30 am on Sunday. Congratulations to Broden Bishop from ROQ who was awarded the PDY prize for his presentation An investigation into whether prostate and OAR volumes impact on the likelihood of meeting dose constraints in prostate IMRT. Many thanks to the staff of ROQ for making the weekend such a memorable event and also thanks for the support from all registrants. A special mention also to Natalia Cikorska who was a great support in the planning of the weekend. We look forward to Townsville in 2011. Amanda Waldon and Beth Devereux Cindy Versace and Amanda Waldon Educational Materials Borrowing Service Books The AIR has recently added a number of new textbooks to the Educational Materials Borrowing Service (EMBS) and they are available to borrow now. The AIR EMBS, which commenced in 2007 with just 15 DVDs and 6 textbooks, has expanded to include over 35 DVDs, 54 textbooks and CD-ROMs. The items in the library support a vast range of topics including medical imaging, radiation therapy, clinical education, research and ethics and medio-legal aspects of medical imaging. All items from the EMBS are available for loan to AIR members free of charge and posted to you free of charge. A copy of the EMBS catalogue and the borrowing form can be easily downloaded from the AIR website. Simply log into the Members area and visit the Resources tab. Please don’t hesitate to contact me by email [email protected] if you have any questions regarding the EMBS or you would like to recommend a DVD, textbook or CD-ROM for inclusion in the library.

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32 Queensland Branch Spectrum August 2010

On Friday 18th June over 100 delegates gathered in Toowoomba for the 2010 Queensland Radiotherapy Weekend. Friday night kicked off with drinks and some fabulous food at the historic Gip’s restaurant and was an evening for catching up with old friends and making new ones.

The scientific programme was diverse and with eight PDYs presenting, it was very much a glimpse at the future of our pro-fession. All presenters should be congratulated on the quality of their work and their preparation and professionalism.

Aldo Rolfo gave an inspired talk about the role of the radia-tion therapist in 2010 and the challenges facing our profession moving forward. The convening committee was honoured that Aldo took time from his busy schedule to be a guest speaker and there is no doubt his thought provoking message was the highlight of the weekend.

The theme running through the weekend was role expan-sion of the radiation therapist and where we as a profession wanted to be. This was reinforced during the Fellowship session which asked the question “Research and publication. How can the radiation therapist do it?”. Aldo Rolfo, Rebecca Owen and Mark Middleton gave their perspectives on what

Queensland Radiation Therapy Weekend ToowoombaMark Middleton

Sarah Kaminski and Cindy Versace

was needed to boost our profession’s research profile and how valuable research was as a professional and personal development tool.

Exciting product updates were offered by Varian, Elekta, Siemens, Nucletron and CMS Alphatech and each of these ven-dors were also generous sponsors of the event.

Saturday night was a noisy, fun filled dinner which for some registrants finished at 5.30 am on Sunday.

Congratulations to Broden Bishop from ROQ who was awarded the PDY prize for his presentation An investigation into whether prostate and OAR volumes impact on the likelihood of meeting dose constraints in prostate IMRT.

Many thanks to the staff of ROQ for making the weekend such a memorable event and also thanks for the support from all registrants. A special mention also to Natalia Cikorska who was a great support in the planning of the weekend.

We look forward to Townsville in 2011.

Amanda Waldon and Beth Devereux

Cindy Versace and Amanda Waldon

Educational Materials Borrowing Service BooksThe AIR has recently added a number of new textbooks to the Educational Materials Borrowing Service (EMBS) and they are available to borrow now.The AIR EMBS, which commenced in 2007 with just 15 DVDs and 6 textbooks, has expanded to include over 35 DVDs, 54 textbooks and CD-ROMs. The items in the library support a vast range of topics including medical imaging, radiation therapy, clinical education, research and ethics and medio-legal aspects of medical imaging.All items from the EMBS are available for loan to AIR members free of charge and posted to you free of charge. A copy of the EMBS catalogue and the borrowing form can be easily downloaded from the AIR website. Simply log into the Members area and visit the Resources tab. Please don’t hesitate to contact me by email [email protected] if you have any questions regarding the EMBS or you would like to recommend a DVD, textbook or CD-ROM for inclusion in the library.