Annual report 2017

TheRTTAlliance is anewmembership model initiativewithinESTROthatwas launched in 2017.

STRATEGIC MILESTONE

The ESTRO RTT Alliance aims at playing a major role in the political arena for a better representation of RTTs on the oncopolicy scene and for an improved recognition of the profession in the treatment of cancer patients.

The aims of the ESTRO RTT Alliance are to: • strengthen the voice of RTTs at the international level • facilitate improved recogni- tionandprofessionaldevelop- ment of RTTs across Europe • offer ameans for RTTs within national societies to network, access information fromone another and from within the ESTRO scientific and educational network • promote cross-fertilisation of learning and ideas as well as uniting to form a critical mass of RTTs with common interests.

All the European national societies representing RTTs are invited to join the RTT Alliance: for only €15 per year, their RTTmembers will benefit froma network to support their career development such as: • access to information included from the ESTRO scientific and educational communities • a mutual exchange on best practice and experience • a united voice of RTTs with common interests.

IN 2017, 9 NATIONAL SOCIETIES JOINED THE ESTRO RTT ALLIANCE:

• Bulgarian Society of Radiation Therapy Technicians • CroatianAssociationof RadiationTechnologists • Italian Association of RadiationTherapist and Medical Physic Technologists • Portuguese Radiation Therapists National Society • Serbian Society of Radiotherapy Technicians • Society of Radiation Therapy Technologists (Turkey) • Society of Medical Radiographers (Malta) • Society of Radiological Technology Austria • Spanish Association of Radiotherapy and Oncology (SEOR).

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