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Speaker Abstracts Recruitment and education of RTTs in LMICs Velimir Karadza 1 , Elena Fidarova 2 , Philipp Scherer 3

1 Radiation Technology, University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia. 2 Division of Human Health - Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria. 3 University Clinic for Radiotherapy and RadioOncology of the PMU, County Hospital Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

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Purpose/Objective Sufficient number of competent, well-educated and skilled Radiation Oncology professionals is crucial for quality of care in oncology health system [1]. Staffing level for RTTs in LMICs was frequently lower than recommended. Throughout the years, several LMICs in Eastern Europe moved to UMICs, while this having no significant impact on their standard of care in radiotherapy. Generally, there is still a significantly high staff workload in these countries, whilst in terms of quality and standard of care performed by RTTs, there is much to be improved [2]. What most certainly was, and still is the issue in most of these countries, is the lack of education, training programmes and the lack of professional recognition of RTTs [3]. Gradually, it has resulted in decreasing the interest and motivation to work as an RTT. This problem could lead to discontinuity of the service in near future.